From the Yale Daily News...

Students hoping to pull all-nighters during Reading Week may want to avoid the Thain Family Café. 

According to several reports from student employees and a document obtained by the News that appears to be part of the café’s internal records, some managers at the café have been substituting decaf espresso for caffeinated espresso at various times since the fall — including during the entire past two weeks — when the supply of caffeinated beans ran out. But café administrators emphatically denied the veracity of those reports. 

Several student employees told the News the café has not served any caffeinated espresso since April 15 and that they were instructed by café managers not to inform customers of the shortage, which affects all espresso, latte and mocha drinks, though not regular coffee. 

“It’s been several weeks that they’ve been out of espresso,” said Jacqueline Gosnell ’08, a café employee who recently quit because she disagreed with what she called café management’s decision to covertly swap the beans. “I wasn’t there for the shift where they ran out and started switching it, but I came for the shift afterwards.”

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