From Arlo:

Dear Dad and Noah,

Thank you for showing me how bad Starbucks is. The reason you said this is because Starbucks doesn’t compost. When Starbucks gets rid of their waste they put it in the landfills and that pollutes the world.

My favorite part was when you (my Dad) told the class about when I carried the 100 pounds of cement. It was my favorite part because it made me feel proud about doing it. Also Noah, you told me the only thing I don’t know about coffee which is the rust disease (Hemelia vastarix). Hemelia Vastarix kills the coffee trees.

Also, it was funny when you kept saying bad stuff about Starbucks. You even ended it by saying “Think is way better than Starbucks.”   I think your company connects to the idea of sustainability because you compost everything, like cups, coffee bags and lids, even though it is way more expensive. This means that the world will have less waste.

Hope you beat Starbucks. And try to make everyone compost.

Sincerely,

Arlo

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Dear Jason and Noah,

Thank you for inviting us to your AWESOME coffee shop.

The pastries smelled amazing I had a lot of fun.

It was so interesting how you guys went to different continents just to see if the coffee fruit is clean and if there’s a good farmer (who does good things to the environment).

And you guys made the first ever compostable valve! And it’s just a valve but it’s the first ever in probably history!

But I have to ask you, what was it like going continent to continent just for coffee?

Sincerely,

Arlo’s friend, Alejandro Ulrich

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Dear Jason and Noah,

Thanks so much for letting us come in and telling us about your sustainable company.

I learned so much, I learned that coffee grows on trees, I also learned that Starbucks cups aren’t compostable just because of one little layer of plastic around the inside of the cup. I learned that you invented the first ever compostable valve. I also learned you get your coffee seeds from Nicaragua and Ethiopia.

Thank you so much for letting us try an espresso it was really good. Keep up the good work.

From Saffron  

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Dear Jason and Noah,

Thank you for inviting the class to learn about sustainability at your business. It’s so inspiring that you try to support the locals wherever you go. My mom tries to do that to except in different ways like supporting the local business and not the massive commercial empire (like Starbucks, your rivals) which has no need for the money it gets.

It is so cool that you compost everything because your “plastic” is vegetable-based. It’s unbelievable how people make see-through cups that aren’t made out of plastic or glass.

By the way, your coffee is okay and that’s amazing feedback from a person like me who absolutely despises the bitterness of coffee’s caffeine but my dad visits your cafe on Bowery all of the time for coffee.

I think that it’s very important that we keep the environment clean because even if there are no big big global warming problems when we’re around, future generations will get affected.

I had a brilliant time,

Cyrus William Fawkes