People today that live near Starbucks and drink there coffee everyday tend to say “I’m addicted to Starbucks!” So is Starbucks addicting like a drug? A typical Starbucks coffee has 410 calories, and 61g of sugar (Dark Mocha Frappuccino). In America all together drugs have long been some of the most valuable products on earth, but as of today coffee is the world’s second most valuable legally traded international commodity, trailing only petroleum. Starbucks sells more than 8 billion dollars’ worth of coffee a year. Marijuana is currently the United States most valuable cash crop, with cultivators growing nearly 36 billion dollars’ worth of the federally-illegal weed every year. The legal weed market is reaching 7 billion dollars’ and will likely increase. Starbucks has a theory that the people who buy its coffee don’t just need coffee, they need Starbucks coffee. Starbucks has a higher caffeine punch than many competitors. …show more content…
For the people who go to Starbucks everyday tend to experience the symptoms of withdrawal. Starbucks don’t have to worry about losing customers due to high prices because a large portion of its customers may begin to feel sick without its products. Starbucks stores currently have an average of just over 500 customers per day. With revenues of 10.7 billion dollars.
It only takes 45 minutes for 99% of the caffeine to be absorbed through your body membranes. Caffeine starts to be metabolized by the liver and broken down into theophylline, theobromine, and paraxanthine. The most studied of these is the way caffeine is similar to the molecule adenosine in the brain. Adenosine plays a role in the sleep wake cycle. Caffeine covers up drowsiness symptoms that adenosine san no longer give