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Starbucks unveils new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2025
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Three limited-edition drinks that taste like a chocolate symphony.

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• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Valentine's Day • valentine's day chocolate)

Starbucks Japan’s Lucky Bag #3: A fukubukuro surprise we weren’t expecting

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2025

You win some, you lose some, and it’s all in the luck of the bag.

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• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • limited edition • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • new year • New Year 2025 • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

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

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2025

We find out if some lottery winners get a better deal than others.

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

What’s in Starbucks Japan’s fukubukuro lucky bag for 2025?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2025

Celebrate the start of a new year with one of the hardest-to-get lucky bags in Japan.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • limited edition • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • new year • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers)

The top 5 Starbucks Frappuccinos we’d like to drink again in Japan this year

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2025

There were many limited-edition drinks on the menu in 2024, but these were the best that deserve to be mainstays.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

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

Starbucks Japan releases cute new zodiac goods for Year of the Snake

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2024

Bears and snakes come together for a special collection at Starbuckssss…

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• (animal Zodiac • cups • drinkware • Holiday Season • Japanese New Year • limited edition • mugs • new year • New Year 2025 • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • year of the snake • zodiac signs)

Starbucks Japan reveals new winter holiday goods to wrap up 2024

• Oona McGee
  Dec 25, 2024

Mugs, tumblers and limited-edition Stanley cups with Hokkaido’s shimaenaga snow fairy as the star. 

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• (animals • birds • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cute • drinkware • ermine • glasses • goods • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shimaenaga • shop • shopping • snow fairy • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

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

Starbucks Japan is calling it quits with paper straws

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2024

After years of grumbling from customers, a Japanese supplier is stepping in with a new straw material.

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• (biomass plastics • bioplastics • environment • paper straws • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • straws)

Taking revenge on Starbucks in Japan with 10,000 yen at the Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2024

Risky revenge visit leaves us with some newfound revelations.

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• (COK • desserts • drinks • fukubukuro • limited edition • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • taste test)

How merry is Starbucks Japan’s new Merry Cream holiday Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

We find out if the festive cream is worth all the calories.

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Starbucks Japan reveals new holiday goods for the 2024 festive season

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

Collection includes limited-edition Stanley cups and a rhinestone tumbler with an eye-watering price tag. 

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• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • drinkware • glasses • holidays • limited edition • mugs • shop • shopping • Stanley • Stanley cup • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan unveils second Holiday Frappuccino for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2024

A “thrilling beverage” to get you in the holiday mood.

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• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cute • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Starbucks adds gingerbread cookies to its holiday lineup in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 19, 2024

An adorable drinking partner that pairs well with a gingerbread latte.

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• (Christmas • Christmas 2024 • COK • cookies • desserts • drinks • Frappuccino • gingerbread • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks releases new Wicked tumblers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 8, 2024

Defying gravity with the green mermaid at Starbucks.

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• (Arianna Grande • COK • Cynthia Erivo • drinks • Japanese souvenirs • limited edition • movies • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers • Wicked)

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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• (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)

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