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Clash of the Coffees! What was our number 1 Starbucks Frappucino for 2018?
- Katy Kelly
Jan 11, 2019 - Tweet
2018 brought us a whole host of delicious iced drinks, but what was the firm Frappucino favorite in our office?
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- (2018 • coffee • coffee shop • COK • Frappucino • K. Masami • ranking • SNOJ • Starbucks)
Starbucks Japan announces new range of Frappuccino drinks for Valentine’s Day
- Oona McGee
Jan 9, 2019
Find your perfect partner at Starbucks.
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Valentine's Day)
Starbucks releases new “Japan Wonder Project” Goma Goma Goma Frappuccino and Latte for New Year
- Oona McGee
Dec 18, 2018
Exclusive beverages are inspired by an ancient New Year’s calligraphy tradition to help customers “get excited over unknown Japan”.
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • latte • sesame • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Treat yourself to a luxury coffee made from a rare bean harvest at Lawson Japan
- Katy Kelly
Dec 12, 2018
Ever wanted to sip a rare coffee blend, made of beans from 100-year old trees in Panama? Lawson is here to help!
- Japan
- (coffee • convenience stores • expensive • food and drink • Lawson • Machi Cafe)
A visit to Tokyo’s fanciest coffeehouse for a 16,200 yen (US$143) bottle of coffee【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2018
This Ginza cafe treats its coffee like fine wine, so we sent Mr. Sato to sample a vintage.
Believe it or not, Tokyo grows coffee, and here’s where you can try a cup
- Casey Baseel
Nov 27, 2018
It took 140 years and 1,000 kilometers to get this cup of Tokyo coffee to our table.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • restaurants • SNOJ • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
Starbucks Japan adds new winter Mt Fuji mugs to region-exclusive You Are Here Collection
- Oona McGee
Nov 27, 2018
Tumblers and mugs feature some of Japan’s most beloved winter symbols.
- Japan
- (camellias • coffee • drinks • drinkware • Fuji • limited edition • Mt. Fuji • mugs • snow • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs • winter)
We get a ton of Starbucks goodies brought to our doorstep for a delivery cost of just 110 yen
- Koh Ruide
Nov 14, 2018
For a paltry sum, you can now have Uber Eats deliver delicious Starbucks beverages and snacks right into your hands.
- Japan
- (app • cheap • coffee • home delivery • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Uber • Uber Eats • Yuichiro Wasai)
McDonald’s Japan giving away free coffee again, from 16 to 19 October
- Master Blaster
Oct 13, 2018
New promotion will also run later into the night.
We try the viral “McAffogado”: Does adding espresso to a Vanilla McShake really make it good?
- Dale Roll
Oct 9, 2018
A brilliant idea shared by British police officers spread all the way to Japan, so we had to give these milkshakes a “shot”.
- Europe, Japan
- (affogado • coffee • COK • drinks • espresso • McAffogado • McDonald's • McShake • SNOJ • sweets)
Japan’s Coca-Cola Plus Coffee is here to keep you both bubbly and caffeine-charged
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2018
Best-of-both-worlds beverage has more caffeine and fewer calories than the classic soda’s ordinary version.
Lawson convenience stores continue to hand people their coffee, even though no one wants them to
- Master Blaster
May 7, 2018
At Lawson convenience stores, they’ll hand you your coffee, and you’re gonna like it, dammit.
Weekly Shonen Jump teams up with Georgia to bring us limited-edition manga-printed coffee cans
- Koh Ruide
Apr 23, 2018
Why choose between coffee and manga when you can have both in this latest promotion celebrating 50 years of comic history?
We visit the world’s largest Starbucks: The Starbucks Reserve Roastery Shanghai【Pictures & Video】
- Dale Roll
Apr 18, 2018
This Starbucks is enormous in both size and selection!
- China
- (cafe • China • coffee • Shangai • Starbucks • Starbucks China • Starbucks Reserve Roastery)
McDonald’s Japan combines beloved beverages of adults and kids with new coffee milkshakes
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2018
Maker of Japan’s eternally popular Pocky chocolate snack sticks lends a hand.
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • fast food • food • Glico • McDonald's • milkshakes • sweets)
Meg tries out Starbucks Japan’s newest treat: the White Brew Coffee and Macadamia Frappuccino
- Casey Baseel
Mar 16, 2018
White coffee dessert drink appears in the land of green tea, and Meg finds there’s more than just the color to love.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Meg • Meg Eats Stuff • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)
This beautiful Kyoto dry landscape garden…is part of a Starbucks?!?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2018
The coffeehouse carries on Japanese traditions in Uji, the country’s most famous tea-growing town.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cafes • coffee • COK • gardens • Kyoto • rock garden • SNOJ • Starbucks • stone garden • travel • Uji)
Starbucks Japan kicks off New Starbucks Coffee Journey with unique “white coffee” drinks
- Kay
Mar 9, 2018
This spring, Starbucks Japan invites you to enjoy a unique white coffee experience!
Starbucks opens up new coffeehouse in traditional Japanese building near Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 5, 2018
Now you can enjoy your coffee with a side of Edo-style charm in this old castle town.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffeehouse • Kawagoe • kura • Saitama • sightseeing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • tradition • travel)
Japanese coffee chain brings in spring with sakura-scented ground and drip coffee
- Kay
Feb 18, 2018
The aroma of coffee is tantalizing on its own, but how about a bit of sakura to make it even more appealing?
- Japan
- (coffee • Dotour Coffee • drink • sakura • scented coffee)
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