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Starbucks COVID-19 safety video features a synchronized performance by gymnastic Sato Triplets
- Ingrid Tsai
Aug 20, 2021 - Tweet
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)
Japan’s new canned curry is ready-to-drink and ready to delight the curry-loving nation
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2021
Just when we thought we couldn’t love Japan’s beverage makers anymore than we already did, they go and do this.
- Japan
- (awesome • canned drinks • cool • crazy • curry • drinks • food • Pokka Sapporo)
Starbucks Japan’s first pineapple Frappuccino, Go Pineapple, should be the Gorogoro Pineapple
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021
Taste-testing Starbucks Japan’s first-ever pineapple dessert drink, plus its peachy companion.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • Peach • pineapple • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
We try Starbucks Japan’s new sand dunes Frappuccino in Tottori
- Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2021
One of the countries rarest 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos gets ticked off our list.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • sand dunes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Tottori • tourist sites • travel)
New sake earrings let you wear your love for Japanese rice wine on your ears
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2021
Pay homage to Japan’s traditional drinking culture with unique eye-catching jewellery.
- Japan
- (accessories • cute • design • drinks • earrings • fashion • gifts • Japanese rice wine • sake • shopping • souvenirs • tokkuri • traditional Japan • weird)
All 47 Starbucks Japan’s local Jimoto Frappuccinos, ranked by calorie count, plus what each one is
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2021
The top one has almost as many calories as a Yoshinoya meal, but yes, we still plan to drink as many as we can.
23 flavors, five top recommendations for the wide world of Kikkoman soy milk【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2021
Because 23 is too many to say “I’ll just drink all of them,” unless you’re us, that is.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Ikuna Kamezawa • Kikkoman • SNJO • soy • soy milk • taste test)
Muji releases a new boba tea kit and we taste test it at home【Taste test】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 20, 2021
Why go out for boba when you can just make it at home?
- Japan
- (Aoi Kuroneko • boba • bubble tea • drinks • food • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • sweets • tapioca • taste test)
We visit the “vending machine that makes wishes come true”
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2021
A rather unusual place to have your dreams granted in Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • drinks • good luck • Kanagawa • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Tokyo • unusual • vending machines • weird)
Japan has “Matcha Ink”…that you can drink?
- Dale Roll
Jul 17, 2021
These matcha delicacies are gorgeous, and so is their packaging!
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • drinks • food • green tea • matcha • matcha latte • Matcha Republic • sweets • tea • Uji Matcha)
Starbucks Japan’s Afternoon Tea Set: So popular it sells out in minutes
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2021
Afternoon tea at Starbucks comes with a surprisingly high price tag.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • Princi • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Teavana)
We try Oita Prefecture’s citrus-y creation in Starbucks Japan’s 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos
- Katie Pask
Jul 4, 2021
Next stop on our Frappuccino tour is down south on the island of Kyushu.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • kabosu • Oita • Oita Prefecture • SNO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • 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)
Starbucks releases 47 Frappuccinos around Japan, we try the one for Nara Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Jul 2, 2021
Can this Frappuccino capture the flavour of a region famous for deer and the giant Buddha?
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • K. Masami • matcha • Nara • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Japanese whiskey fan gets a shock when he forgets about the drink he left in the freezer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2021
Drink ends up looking very different than what it started as.
From tea field to teacup: How do you make green tea from freshly picked tea leaves?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2021
We spend a day on the farm learning how much work goes into a single cup of tea.
We try Starbucks’ new Strawberry Choux Cream Frappuccino
- Oona McGee
Jun 30, 2021
Sure, we love puff pastry, but what’s it like to drink it?
- Japan
- (choux cream • COK • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • puff pastry • review • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Taiwan • summer • sweets • taste test)
We visit a Latin supermarket in Tokyo, get our hands on some Inca Kola and spicy chocolate
- Dale Roll
Jun 30, 2021
How does Mr. Sato like the taste of Inca Kola?
- Japan
- (Brazil • COK • drinks • food • Gotanda • Inca Kola • international food • Kyodai Market • Peru • snacks • SNJO • South America • taste test • Tokyo)
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 give raw Pepsi another try, learn an important life lesson along the way【Taste test】
- Katie Pask
Jun 28, 2021
Maybe the real treasure was the raw Pepsi we drank along the way.
- Japan
- (drinks • Mr. Sato • pepsi • Pepsi Nama • raw pepsi • SNJO • Takashi Harada • taste test)
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