Photo from designbrandchina
I’ve never seen this in American markets, but apparently Starbucks produces its own mooncakes to sell during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I think my grandma and aunt would get a kick out of seeing these. Thanks @calebkramer.
15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea: a new coffeehouse experience from Starbucks
August 6, 2009 @ 10:39 am
PSFK has some images of a new Starbucks venture called 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea (located in Seattle) that is basically a Starbucks store without any Starbucks branding (except for a small note on the window that says “inspired by Starbucks”). The purpose of the store is to evoke a feeling of a local neighborhood coffee shop and I must say that I’m quite impressed. The stores have a very old and rustic look to them and word is that these stores will attempt to bring in live music and poetry readings on a regular basis as well as sell wine and beer.
For now, it seems like the new store is merely a concept and only time will tell if it becomes a hit, especially after news spreads that it’s a Starbucks-owned coffee place. I’d love for them to open one in New York (but that’ll probably never happen because, well, it’s New York).
Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs
February 7, 2009 @ 2:31 am
Valentine’s Day is coming up and Starbucks has the exclusive release of Sweetheart, a CD full of artists’ favorite love songs sung by the artists themselves. It’s an absolutely great CD to listen to even if you aren’t with a significant other because the new versions of classic love songs are sometimes almost better than the originals.
Here’s the tracklist below (tracks in bold are personal favs):
- Death Cab For Cutie – Love Song (The Cure)
- Katy Perry – Black and Gold (Sam Sparro)
- DeVotchKa – Hot Burrito #1 (Flying Burrito Brothers)
- Department of Eagles – Love Me (Elvis)
- Jessica Lea Mayfield – Words of Love (Buddy Holly)
- Ben Bridwell – Your Love Is Forever (George Harrison)
- Kate Tucker – I’m On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
- Rogue Wave – Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- A.C. Newman – Take On Me (a-ha)
- Jem – Yellow (Coldplay)
- Richard Hawley – Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Daniel Martin Moore – I Hear Music (Billie Holiday)
- She & Him – I Put A Spell On You (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins)
- Lila Downs – My One and Only Love (Frank Sinatra)
I already bolded it, but I’ll make special note of the Jem rendition of Coldplay’s “Yellow”. In a word, it is beautiful!
Portrait of Joe Ades inside a Starbucks
February 3, 2009 @ 8:07 pm
Photo: carrot man by laurenfarmer
This is by far the most awesome picture I’ve ever seen of Joseph “Joe” Ades, the curious and interesting old man who sold potato peelers on New York City streets for over 60 years.
If you haven’t heard, Joe Ades passed away this past Sunday at the age of 75. Thanks JSTN for the photo!
Starbucks free coffee cards
November 18, 2008 @ 11:47 am
So Starbucks apologized to me for that Election Day stupidness by giving me coupons for 2 free cups of coffee of any size. Pretty neat, I guess.
The cards are big and they don’t exactly fit into my wallet which means that I’ll probably forget to use them because they’ll be sitting on my desk.
Anyway, yeah, free coffee. Yum.
Starbucks really doesn’t want to give free coffee at all today
November 4, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Wow. Ok, so if you’re going to go to Starbucks and get a free coffee after voting, here’s a tip: DON’T.
They really don’t want to give the free coffee out at all.
I managed to get one only after being belittled by the staff at my local Starbucks for going in and taking advantage of a promotion that THEY PUT ON THEMSELVES. If they’re going to be such pricks about giving away a free cup of coffee, then why advertise the event at all?
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