Starbucks in Hong Kong used 'toilet water' to brew coffee
HONG KONG, China — Since its opening in October 2011, the Starbucks café in Hong Kong, China has been using water from a tap in a toilet to make beverages, according to News 9 Finance.
A local newspaper showed images of a sign above a tap near a urinal that said “Starbucks only.”
Starbucks said water was collected less than five times a day by staff from the tap in
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Pang added that after taking water from the tap it would go through a filtration system in the store until it passed local and World Health Organization standards.
The store is now using