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Starbucks jams this year’s lucky bag with coffee beans, vouchers, and gorgeous drinkware, all for roughly 50 bucks!
In order to figure out what might be in the bag this year, we have to look to the past to see the future!
The global coffee house chain is squeezing one more star ingredient into their beverage lineup before the end of the year.
The new limited-edition release surprised everyone when it appeared virtually unannounced around the country today.
The cool Frappuccino and its hot counterpart are some of the sauciest, best looking drinks we’ve ever tasted.
As their third holiday drink this year, Starbucks Japan will be offering baked apples in drinkable form – served either hot or cold!
After months of pining for the Korea-only limited edition release, Starbucks customers in Japan finally get to enjoy the delicious puddings too.
It’s hard to believe this photo of a barista in a Michigan Starbucks is a real photograph of a real person, not an image created by the team at Square Enix.
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We headed to our local Starbucks branch for the debut of the Bavarian cream-enhanced dessert drink.
The Frappuccino sets out a new path for Starbucks as the company ventures out into tea territory with their latest release.
Only available in certain countries for a limited time, these regional cakes come with a number of gorgeous details.
“Edo-kiriko” glasses from Starbucks are gorgeous — but also way too expensive. So we got to wondering: Can you get similar gorgeous designs for more reasonable prices?
Japanese Twitter users are weighing in with their thoughts on the two new limited edition items.
With more than a century of craftsmanship behind the creation of each little glass, these are some of the most exclusive and expensive items in the Starbucks range.
We paid a visit to the unusual location to find out what makes this the world’s most beautiful Starbucks.
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