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U.K. coffee brand Costa Coffee releases first ever matcha flavor with new Matcha Espresso Latte

• Dale Roll
  May 19, 2023
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A unique take on a matcha latte marks a new path for Costa Coffee!

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• (Coca-Cola • coffee • Costa Coffee • drinks • espresso • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • tea • vending machine)

Starbucks Oleato in Japan: Staff note reveals the best thing to drink it with

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2023

Turns out there’s something else you should try when drinking the chain’s new olive-oil infused drinks.

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• Japan
• (bread • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • food • latte • new • oat milk • Oleato • olive oil • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Store • taste test • Yuuichiro Wasai)

Lawson convenience stores now offering subscription service for one free coffee daily for a month

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2023

If you regularly stop for a Machi Cafe coffee, this could save you a ton of money!

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• (Aichi Prefecture • coffee • convenience store • drinks • Lawson • Machi Cafe • subscription • subscription pricing • subscription service)

Starbucks adds a Snoopy Frappuccino and Charlie Brown cappuccino to its menu in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2023

Plus a slew of new Peanuts goods, American waffles, and a Sally Brown mocha, only for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (charlie brown • coffee • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinks • drinkware • food • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • mugs • Peanuts • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • waffles)

Starbucks x Snoopy collaboration is coming to Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2023

New limited-edition range reminds us what happiness is. 

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• (coffee • COK • cool • cups • cute • drinks • drinkware • food • limited edition • mugs • Peanuts • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks’ Japanese rival Tully’s offers a sweet customization option that sets them apart

• SoraNews24
  Mar 19, 2023

Little-known add-on opens up a world of possibilities.

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• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • food • ice cream • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • Tully's Coffee)

Starbucks Japan now has its first-ever Cola Frappuccino, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2023

We find out if this retro American diner experience is all it’s cracked up to be. 

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• (American • coffee • COK • cool • diner • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • retro • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Coffee-infused rice for rice balls and curry? Taste-testing a recipe from Japan’s coffee experts

• Katie Pask
  Mar 10, 2023

Soaking your rice in some Italian Roast makes a world of difference!

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• (coffee • COK • cooking • curry • food • KALDI • onigiri • recipe • rice • rice balls • rice cooker • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks unveils first-ever Cola Frappuccino in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2023

New limited-edition drinks and goods are inspired by retro American diners. 

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• (American • coffee • COK • cool • cups • diner • drinks • drinkware • food • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mugs • retro • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

What’s the difference between “The World’s Most Delicious” and “Tastiest” Coffee Jellies?

• Dale Roll
  Mar 5, 2023

A coffee shop’s confusing menu items both baffle and delight us.

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• (cafe • coffee • coffee jelly • coffee shop • dessert • Geisha Coffee • Marunouchi • Masanuki Sunakoma • Saza • sweets • Tokyo Station)

We lost the Starbucks lucky bag lotto, so we went on a luxury Starbucks shopping spree instead

• Dale Roll
  Dec 19, 2022

How much can 7,700 yen (US$58) buy you at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery? 

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• (coffee • COK • Fukubukuro 2023 • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2023 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2023 • luxury items • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tarbucks Reserve Roastery • Yuichiro Wasai)

Kyoto’s uniquely beautiful New Year’s tradition is being carried on by Starbucks Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2022

Before all of Japan had gacha machines, Kyoto had fukudama, and the coffeehouse chain is helping make sure the city still does.

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• (beautiful • capsule toys • coffee • cool • culture • fukudama • Gion • Kyoto • New Yaar's • Oshogatsu • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Jimoto Made • Year of the Rabbit)

Man arrested for trying to kill a convenience store owner over a cup of coffee

• SoraNews24
  Oct 27, 2022

Latte triggers a series of events that results in attempted murder.

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• (arrests • attempted murder • coffee • coffee machine • combini • convenience stores • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • latte • Lawson • news • police • theft • unusual • weird)

Hot coffee finally returns to Tohoku, Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet trains

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2022

Travelers can once again enjoy a fresh cup of coffee while zooming across northeastern Japan.

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• (bullet train • coffee • drinks • East Japan Railway Company • JR East • shinkansen • travel)

Tully’s Coffee Japan is bringing back Harry Potter collaboration by popular demand

• Shannon
  Oct 17, 2022

This year brings all-new drinks, snacks, and goods!

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • cool • drinks • food • Harry Potter • Hogwarts • sweets • Tully's • Tully's Coffee • Tully's Coffee Japan)

Starbucks Japan’s 2022 Halloween goods are here, and they’re full of black cat cuteness

• Dale Roll
  Oct 13, 2022

Add to your Starbucks cup collection with these new, adorable, black cat-motif mugs, tumblers, and bottles!

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• Japan
• (black cats • cats • coffee • cute • halloween • Starbucks • Starbucks cup • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Bears serve environmentally friendly coffee and treats via a hole in the wall at new Tokyo cafe

• Katie Pask
  Oct 10, 2022

Tokyo’s newest cafe is adorable, Instagram-worthy and environmentally conscious.

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• Japan
• (anakuma cafe • bears • cafe • coffee • cool • cute • drinks • environmentally friendly • food • Harajuku • restaurants • sweets • Tokyo • weird)

Tully’s Coffee Japan releases 8 region-limited drinks following drinks election

• Shannon
  Oct 6, 2022

Gotta drink ’em all before they’re gone!

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• Japan
• (coffee • cool • limited edition flavors • regional tastes • Tully's • Tully's Coffee)

Spreadable coffee to put on your toast going on sale in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2022

Coffee and toast for breakfast, but without the coffee cup.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • cool • food • Megmilk Snow Brand • toast • weird)

The restaurant where one of Japan’s last samurai lords ate now has a café with really good cake

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2022

If Kawai Tsuginosuke were alive today, he’d probably order the Special Plate dessert too.

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• Japan
• (cafes • coffee • COK • Edo period • food • history • Niigata • restaurants • samurai • SNJO • sweets • travel)

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