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How salty is Starbucks Japan’s new limited-edition jelly Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2024
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Inspired by a day at the beach, with a jelly that tastes like salty sea waves.

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Is Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino better than the 7-Eleven smoothie?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2024

Two icons go head-to-head, but one is a poor man’s strawberry.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bananas • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan makes hojicha black tea latte permanent item, and here’s a great way to customize it

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2024

We’ve been waiting three years to try this trick!

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• (COK • drinks • green tea • hojicha • hojicha latte • K. Masami • roasted green tea • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • tea)

Starbucks Japan adds a Banana Brulee Frappuccino to the menu, with a bunch of new treats as well

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2024

B-grade “Mottainai Bananas” get a new lease on life, but do they make for a B-grade Frappuccino? 

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• (bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Japanese curry pasta is quick to make, receives rave reviews

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2024

Japanese curry is now as simple as boiling pasta in a pot!

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• (curry • curry rice • food • Hyogo • Japanese curry • Japanese food • K. Masami • pasta • recipes • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Starbucks Japan’s new Matcha Frappuccino: Brilliant beverage or drink disaster?

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2024

It looks like it contains apples, but it actually doesn’t.

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• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • matcha • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan’s new Wimbledon Frappuccino is twice as nice with this secret customisation hack

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2024

Best of all, this customisation is absolutely free!

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Is Starbucks Japan’s new Gohobi Melon Frappuccino really the ultimate melon Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2024

New limited-edition drinks have a lot to live up to. 

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• (coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

We take part in a T-Rex race at Nara, Japan, turns out to be a wet and wild event

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2024

Extinct theropods take over Unesco World Heritage Site for a race like no other.

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We investigate the newly released film revival of Hayao Miyazaki’s Sherlock Hound

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 26, 2024

The remastered and re-released theatrical feature is back in Japanese theaters for a limited time to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

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Can Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino and “cheer up” drink really change your mood?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2024

Two drinks designed to improve your energy and mood at a pivotal time of year.

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Starbucks Japan’s rarest Frappuccino can only be purchased at 15 stores around the country

• Oona McGee
  Feb 19, 2024

The My Fruit³ Frappuccino comes in three customisable varieties to suit personal tastes.

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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.

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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.

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• (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)

Sanrio’s lucky bag promises even more kawaii goods galore in 2024

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 17, 2024

We purchased a Pompompurin-themed bag to relive our childhood nostalgia and were pleasantly surprised at the practicality of the items.

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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. 

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• (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)

Checking Amazon Japan’s Bath Salts Fukubukuro Lucky Bag for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2023

How many Japanese bath salts can we get for US$25?

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• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • bath powder • bath salts • bath time • bathing • bathing customs • COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • K. Masami • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • online shopping • SNJO)

Starbucks Japan’s new Christmas Frappuccino: festive fantasy or festive fail?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2023

A nutty way to celebrate the holidays.

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If you cook Kyoto’s famous chewy “raw” confectionary, will it become a rice cracker?【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Nov 16, 2023

Can we recreate the baked version of yatsuhashi with different cooking methods?

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• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese sweets • K. Masami • Kyoto • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • SNJO • SoraKitchen • souvenirs • sweets • yatsuhashi)

Christmas arrives early at Starbucks in Japan with new Merry Cream Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2023

Limited-edition beverage looks set to be the hit drink of the festive season.

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