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Reusable cold cups are back—and thanks to you, BIGGER!
May 11, 2009
by sbx_sspe
What’s insulated, BPA-free and now comes in a Venti (20 oz.) option? It’s the hottest serveware item of the season that is sure to keep your drinks cold—the reusable cold cups! We heard you and we’re bringing both the Grande (16 oz.) and Venti sizes of the cold cups to you in participating stores and online. While our standard disposable plastic cup is 24 ounces, drinks made for the Venti reusable cold cup will require a little less ice due to its smaller size. But do not fear-- the cup comes with permanent fill lines to guide baristas on the perfect drink proportions, so your beverage will be made just right. The double-wall protection keeps your hands dry and your beverage … more »
Gluten-free Valencia Cake
May 05, 2009
by Chris Charles
Hello, Chris here. I’m the lead product developer for the new Gluten-free Orange Valencia Cake. Today, I’d like to share a behind the scenes look into the development of a delicious and gluten-free cake. We start with just seven simple ingredients (eggs, Valencia orange pulp, almonds, sugar, orange peel, gluten-free baking powder, and orange oil) and carefully blend them together in small batches at our partner bakery. Because gluten can easily contaminate through pans, tools and even in the air, the bakery has a special gluten-free zone with dedicated equipment, pans and washing stations. After the cake batter is made, it’s transferred to the batter depositor that pushes batter … more »
Dave Matthews Band Listening Party
May 22, 2009
by Holly Hinton
My name is Holly Hinton and I work on the Starbucks Entertainment team. A few weeks ago, I posted a blog specifically for our partners (employees). I offered all partners who responded to my blog within 24 hours the chance to hear the new Dave Matthews Band album and host a listening party in their store before the CD even launches! Over the course of the day, 18 partners responded to the blog with excitement and enthusiasm for the new album. If you are also a Dave Matthews Band fan, I encourage you to check the list of ‘winning’ stores below and see if your local Starbucks will be hosting a listening party! If your store is not on the list, be sure you pick up your own copy of “Big … more »
The Iced Coffee Story
May 18, 2009
by Anthony C
Hi! My name is Anthony Carroll and I work on the Coffee team here at Starbucks. I’ve seen a few ideas here about iced coffee, so I wanted to write this blog to share the iced coffee story. Iced coffee has been part of Starbucks since 1971. Initially, it was brewed using the Toddy® maker at double strength. The coffee was called Iced Marrakesh and it included aromatic spices like cardamom. That was until 1986, when we began brewing double strength brewed (drip) coffee and serving it over ice. Then in 1991, we introduced an amazing East African blend called Gazebo Blend®, our official coffee of summer. This blend was a perfect coffee to serve iced as are most East African coffees … more »
Starbucks Value at Your Local Grocery Store
May 08, 2009
by Jill Regen
Hi there. This is Jill from the Consumer Products Group (CPG). My team works on the products that you see in the grocery store. Many of you have been posting ideas around value at Starbucks and the CPG folks want to let you know that we’re listening! Beginning on May 11, we will launch the first ever Starbucks grocery coupon booklet. Baristas at participating local Starbucks will be passing out these coupon booklets ($6 savings) that can be used where you buy groceries. The coupon booklet features the following items: New Starbucks® Ice Cream - $1.00 off Bottled Frappuccino® beverages - $2.00 off 4 pack Starbucks Doubleshot® espresso drink - $2.00 off 4-pack Packaged Coffee … more »
Newest Idea Under Review
May 28, 2009
by Anali C
I just wanted to write a quick blog about the newest idea "Under Review" - Send a friend a cup of coffee online. We agree with you that this is a super exciting idea and it's one that we've been poking at for a while now. This week, one of our executives decided that we should officially put this idea "Under Review" as he's going to take a look at it and see if it is something we should launch or not. We hope to have more news to share with you sometime this summer after the team has had some time to do research and make a decision. Now that the idea is "Under Review", you can't vote or comment on it anymore. But, all is not lost. Please use this … more »
TWISI-tter
May 22, 2009
by Thomas Prowell
Hi, my name is Thomas Prowell and I was the editor of “The Way I See It” here at Starbucks, a program that many of you have had ideas about. If you don't know it, “The Way I See It” – or TWISI (pronounced "twizzy") as we liked to call it within Starbucks –was a series of quotes from all sorts of interesting people that appeared on our paper cups from 2005 until earlier this year. Well, Chris Anderson, curator of TED (a conference of leading thinkers in technology, entertainment and design) and author of TWISI #95, has thought up a nifty way to continue the TWISI conversation in this Web 2.0 era. He's asked people to come up with their own … more »
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