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Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo releases Japanese parfait lattes and pina colada flights

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2025
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Reward yourself with a series of exclusive limited-edition drinks.

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How special is Starbucks Japan’s new “Special Ver.” Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  May 1, 2025

Join us as we find out if this is a decadent improvement or a sneaky cash grab.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese strawberry • K. Masami • limited edition • limited edition flavors • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • summer • taste test)

Can Starbucks Japan’s new Chillax Sodas really help you relax and chill?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2025

Customers in Japan get a new type of limited-edition drink this summer.

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Are all Starbucks coffee sizes the same? Testing the viral video claim in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 25, 2025

Surely a Tall-sized coffee can’t fill a Venti to the brim…can it?

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• (coffee • COK • cups • drinks • goods • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • viral video)

Starbucks Japan launches new Chillax Soda drinks for summer

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2025

Starbucks and chill.

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• (Chillax Soda • drinks • fruit • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • news • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • yuzu)

Starbucks Japan rolls out new strawberry tarts and donuts, and we eat both ASAP【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 16, 2025

But will these strawberry sweets be too good for their own good?

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• (donuts • food • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries • strawberry • sweets • tarts)

Child-friendly Starbucks store opens in Osaka offering child-exclusive drinks

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 12, 2025

Kids in tow but still need your coffee fix? Starbucks’ newest branch is the perfect location for families.

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• (Aeon Mall Dainichi • cafes • children • COK • cool • drinks • drinks for children • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fun for kids • Japanese Frappuccino • kid-friendly • kids • Kids Frappuccino • Moriguchi • Osaka • shopping mall • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino really help you forget about everyday life?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2025

We test the powers of the forget-the-world Frappuccino.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Japanese strawberry • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberry • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks customers in Japan create a weird food hack that’s gone viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2025

New food trend might seem crazy, but it actually works.

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Starbucks Japan releases new range of pink drinkware and gift cards for Mother’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2025

An alternative sakura drinkware collection.

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• (cherry blossoms • coffee • COK • cups • drinks • drinkware • gifts • goods • Mother's Day • mugs • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)

Starbucks releases a new Frappuccino in Japan to help us “forget about everyday life”

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2025

A new drink and sweets to ease our sorrows.

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Starbucks Japan unveils exclusive new drinkware goods for summer

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

Mugs, cups and tumblers make a splash for a limited time.

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• (cool • cups • drinkware • limited edition • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks goods • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tumblers)

Starbucks vs 7-Eleven: Which chain serves up the best acai drink in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

On-trend flavour put to the test in this Smoothie-Frappuccino showdown.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • acai • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccino • konbini • My Fruits³ Frappuccino • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Sayonara, paper straws? Starbucks Japan rolls out new biomass plastic straws, we test them out

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 1, 2025

Nobody really liked Starbucks’ paper straws, but can we fall in love with this new eco-friendly model?

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

Starbucks Japan adds a new milk tea Frappucino to its lineup for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2025

New collection champions a special Japanese tea blend at exclusive stores.

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• (cool • drinks • Earl grey • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • teas • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan’s Snoopy Frappuccino is here!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

Snoopy’s special Frappuccino has a very long name and a lot of flavors, but surprisingly “peanut” isn’t one of them.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • Joe Kind • Peanuts • SNJO • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks Japan sells a new water bottle with bonus extras to spark joy

• Oona McGee
  Mar 20, 2025

The Joy Pack Water Bottle brings colour and fun to your hydration session.

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• (Bearista • bottles • cafes • coffee • COK • cute • drinks • drinkware • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks drinkware • Starbucks Japan • stickers • water • water bottles)

Starbucks x Peanuts collaboration brings Joe Kind Snoopy to Japan with exclusive drinks and goods

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2025

Special Snoopy serves up kindness in this huge new release.

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Does Starbucks Japan’s first-ever flavour-changing Frappuccino live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 14, 2025

The Haruzora “Spring Sky” Frappuccino changes colour and flavour but we find out if it changes our taste buds.

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• (cafes • coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • milk coffee • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Starbucks Japan unveils new limited-edition drinkware and goods for spring

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2025

Stanley cups and colour-changing tumblers are just some of the highlights in this mega collection.

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• (Bearista • cups • cute • drinkware • limited edition • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Japan tumbler • Starbucks limited edition • tumblers)

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