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

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2024
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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 has a miniature collection, but you’ll need patience to get it

• Oona McGee
  Jun 9, 2024

There’s only one way you can get your hands on these one-of-a-kind miniature goods.

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• (COK • cool • cute • drinks • food • Frappucino • merchandise • miniature food • miniature goods • miniatures • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo)

We go bananas for Starbucks Japan’s new bananas range

• Oona McGee
  Jun 2, 2024

Saving the planet, one banana at a time…

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• (bananas • COK • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test • ugly bananas)

Starbucks teams up with Japanese illustrator Shogo Sekine for cheerful sustainable drinkware line

• SoraNews24
  Jun 2, 2024

Starbucks Japan wishes you a “bright future.”

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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)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Banana Brulee Frappuccino to save ugly fruit

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2024

Limited-edition drink and sweets will save three million bananas from the reject bin. 

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• (bananas • drinks • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • mottainai • mottainai bananas • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • ugly bananas)

Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2024

Forget Baby Yoda, go the full Yoda with this unprecedented matcha drink.

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• (Baby Yoda • cafes • chai • chai latte • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • matcha chai • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • sweets • tea)

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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Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2024

New matcha lineup spruces up green tea beverages with hatsutsumi leaves.

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Starbucks releases a new Matcha Frappuccino in Japan with a pun behind its creation

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2024

A special fruity green tea drink that’ll only be on the menu for a very limited time.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • puns • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry)

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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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Starbucks Japan sells a paper tote bag that looks like a free bag…so should you buy it?

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2024

When a paper bag becomes a fashion statement.

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• (bags • COK • cool • cute • Kraft • Mai Tsubomi • merchandise • shopping • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tote bags)

Starbucks Japan adds a Wimbledon Frappuccino to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  May 5, 2024

A tasty doubles partner arrives for summer.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberries • strawberries and cream)

All-you-can-drink deal for US$4 in Shinjuku is one of the best finds in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 2, 2024

Enjoy an adult drink bar on the cheap, where you pour the drinks how and when you want them. 

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• (coffee • COK • cool • hotels • keio plaza hotel • observation decks • shinjuku • sky lounge • Sky Plaza Ibasho • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks at Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopens, but is it really bigger and better than before?

• Oona McGee
  May 1, 2024

We discover a secret way to get the best photos, and all-you-can drink Starbucks coffee!

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• (new opening • news • QFront • reopening • review • scramble crossing • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shibuya Starbucks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Shibuya • Tokyo • Tsutaya)

Starbucks Japan releases new mugs and gifts for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2024

Heartwarming designs capture the love between mother and child in a beautiful way.

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• (COK • cool • cups • cute • drinkware • limited edition • Mother's Day • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Starbucks Japan adds a Motto Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2024

Exclusive drink is joined by a new summer customisation to jazz up any beverage.

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• (coffee • crown melon • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • gohobi • Japanese Frappuccinos • melons • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge

• SoraNews24
  Apr 19, 2024

Sky Plaza Ibasho opens in Shinjuku.

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• (coffee • COK • cool • hotels • keio plaza hotel • observation decks • shinjuku • sky lounge • Sky Plaza Ibasho • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks reopens at Shibuya Scramble Crossing with new look and design concept

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2024

Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks returns, with an improved layout overlooking the scramble crossing.

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• (new opening • news • QFront • reopening • scramble crossing • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Shibuya Starbucks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Shibuya • Tokyo • Tsutaya)

Starbucks adds a matcha and pistachio milk tea latte to the menu in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2024

A limited-edition exclusive that’s harder to come by than most.

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