Where to find alternatives to the viral Starbucks bearista cup

My day started before sunrise, drinking my out-of-season iced coffee from a plain old glass.

The clock hit 5 a.m. and I started dialing up my local Starbucks, one after the other, trying to get my hands on one of the viral Bearista glasses. Spoiler alert: That old chestnut about early birds catching worms is a lie.

Over the course of this hyper-obsessive manic episode, I called five locations in my Brooklyn neighborhood, two in New Jersey, and three in Florida — none of them even received a single bear to sell.

The sun had bearly (see what I did there?) risen, but the day was already over for me. As my frustration subsided, it dawned on me that I didn’t need Starbucks to experience the joy of drinking my year-round iced coffees from a cute bear-shaped cup. In fact, a quick Amazon search revealed that there are plenty of equally adorable options that are cheaper and way more accessible.

That’s the message I’m here to deliver to you now. Don’t go to those second-hand websites (you know what I’m referring to) and pay an absurd amount of money for this. The holidays are coming! Save your money and buy one of these better options instead.

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