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Starbucks Japan releases new seasonal chilled cup tea latte with surprising accents in flavour

• Oona McGee
  Oct 7, 2026
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Limited-edition drink serves up a new taste of autumn.

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• (autumn • chilled cup • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • Joyful Medley • latte • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Suntory • tea • tea latte)

Viral Yokohama cafe tops teas with mini teapots with a clever smoldering secret [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2026

We head to Chazhong for a treat for our taste buds and our eyes.

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• (cafes • clever • COK • cool • drinks • milk team • SNJO • tea • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)

Converse Japan releases green tea cup sneakers so you can wear your love for sushi on your feet

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2026

All Star Yunomi Hi lets you step into the world of sushi.

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• (All Star • All Star Yunomi Hi • Converse • Converse All-Stars • Converse Japan • cool • design • fashion • green tea • shoes • sneakers • sushi • tea • teacup • yunomi)

Starbucks Japan proves Pumpkin Spice is NOT dead, with a new take for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2026

Exclusive lineup breathes new life into the Pumpkin Spice Latte, and serves up other designer beverages too. 

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• (autumn • cocktails • coffee • drinks • gelato • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan adds a gooey sweet potato Frappuccino to its menu this autumn

• Oona McGee
  Aug 27, 2026

New drinks showcase the delicious taste and texture of cold potatoes.

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• (autumn • beni haruka • cakes • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • tea)

Starbucks Japan adds new Customisation Bar to stores, with free ways to hack your food and drink orders

• Oona McGee
  Aug 26, 2026

New bar helps to create up to 5.27 million possible combinations.

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• (customisation • customization • customized drinks • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hacks • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Kyoto’s Meiji-era mansion opens a private tearoom with stained glass for just one day

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 21, 2026

A rare East-meets-West tea ceremony in a seldom seen tearoom.

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• (art • beautiful • Chorakuan • COK • culture • history • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • tea • tea ceremony • tearoom • teicha • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan releases two new seasonal drinks that blur the line between summer and autumn

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2026

We find out if Starbucks does justice to a fruit with a very Japanese flavour. 

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• (Chillax Soda • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • grapes • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese grapes • K. Masami • Kyoho • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Kyoho grape drinks for a taste that’s quintessentially Japanese

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2026

Famous Japanese fruit appears in summer to remind us that autumn isn’t too far away.

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Family Mart’s new Famima flagship in Tokyo has a hidden gem that most visitors miss

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2026

A must-try convenience store drink you won’t find anywhere else.

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Starbucks Japan adds new Frappuccino, Tea, and Chillax Soda to its limited-edition summer menu

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2026

Exclusive drinks showcase two fruits, done three ways.

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Starbucks Japan puts a bow on peach season with new limited-edition Peach Creamy Tea Latte

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2026

Starbucks says sayonara to the summer fruit with a new limited-edition beverage.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • milk tea • Peach • peaches • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea • tea latte)

Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, and we visited one to see how mugicha is made

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

With barley tea going into glasses as the weather heats up, we find out what goes into making barley tea.

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• (barley • barley tea • COK • drinks • factories • mugicha • SNJO • tea)

Starbucks Japan releases three new peach drinks, but the real star isn’t the Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Jun 27, 2026

One drink will have us coming back for more this summer.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Peach • Peach Frappuccino • peaches • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea)

7-Eleven Japan now has Seven Cafe tea machines…but can they convert a coffee drinker?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2026

Convenience store tea is having a moment this summer.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store • convenience stores • drinks • iced tea • Japanese convenience stores • milk tea • Seven Cafe • SNJO • tea)

Starbucks Japan sells Valencia Flavoured Syrup, and here are four ways to use it this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2026

These syrups aren’t only designed for coffee.

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• (drfnk hack • drinks • food hacks • fruit • hack • hacks • milk tea • orange • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • syrups • tea • Valencia • yoghurt • yogurt)

Starbucks Japan releases new Frappuccino, tea and soda drinks for summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2026

Serving up peaches three ways – melty, fizzy and chunky.

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Fukuoka schools struggling to get kids to switch from milk to tea in lunches

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2026

Debate over which drink fits lunches to a T.

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• (barley tea • children • drinks • education • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Board of Education • green tea • hojicha • milk • school lunches • tea)

Mos Burger adds Kandy Tea Milk to the menu and Japanese social media is here for it

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2026

A milk tea so milky it’s called Tea Milk.

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• (drinks • fast food • Kandy tea • limited edition • milk • milk tea • Mos Burger • SNJO • social media • tea • tea milk • trends • viral)

7-Eleven’s new green tea rice ball and sweets are only available in Japan’s top tea-growing area

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2026

And no, that’s not Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • green tea • matcha • onigiri • rice balls • Shizuoka • Shizuokacha • sweets • tea)

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