I know the word "mind-blowing" is thrown around a lot when it comes to previously undiscovered life hacks, but I think you'll agree that it is completely fitting in this instance. Because it turns out the plastic lids on Starbucks' iced drinks have an entirely other function we NEVER knew about before. And it really is blowing these minds of ours.
You order your iced drink and receive it in one of the coffee chain's see-through plastic cups covered with a lid. You pierce through the lid with your straw, and you go on your way. No big deal. But you've actually done it all wrong.
That lid isn't in place to make sure the drink doesn't spill anywhere, weirdly. It turns out it's actually there to be used as a coaster. A COASTER. Look:
Here's how it works:
Et voila...
Mind. Blown.
[H/T Metro
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