GIVEAWAY: Starbucks RESERVE Christmas Coffee.
This is your chance to enter to win a bag of the all-new, super limited, Starbucks Reserve Christmas Blend. Please read ALL the rules carefully. I’ve had this blog for…
Starbucks Reserve Christmas Blend: Mark Your Calendars.
Starbucks will be offering their first Reserve® Christmas Blend this year. This is not the usual Christmas Blend that has been around since 1984, rather it’s an all-new creation as…
Do you know what’s NOT in Starbucks Holiday Blend?
Once in a blue moon, I hear partners (Starbucks calls their employees “partners”) say that Holiday Blend and Christmas Blend are the same thing – just in different packaging. That…
The Bellevue Teavana Tea Store Gets a Fresh New Look!
Monday, the 16th of November was the grand re-opening of the Bellevue Square Teavana store. It looks fabulous. You might remember that about one week ago, I wrote about the…
Buy 5 Grande Holiday Drinks at Starbucks: Get one free.
A new Starbucks promo starts today! Buy holiday drinks, and get one free. You can get a little card that you collect 5 stickers on it – one sticker for…
Acorn Squash Latte?
I tried my first Acorn Squash Latte this weekend (on November 14, 2015). It’s the current featured seasonal drink at Roy Street. If you are in Seattle, this is worth…
Starbucks Reserve Bicycle? Handpicked at the Roastery.
Right now at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room, you’ll find a curated selection of unique merchandise items. You’ll find everything from a bicycle, turntables, a piggy bank, coffee…
Gingerbread Tea Latte: All-new holiday drink experience
There is an all-new holiday, seasonal drink at Starbucks. It’s the Gingerbread Tea Latte. This drink uses Teavana Royal English Breakfast Tea, with steamed milk (half milk, half water), gingerbread…
London Reserve Bar – Upper St. Martins Lane Starbucks.
Some people are definitely using the “Submit a pic or a tip” button on this blog. I appreciate that! I get a lot of entries though that I can’t do…
What if we were as passionate about veterans as we are about plain red cups?
Happy Veteran’s Day! I dropped by the Roastery this morning. It was shortly before 7:00 AM. I ordered a danish and a tall cup of coffee. I got told “no”…
An all-new Teavana experience: Southcenter Teavana.
The Teavana store in Southcenter mall (in Tukwila, Washington) has gone through a transformation. It’s now one two concept Teavana mall stores. (The other is the Bellevue Square Teavana store,…
#MerryChristmasStarbucks and for the rest of us, there’s Festivus!
The Starbucks solid red cups have stirred up controversy. You can search #MerryChristmasStarbucks on Twitter (or Instagram) and find that some customers are asking the baristas to write “Merry Christmas”…
