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Starbucks Japan unveils new blood-red Frappuccinos for Valentine’s Day
- Oona McGee
Jan 26, 2024 - Tweet
The green mermaid invites us into a thrilling polyamorous romance, tinged with danger.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • opera cake • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • Valentine's Day)
Starbucks pairs new Frappuccinos with chocolate cakes for Valentine’s Day
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2024
We get a taste of the chain’s most delicious couples and find out if they’re worth the calories.
- Japan
- (cakes • chocolate • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • muffins • opera cake • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Valentine's Day)
Starbucks Japan’s new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino is like a drinkable opera cake
- Oona McGee
Jan 17, 2024
There’s no escaping the charms of this newest limited-edition beverage.
- Japan
- (chocolate • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • opera cake • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Valentine's Day)
Starbucks Japan unveils Valentine’s Day collection for 2024 and it’s a chocolate lover’s dream
- Oona McGee
Jan 16, 2024
With over a dozen new items in the range, there’s something for everyone at Starbucks this Valentine’s Day.
- Japan
- (chocolate • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Valentine's Day)
Final Fantasy XIV wine is here to let you raise a glass to celebrate the RPG’s 10th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2024
Square Enix finds a kindred spirit in California.
- Japan
- (alcohol • California • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy 14 • Final Fantasy XIV • Square Enix • video games • wine)
Starbucks Japan gives us a Frappuccino couple for Valentine’s Day
- Oona McGee
Jan 11, 2024
Two limited-edition drinks capture the bittersweet nature of romance.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • opera cake • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Valentine's Day)
This lucky bag stuffed with green tea made us feel like real adults for once
- Dale Roll
Jan 10, 2024
Nothing makes you feel sophisticated like brewing and drinking the perfect cup of tea!
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • green tea • Itoen • Kagoshima • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Mariko Ohanabatake • Shizuoka • SNJO • tea)
Trying the new limited flavor of Suntory Hakushu Japanese whisky highball in a can
- Shannon
Jan 8, 2024
The original was delicious, but could this one be better?
- Japan
- (alcohol • canned cocktails • cocktails • COK • drinks • Hakushu • highball • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • SNJO • Suntory • Suntory whiskey • Suntory Whisky • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)
Does Starbucks Japan’s new rice cake Frappuccino live up to the hype?
- Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2023
The green mermaid wants us to relax with a cup of tea and a traditional sweet in every mouthful.
- Japan
- (COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • tea)
Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Starbucks?
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2023
From limited-edition drinks to sweets and secret deals, these 10 ideas will help you get the best out of your trip to Starbucks in Japan.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • food • Japan super budget dining • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Super Budget Dining)
Starbucks Japan unveils New Year’s collection for 2024, with daruma, dragons and Mt Fuji for luck
- Oona McGee
Dec 22, 2023
Start the year right with lucky mugs and tumblers from Starbucks.
- Japan
- (Bearista • dragon • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks New Year's goods • Year of the Dragon • Zodiac)
Starbucks releases a dragon latte containing Japanese pepper in Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2023
New zodiac drink is fiery in many ways.
- Japan
- (chai • chilled cup • convenience stores • dragon • drinks • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Year of the Dragon • Zodiac)
Starbucks Japan releases a sticky rice and roasted green tea Frappuccino for New Year
- Oona McGee
Dec 19, 2023
Three new drinks pay homage to sweet Japanese traditions.
- Japan
- (COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
Outdoor brand Logos teams up with Aichi sake brewery to make your camping more boozy
- Dale Roll
Dec 18, 2023
Now you can enjoy hot sake even while out camping!
How to pull a beer from the can so it tastes like it’s from a keg
- Oona McGee
Dec 10, 2023
Japanese senpai shares a drinking hack to make canned beer taste infinitely better.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • bonenkai • canned beer • COK • cool • draft beer • drinks • hacks • lifehack • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • trick)
Drunk driving Mario Kart【Experiment】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2023
The flag is up and the drinks are downed as our reporter sees what happens when she gets behind the virtual wheel while intoxicated.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • crazy • drinks • funny • Mario Kart • Mario Kart 8 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe • SNJO • video games • weird)
We tried KFC Japan’s special fried chicken for when you’re drinking booze, have just one complaint
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2023
New Ninniku Crispy flavor was designed specifically to pair well with alcoholic beverages.
- Japan
- (alcohol • COK • drinks • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • taste test)
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2023
Okinawa distiller teams up with the anime legend.
- Japan
- (alcohol • anime • drinks • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • My Neighbor Totoro • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro • Whiskey • whisky)
Starbucks Japan’s new Christmas Frappuccino: festive fantasy or festive fail?
- Oona McGee
Dec 1, 2023
A nutty way to celebrate the holidays.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • pistachio • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
There’s a Tokyo bar with Japanese whisky inside bookstore inside Japan’s tallest building
- SoraNews24
Nov 29, 2023
Slow Page pours classy coffee too at Azabudai Hills.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Azabudai Hills • bars • cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • SNJO • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)
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