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Starbucks Japan welcomes autumn with Caramel Apple Rooibos Tea
- Oona McGee
Oct 9, 2021 - Tweet
There’s nothing boring about rooibos when it’s served like this.
- Japan
- (autumn • coffee • COK • hojicha • K. Masami • latte • rooibos • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)
Starbucks adds a new Triple Espresso Latte to the menu in Japan
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2021
But will it give us the buzz we need?
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • espresso • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
We try the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2021
After a 15-year absence, we finally get our first taste of a drinkable pumpkin pie.
- Japan
- (autumn • COK • drinks • latte • pumpkin • Pumpkin Spice Latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)
Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte finally arrives in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2021
Customers in Japan have been waiting 15 years for this moment.
- Japan
- (auutumn • COK • latte • pumpkin • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)
“Drinkable pistachios”: A nutty matcha lover’s dream beverage
- Oona McGee
May 31, 2021
Pistachio and matcha are a match made in green tea heaven!
- Japan
- (cafes • cool • drinks • green tea • latte • matcha • Omotesando • pistachio • taste test • Tokyo)
2020 got you down? Finish not with a Big Bang, but like a Dynamite, with new BTS-themed coffee
- Ingrid Tsai
Dec 20, 2020
Wash all your Blood Sweat & Tears away with this coffee collaboration between the world’s premier K-pop boy band and a Japanese online retailer.
Save money AND enjoy a delicious jiggly jelly treat with this Starbucks topping ‘hack’
- Katie Pask
Aug 8, 2020
Now you can have your drink and eat it, too.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (coffee • drink • experiment • Japanese desserts • latte • mochi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • warabi mochi)
Starbucks releases new “Japan Wonder Project” Goma Goma Goma Frappuccino and Latte for New Year
- Oona McGee
Dec 18, 2018
Exclusive beverages are inspired by an ancient New Year’s calligraphy tradition to help customers “get excited over unknown Japan”.
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • latte • sesame • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Starbucks Japan kicks off New Starbucks Coffee Journey with unique “white coffee” drinks
- Kay
Mar 9, 2018
This spring, Starbucks Japan invites you to enjoy a unique white coffee experience!
Former employee shows us why a Starbucks “Tall Latte” is a sucker bet
- Master Blaster
Jun 1, 2017
A simple design issue dictates that all lattes are not created equal.
Join in the holiday cheer by drinking a baked apple at Starbucks Japan this winter
- Kay
Nov 21, 2016
As their third holiday drink this year, Starbucks Japan will be offering baked apples in drinkable form – served either hot or cold!
Lactose-free fun for spring as Starbucks’ apricot honey soy cream lattes and Frappuccinos arrive
- Evie Nyan
Mar 18, 2016
We try out Starbucks Japan’s two lactose-free drinks for spring, with their new revised soy milk formula!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (apricot • drinks • Frappuccino • honey • latte • soy • Starbucks)
Delicious, foamy coffee art at home! We try new 3-D latte art machine “Awataccino”!
- Evie Nyan
Dec 9, 2014
As some of our more creative and caffeine-addicted readers might recall, we recently reported that Japan is now supplying a variety of DIY latte-art related goods which will enable anyone to create awe-inspiring masterpieces at home. Of course, we were fascinated by the prospect of being able to stun friends and casual acquaintances with our barista-style foamy coffee sculpting skills. So when the opportunity to test out Takara Tomy’s Awataccino machine came around, we jumped at the chance!
- Japan
- (art • awataccino • coffee • cute • foam • Kawaii • latte • latte art • Takara Tomy)
Cappucino art that’s out of this world: Twitter cappuccino artist shows off his extraterrestrial skills
- Preston Phro
Jan 9, 2014
We’ve seen some pretty cool latte art over the years, but this might be the most, um, unusual we’ve spotted. It’s not exactly cute, but it certainly is out of this world!
From aliens to bunnies to Ghibli’s Catbus, this guy does it all in 3-D foam sculptures atop cups of coffee!
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