You are invited: Join me at the Starbucks store in the City Centre Building on Friday, November 19, 2010, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The coffee tasting event is to celebrate a beautiful store remodel, and to show off Starbucks Reserve coffee offerings.
I write about coffee tastings now and then on my blog, so I thought I would give local readers a chance to drop by this tasting. I realize that my readership is wide-spread, and all over the globe, but just in case someone in downtown Seattle is reading this and would like to join in, you are invited! I’m actually not 100 percent certain if I will be attending, since it is during work hours. However, I think I will be able to join, though arriving probably a little closer to two p.m.
Here is the address, in case you need it:
1450 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 381-3743
When: Event is from 1:00 to 4:oo p.m. on Friday, November 19, 2010
Just to be accurate, I should not call this “the” Starbucks in the City Centre building because this building has several Starbucks. This event is at the very large Starbucks on the 6th and Union corner of the City Centre building. There is also a very small kiosk Starbucks near the 5th Avenue entrance of the building, and a small actual store in the middle of the building.
I dropped by this Starbucks on November 11, 2010, and took just a handful of quick photos. Hope you enjoy them! See you there on the 19th!
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awesome. That store is HUGE atleast compared to any store in Boston. I wish we had events like this in Boston 🙁
Aww! You know I wish I could attend, if only in Seattle…another beautiful store! you will be blogging about it right? 🙂 The reserve coffees would be so much fun to do a tasting on.
I was just chatting w/a local barista and reminiscing about when Starbucks use to offer Coffee Tastings at local stores. Remember the “Black Apron” baristas and sitting around tasting coffees (often paired w/pastries) & learning about the complexity of the beans? I loved that! I fondly recall one Christmas season (I want to say it was between 2000 to 2002) where my local Starbucks decked out the store in Christmas fare and had carolers and violinist performing. It was AMAZING! The baristas would walk around in black tuxes handling out Christmas Blend coffee, Christmas Lattes and Christmas pastries. Aaahhh, it was so cool. I know d/t the economy all these “events” have stopped but I would sure love to see Starbucks get back to some of the “basics” and start re-connecting with customers. I feel the coffee tastings were an excellent means to do that!
@Lori – I completely agree! I never got to participate in an event quite like that, but I was able to attend a coffee tasting about a year ago. I can’t wait to do another one, but they just don’t offer events like that at the Starbucks where I live. I feel like to truly appreciate the coffees you need to have continued education.
@Hayley @Lori @Amy – Thanks for checking this out. I always talk about coffee events after they have happened not before. This gave me a chance to mention it early. Who knows? Maybe I’ll run into someone there who saw this and wanted to come join in! I don’t know yet whether I will be blogging about the actual event itself. It depends a little on what time I am able to arrive, and whether it looks like a successful coffee event to blog about.
Ok Melody you will just have to get a SB truck and take it cross country and host a coffee tasting around here. Sorry am not in Seattle! Oh gosh this store remodel is absolutely beautiful. I know winter is arriving soon but you are always welcome here.
I agree with purple1 – even though your life is already incredibly full – a Melody cross country tour of coffee would be fun!
I’ve been away a few days and just landed in San Diego yesterday. Exhausted but missing my coffee comunity fix ~ and my Starbucks.
Melody ~ perhaps you can pass on through your sources that coffee tastings should make a comeback?
~happy to be (almost) home~
Cool! I think I’ll book a flight from Paris back to the U.S. for this. 😉
@FrenchBean – hahaha! I expect to see you there! 😉
Melody, I wonder which reserve coffees there will be there for everyone to try! Please blog about this afterwards so you can tell me about the reserves!!!
I wish I could go to this! It would be so much fun to meet you in person! And to taste yummy coffee, of course. 🙂
Sadly, I will be in Texas. Attending classes. One of these days, I will have to go to one of these tastings!
I really hope this turns out well…would love to read the blog on this!