Starbucks Espresso Excellence – exactly 2 years later [Open Thread]
On February 26, 2008, Starbucks closed all company-operated Starbucks for a massive “hard reset” of baristas by retraining them on the perfect espresso beverage. For about three and a half…
Starbucks Via Ready Brew travels to Mozambique (Africa): Guest post
Andy is a fellow blogger in Mozambique running a bakery. I follow his blog with great curiosity here. I guess I have a great fascination with what he writes because…
Meet the Pour Over (coming soon to all Starbucks): An event in West Seattle
Starbucks previously announced exciting news that the “pour over” brew system is coming to soon all company-operated Starbucks. Today (February 20, 2010) I had the chance to taste out a…
Starbucks Around The Globe: The latest cherry blossom design tumbler from Japan
This is the first of three blog posts where StarbucksMelody takes you on a brief journey into the international Starbucks experience. This episode takes you to Japan. These posts will…
Protected: Karate Man: The Starbucks Vivanno character axed at the headquarters
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Original Starbucks barista art is hard to find: Disappointment and criticism
Barista art in Starbucks is dying. It’s fading away. It’s almost none existent. It has been replaced with quick, easy, down and dirty stencil art. This is very disappointing to…
For the love of Starbucks Mexico Chiapas
There is nothing better than finding a coffee tasting of Mexico Chiapas happening at your local Starbucks. I attended a great coffee tasting at the First and Pike Starbucks with…
The 1992 Starbucks Corporation Annual Report: The first report online with letter to Shareholders from Howard
On June 26, 1992, Starbucks corporation was born. Here is your chance to browse through every page of the first annual shareholder report, in its entirety. The very first annual…
A contest: Find chalkboard art drawn by baristas (you don’t have to be an artist to enter)
Welcome to your first Starbucks barista art contest at StarbucksMelody.com. In a previous blog entry, I featured artwork drawn by a downtown Seattle barista. I’m really convinced that there has…
“Serious Eats” food bloggers drop by First & Pike Starbucks
[[Edit on February 24, 2010: I just realized that the Serious Eats blog has been updated with their story of dropping by the first Starbucks at 1912 Pike Place, and…
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