Amàn – Gosta Coffee & More, a coffee shop in Jordan began selling a ‘Holo-gosta’ coffee (a portmanteau of the words “Holocaust” and the name of the shop) with burning Star of David marshmallows on top in recent days, according to ads published by the shop.
The first appearance was in a poster featuring the drink and a hand in a Palestinian flag glove holding a blowtorch. The ad featured the name of the drink and a hashtag reading “feel_the_Arabic_taste.”
The ad sparked outrage on social media, with some wondering how Instagram and Facebook were allowing it to stay up.
The coffee shop expressed outrage at the complaints, claiming that its Instagram page had been disabled for several hours by “a campaign of attacks” launched “due to the Zionists’ objection to the new drink.”
The shop added that its rating on Google Maps had fallen to less than two stars and also blamed this on a campaign against it. The Jerusalem Post could not confirm if the coffee shop’s rating was any higher before the attack.
Gosta Coffee called on its supporters to express support for the page. “We will remain supportive of the Palestinian cause despite all these threats,” it said.
