I dropped by the Starbucks Coffee Gear Store today (August 2, 2013) and just fell in love with these adorable small shopper, Three Region Blend-designed bags. I love the Three Region Blend artwork. It’s very pretty. The coffee bag’s design went through a major overhaul, and so the current Three Region Blend design is new for 2013. Also at the Coffee Gear Store, was a little larger version of the same bag, with a white background, not gray.
Just as a reminder, the Starbucks Coffee Gear is open to the public. You do not need to be a Starbucks employee (Starbucks calls their employees “Partners”) to go shopping at this store. It’s open Monday through Friday, normal business hours, and is located on the eighth floor of the Starbucks headquarters, at 2401 Utah Avenue South.
The Starbucks headquarters has its front doors along First Avenue South, and you want to go inside and take the elevators up to the eighth floor. Off to your right is a small store, open to the public.
Most of the merchandise at the Coffee Gear Store is exclusive to that store. For example, it’s the only place where you can buy a Starbucks cycling jersey. There are child’s sized green aprons, a variety of keychains, t-shirts, pens, books, and several great tote bags, and much more. The Three Region Blend inspired merchandise is new, as I already mentioned.
I’ll just leave you drooling over my new little tote bag. 😉 You can get more of sense of this store’s special merchandise by scrolling through some of the older Coffee Gear Store articles.
Here are a few more pictures from today’s visit:
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I want that sign language key chain, so cool and a sweater zip up hoodie to wear during winter and rainy season, I so would love to spend a weekend getaway and visit there
Always so cool to have this virtual tour of things in the gear store. I would LOVE to be there someday! Thanks Melody, as usual!
Agree Denise R! I still do not get it that there are not options for customers outside of Seattle to get these items. Would seem it would be a profitable move for SB.
I almost bought that bag, and decided to limit my spending! I did get the umbrella mug and a few other things. 🙂
Ah! I love the umbrella mug. I wish I could visit that wonderful store myself!! Love when you share pictures of it! 😀
@Purple1 – I think this store would love to offer at least a few of these items online. It would be profitable for them, as you say. I genuinely don’t know why they haven’t done that – if I had to make a wild guess, I would say that Starbucks, as a corporation, doesn’t want a second Starbucks entity competing with StarbucksStore.com. By the way, every time I write one of these articles, I confuse new readers. (Actually, with the emails I get, lots of people have questions about Starbucks products and beverages). One reader has already written to me that she went to her neighborhood Starbucks in Alabama looking for the 3 Region Bag, and was disappointed in not finding it. I feel bad she went to those lengths – I might have to mail her one!
OMG – I mentioned numerous times how much I LOVED the colorful, flowery 3 Region design/print and wished they would forward/expand that artwork to other (practical) products. A tote bag is exactly what came to mind 1st (well, along with a tumbler of some sort) when wondering about this during the past couple months. I love this design so much, that I had my sister make me a wallpaper/background on Photoshop using the design (it’s still currently tiled on my screen). I SO wish they were available here in CA! I’m sure it will show up on eBay, but those sellers really like to mark up those prices & shipping fees. I’m so happy Starbucks didn’t let that beautiful design die or go to waste, it lives on (even if it’s not with me). 🙂
I agree, the packaging is so beautiful. It’s too bad Starbucks doesn’t make more of these things available for all stores, to coincide with the coffee launch. I definitely would’ve bought both bags if they were available in-store. I can envision the tote in black, too. Maybe someday…
I wonder if bags don’t do well in stores. I think they have been priced affordably.
We’ve marked out nearly every tote we’ve had for sale in the past at my location in Ohio after they’ve gone untouched in our retail area , however, they have all been fairly small and most have been without much of a design. It’s hard to know if larger bags or bags with the coffee designs would do well in the cafes since the recent lines of bags haven’t been too popular! (I adore this 3 region one though)
I can’t wait until I get to visit the store! You got me all excited at all the cool and pretty stuff there is. 🙂 I better bring an extra duffel to fit all my stuff.
i love the 3region bag(s) and i can only hope for some anniversary blend merchandise! 🙂
I’m digging the siren mug. I’ve never been to Seattle, but the Starbucks Gear Store would have to be on my “visit” list if I’m ever there.
@mahoro – I hope you get to visit someday! It’s a Starbucks “must do” for Starbucks fans!
I am very interested in purchasing a few of the Starbucks cycling jerseys. Can you please provide information on how I can purchase them?
Regards S