Starbucks in the News: A Roastery in Brooklyn? A Reserve Bar in London.
It’s been a long while since I’ve done a roundup of Starbucks in the news. However, these news stories caught my eye. First off, if the gossip in this article…
The Beast Mode Frappuccino: How You Can Order this Marshawn Lynch Frappuccino!
Starting Thursday October 22nd, in Starbucks stores in Washington and in Oakland, California, will offer the “Beast Mode Frappuccino“! Created by Marshawn Lynch, this new Frappuccino will be offered until…
Did you know Teavana has lots of Chai teas?
Not that long ago (it was October 10th), I dropped by the Teavana tea bar in University Village, and saw that they were sampling many different chai teas. I didn’t…
Get your beautiful cat or dog featured on Pets of Starbucks!
Yesterday at about 7:30 AM, I dropped by the Starbucks at 1912 Pike Place. I was buying some whole bean coffee for a future article about home brewing coffee. The…
Melody’s Tips on Brewing Coffee at Home.
I get asked surprisingly often, “do you recommend a way to brew coffee at home?” A friend at work recently asked me, “Melody, I buy Peet’s Major Dickinson coffee for…
NEWS: All-new Pumpkin Flat White in Testing Now. Move aside ordinary PSL!
For a small number of Starbucks stores, Starbucks introduced an entirely new Pumpkin Spice beverage. It is the Pumpkin Flat White. It launched in September this year, and customers in…
NEWS: White Chocolate Mocha: To the rescue in your most trying times.
Starbucks has introduced something totally new: White Chocolate Mocha Via. It’s an instant white chocolate mocha. Just add water. It’s a new product that you can find in grocery aisles…
Coffee Education: The Green Coffee Loading Pit at the Roastery.
A few of my readers are very interested in all the details of how a cup of coffee goes from bean to your cup at home. Along the coffee bean’s…
Drink of the Week: The Frozen Wendy
Don’t forget! If you submit a drink of the week (or Frappuccino of the week) and I use it on this website, I’ll send you a $10 thank you Starbucks…
Mobile Order and Pay: Episode #2 #FTW
Mobile Order and Pay for the Starbucks mobile phone app (for the Android version) went live September 23rd. My first experience wasn’t that great. I didn’t user MOP again until…
The Roastery Subscription Coffee: Tanzania Mount Meru
The September 2015 Roastery Subscription Coffee was the Tanzania Mount Meru. Up until just a few days ago, I hadn’t bothered to subscribe to the Roastery subscription coffees, but I…
The Teavana Custom Chai Tea Test.
It’s possible that you might have ordered a Chai Latte recently and gotten a test item. Starbucks is testing a “Teavana Custom Chai Tea Latte” in Philadelphia, isolated areas of…
