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Uniqlo opens its first-ever cafe at newly revamped Ginza store
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2021 - Tweet
All 12 floors “reborn” at global flagship store.
- Japan
- (cafes • clothing • coffee • fashion • Ginza • Kimuraya • new • shopping • stores • t-shirts • Uniqlo)
We pop into Bear Paw Cafe in Osaka… Actually it popped out to us
- Master Blaster
Sep 10, 2021
An adorable way to help deal with complex problems.
- Japan
- (Bear Paw Cafe • bears • cafes • coffee • COK • cute • health • Kuma no Te Cafe • mental health • Mental Support General School • Osaka • SNO • sweets)
“Science of deliciousness” steak-and-coffee chips, developed by analysing human taste sensors
- Oona McGee
Sep 8, 2021
A whacky science experiment designed to engage all your taste receptors at the same time.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • food • potato chips • review • snacks • SNJO • steak • taste test • weird • weird flavors • weird potato chip flavors • Yamayoshi Seika)
Starbucks COVID-19 safety video features a synchronized performance by gymnastic Sato Triplets
- Ingrid Tsai
Aug 20, 2021
Three special stars from Japan’s TikTok scene show up to guide us through Starbucks’ COVID-19 preventative measures.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COVID-19 • drinks • Sato Triplets • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • TikTok)
Engrish sign at the Tokyo Olympics turns out to be hilariously accurate
- Oona McGee
Aug 4, 2021
One of those times when an English mistake ends up expressing everyone’s true feelings.
- Japan
- (2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • coffee • cute • English • English fail • english language • Engrish • funny • Japanese English • journalists • language • mass media • media • press • Tokyo Olympics • twitter)
You put WHAT in your curry? Japanese netizens reveal their favourite secret ingredients
- Katie Pask
Jul 30, 2021
“Don’t knock it till you try it” comes to mind for some of these!
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • garlic • Japanese curry • Japanese food • ranking • survey)
Lawson now giving customers who bring their own tumblers an even better discount on coffee drinks
- Dale Roll
Jul 25, 2021
It’s nicer than Starbucks’ 20-yen discount!
- Japan
- (cafe latte • coffee • coffee thermos • coffee tumbler • discount • Lawson • Machi Cafe • plastic • plastic waste • single-use plastics • thermos • tumblers)
We try a new natto coffee ice cream that took 17 months to perfect
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2021
Tokyo cafe finds a way to use natto’s sticky texture to create a dessert like Turkish ice cream.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • desserts • dondurma • fermented soybeans • ice cream • Japanese desserts • Mr. Sato • natto • SNJO • sweets • Takadanobaba • taste test • Tokyo • Turkish ice cream)
Blue Bottle Coffee’s limited-time shaved ice dessert is exquisite
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2021
Kakigori, Japan’s beloved summertime sweet, gets a Blue Bottle makeover.
- Japan
- (Blue Bottle Coffee • coffee • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • kakigori • shaved ice • SNJO • summer • sweets • taste test)
These new Starbucks Reserve Roastery drinks are so pretty we almost don’t want to drink them
- Dale Roll
Jul 3, 2021
These three beautiful new drinks will keep you cool and your taste buds happy this summer.
- Japan
- (alcohol • cocktails • coffee • drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • summer • tea)
Japanese Internet falls in love with “dirty coffee,” so let’s make some of our own【SoraKitchen】
- Krista Rogers
Jun 29, 2021
Don’t worry–it doesn’t contain actual dirt.
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • cooking • dirty coffee • drinks • Korea • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • trend)
We visit a Japanese cafe famous for John Lennon and epic pancakes
- Oona McGee
May 29, 2021
A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffee shops • COK • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • John Lennon • Kamakura • pancakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Yoko Ono)
Georgian diplomats like to kick back with a can of Georgia Coffee
- Master Blaster
May 2, 2021
A can of joe keeps Georgia on their minds.
- Japan
- (canned coffee • Coca-Cola • coffee • Embassy of Georgia • Georgia • Teimuraz Lezhava • twitter)
What’s the deal with the big colour-changing cup at Starbucks Japan?
- Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2021
Is the colour change really that great? And what about the straw, does that change colour too? We test it out to find the answers.
- Japan
- (coffee • coffee drinks • colour changing cups • cute • drinks • eco • Frappuccino • limited edition • reusable cups • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Rainbow mille crepes brighten up the food scene in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Feb 15, 2021
We try the colourful sweet that’s becoming all the rage on social media.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • crepes • desserts • Japanese desserts • Japanese sweets • pancakes • rainbow • review • Saza • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Make your spring sweeter with sakura flavoured drinks and cheese
- Katie Pask
Feb 5, 2021
Sakura flavoured cheese — the product we never knew we wanted.
- Japan
- (cheese • cherry blossom • coffee • dessert cheese • drinks • food • hanami • sakura • sweets)
Starbucks Year of the Ox collections bring Chinese zodiac style to China, Taiwan, Thailand【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2021
From playfully cute to quietly elegant, these beautiful bovines are here to keep you company on your coffee break.
- China, SE Asia, Taiwan
- (Chinese New Year • Chinese zodiac • coffee • cute • drinkware • eto • Hong Kong • Starbucks • Year of the Ox)
Starbucks Japan lucky bag showdown! We snag three fukubukuro, but are they all the same?【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2021
You can always count on cool drinkware, cute plushies, and free coffee from Starbucks Japan at New Year’s.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • daruma • drinkware • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2020 • Fukubukuro Roundup • Fukubukuro Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2021 • Lucky Bags • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
2020 got you down? Finish not with a Big Bang, but like a Dynamite, with new BTS-themed coffee
- Ingrid Tsai
Dec 20, 2020
Wash all your Blood Sweat & Tears away with this coffee collaboration between the world’s premier K-pop boy band and a Japanese online retailer.
McDonalds Japan and Godiva Chocolate’s collab coffee frappe is dismayingly delicious【Taste test】
- Katy Kelly
Dec 4, 2020
We take a big sip of the Godiva Chocolate Espresso Frappe and are left with conflicting emotions despite its amazing taste.
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • frappe • Godiva • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • SNOJ • sweets • tasty)
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