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Cocoa & Honey Cold Brew and a Totes Adorable Tote.
This summer, here’s something new for coffee lovers: The Starbucks Cocoa & Honey Bottled Cold Brew. It’s only in select locations right now, but you’ll find it at grocery retailers and select...
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Drink of the week: Hazelnut Mocha
In the midwest region of the United States, they’re celebrating 30 years of Starbucks history. They are promoting a drink called a “Malt Chocolate Latte,” though it is something you can buy year-round....
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Attention Starbucks Partners: Greener Apron
This is a message for the Starbucks partners reading this site: (Starbucks calls their employees “Partners”.) Cosmo wants to remind and encourage you to pre-register for the greener apron ASU course!...
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Partner Chalkboard Art for Starbucks Rewards; A peek in a Starbucks in Shanghai.
On this website, there’s way for you to share a photo for me to use on the blog or give me a story idea. You click this button: Recently I received a couple of fantastic submissions. A customer was...
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Blue skies and a little warmer weather welcome in Toasted Coconut.
Starbucks has something new for you to try: It is Toasted Coconut Cold Brew! Starting today, you can add Toasted Coconut syrup to your world of Starbucks drinks. Starbucks is featuring this with the...
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Get Yourself to a Coffee Seminar.
Here in Seattle, there are a couple of Starbucks locations with regular coffee education events. All are welcome. Coffee knowledge is meant to be shared. As one partner told me, “We’re doing it wrong...
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The Lemon Slush Frappuccino
This weekend I got an email from a reader who recommended the “Lemon Slush” Frappuccino! It’s delicious! With warmer weather coming soon (I hope), this is a great summer afternoon treat. All you do is...
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Mixology at the Roastery: Cold Brew with a twist
Starting today at the Roastery, the Experience Bar gets its own special menu with some fun mixology cold brew beverages. I tried the new drinks and here’s my review: (Of course, you should get to the...
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Limited and unique Roastery totes, now available.
Starbucks asked their designers to make beautiful, coffee inspired Roastery tote bags. These are now available at the Roastery. Each one is numbered and autographed by the designer. And each one is a...
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American Cherry Pie Frappuccino: New in Japan
Beginning April 13, 2017, Starbucks Japan gets the very creative, seasonal “American Cherry Pie Frappuccino.” This is already a hit. One of my readers took this perfect picture: This creation is...
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Starbucks honors ASL day: An ASL interpreted event in Olympia, WA
National American Sign Language day was April 15, 2017: This marks 200 years of ASL! In Olympia, Washington, Starbucks partner Angelina O’Willow put on a large ASL-interpreted coffee tasting event,...
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What is great customer service?
What is great customer service? I don’t know. It’s hard to define. It surprises. It’s calm in the face of angry customers. It’s a routine and a habit for every customer. It’s a habit for customers old...
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New Sippy Lid for Your Nitro Cold Brew.
Starbucks has an idea to make your Nitro Cold Brew even more fun to drink. A new lid: Yep. It does look like a sippy cup lid for adults! If you just stick a green straw into the nitro cold brew, you...
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The Magical Unicorn Frappuccino at Starbucks: It’s as real as can be for a...
Have you ever wondered what a Frappuccino would taste like if a magical unicorn came up with it? Now you know: So what is this? This is a crème based Frappuccino: There is NO coffee in this drink: It’s...
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Earth Day at Starbucks: Free Reusable Cup to the first 25 Customers.
Earth Day is April 22, 2017! In honor of Earth Day, every Starbucks store in the United States (company-operated stores only) will be giving away free re-usable cups to the first 25 customers in the...
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Try this twist on your chai: The Westlake Chai
Here’s an idea for your to jazz up your cold chai beverage at Starbucks. It’s called the “Westlake Chai.” Try this at a Starbucks that offers nitro cold brew. Start with 100 ml of heavy whipping cream....
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Missed out on unicorns? Now there’s Narwhals and Mermaids!
NoDid you miss out on the chance to try the Unicorn Frappuccino? Well you can still try the Narwhal and the Mermaid Frappuccinos! The Narwhal is a pink Starburst-like flavor with strawberry lemonade,...
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The Roastery Merchandise: Palmer Cash t-shirts, mugs, and more
Off and on I get asked, “What merchandise is at the Roastery?” Have a look: You’ll find lots of mugs, some pins, coffee brewing equipment, Palmer Cash shirts and more. Palmer Cash is a small US company...
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Midnight Mint Mocha Frappuccino: All new! (Tastes like Keebler elves made it!)
Starting today, May 2nd, Starbucks is introducing a totally new Frappuccino! It is the “Midnight Mint Mocha Frappuccino.” This is quite the drink! It will remind you of a mint chocolate cookie, like as...
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The Beetle Tumbler.
Starbucks always has a variety of mugs and tumblers for sale inside their stores as well as online at StarbucksStore.com. The styles and designs change often. The entire merchandise lineup changes...
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