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Is there a big difference between Starbucks Japan’s fukubukuro lucky bags?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2025
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We find out if some lottery winners get a better deal than others.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks releases a Bouquet Frappuccino in Japan…but does it taste like a bunch of flowers?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2024

Find out if this floral Frappuccino is a gift you should accept or refuse.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan releases a new Frappuccino that looks and tastes like a floral bouquet

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2024

Reward yourself for a year of hard work…with drinkable flowers.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • coffee • COK • drinks • Earl grey • flowers • holiday • latte • limited edition • new year • New Year 2025 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea • winter)

Starbucks Japan releases a special tea latte to celebrate the Year of the Snake

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2024

A delicious homage to the 2025 zodiac animal. 

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese New Year • latte • limited edition • new year • New Year 2025 • New Year's • New Year's 2025 • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tea • tea latte)

Starbucks Japan just released a new matcha green tea latte, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2024

The green mermaid’s green tea beverage undergoes a transformation.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • green tea • K. Masami • latte • limited edition • matcha • matcha latte • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan gifts us with the Matcha Classic Green Tea Latte for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2024

A final offering from the green mermaid for 2024.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • drinks • green tea • latte • limited edition • matcha • matcha latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks Japan releases a new chilled cup exclusively at Family Mart convenience stores

• Oona McGee
  Nov 7, 2024

Limited-edition drink joins a new series of Merry beverages for the holiday season.

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• Japan
• (chilled cup • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • coffee • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • holiday • Japanese convenience stores • latte • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Suntory • winter)

Starbucks Japan releases a Chocolate Mousse Latte and seasonal desserts to celebrate autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 4, 2024

We find out if these autumn treats are worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • autumn • coffee • COK • desserts • drinks • K. Masami • latte • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan releases first flower drink in exclusive, hard-to-find chilled cup series

• Oona McGee
  Oct 3, 2024

Like drinking a flower garden, but you’ll have to go hunting to find it. 

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• Japan
• (chilled cup • COK • drinks • Earl grey • latte • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Starbucks adds a Chocolate Mousse Latte to the menu in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2024

This luxurious taste of autumn is like a warm hug from within.

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• Japan
• (autumn • chocolate • coffee • drinks • latte • limited edition • limited edition flavors • seasonal • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks Japan releases new Pumpkin Spice Latte chilled cup exclusively at convenience stores

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2024

A new and convenient way to get your Starbucks pumpkin fix this autumn.

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• Japan
• (autumn • chilled cup • coffee • COK • convenience stores • drinks • latte • limited edition • pumpkin • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Suntory)

Lipton releases Pancake Tea Latte in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2024

Japan’s famous hotcake mix, now available in drinkable form.

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• Japan
• (drinks • food • hotcakes • Japanese pancakes • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Lipton • Morinaga • new • pancakes • tea • tea latte • weird)

Matcha strawberry daifuku from Hatoya really lets the green tea shine in more ways than one

• Master Blaster
  Jan 29, 2024

We try one and other items from the limited-time booth in Shinjuku.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • daifuku • food • green tea • Hatoya • Kyoto • latte • matcha • pudding • shinjuku • Takashimaya • Tokyo)

We get a taste of Starbucks Japan’s new coffees and sweets, including one that’s here to stay

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2023

From moussed lattes to matcha mochi balls, this collection is filled with surprising flavours.

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• Japan
• (autumn • cappuccino • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Frappuccino • International Coffee Day • latte • limited edition • matcha • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

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)

Japan’s new 2,500-yen Ultimate Matcha Latte Float takes green tea to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2023

Would you pay 20 bucks for this green tea beverage?

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• Japan
• (beverage • cookies • drinks • green tea • Hatoya Ryoyousha • ice cream • Isetan • Kyoto • latte • matcha • Shinjuku Isetan • sweets • Uji hikari)

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

Futuristic drinks stand in Tokyo lets you order cute, personalised beverages from your phone

• Katie Pask
  Sep 18, 2022

But will the SoraNews24 Strawberry Latte hit Mr. Sato’s sweet spot?

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• Japan
• (cute • drink • drinks • latte • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • Shinjuku Marui • strawberry latte • taste test • technology • Tokyo)

McDonald’s Japan’s new tsukimi moon-viewing McShake and McFlurry tantalise the taste buds

• Oona McGee
  Sep 16, 2022

New menu items capture the sweet flavours of autumn in Japan.

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• Japan
• (autumn • chestnut • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese chestnuts • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Tasting Starbucks Japan’s new autumn Frappuccino, created around the theme of “Our Harvest Table”

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2022

The taste of Japanese autumn in a cup! 

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• Japan
• (autumn • chestnut • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese chestnuts • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

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