H i Brewed Coffee Lovers! My name is Colin and I work on the brewed coffee team. As you know, we recorded ideas on 12second.tv at the Shareholders meeting, and there was a really great idea about Brewed Coffee and posting online which coffees would be offered each week. Check out the video below: What … more »

There have been many comments and posts about brewed coffee availability in the afternoon. I want to acknowledge that we’ve heard your frustrations, share our policies around decaf and Today’s Morning Pick (our bolder offering), and try to offer some resolution for those of you who aren’t … more »

Starbucks has introduced a new coffee: Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew. It is proportioned for an 8 oz. serving and only needs hot or cold water to brew in an instant. Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew Italian Roast or Colombia is now available in select Seattle and Illinois stores. It is also available … more »

While traveling with my family to a very popular Southern California destination, we decided to stop at a restaurant for breakfast. And as with each day, I like to start the morning with coffee. No matter how hard I try, hot brown water just doesn’t do it for me. :) Luckily I had a packet of Starbucks … more »

Today a number of media outlets have reported that Starbucks will be introducing a new instant coffee product next week. Here are a few details we can confirm: We are hosting exclusive events next week in New York and other cities where we will unveil the product. We have been working on this project … more »

Recently I asked the MSI community to share their favorite brewed coffee. Here are the results: • 27% Caffe Verona® (featured morning pick 2/9 - 2/15) • 11% Ethiopia Sidamo® (featured last week) • 17% Guatemala Casi Cielo® (featured morning pick this week) • 15% Pike Place … more »

Some of the ideas you’ve shared on MSI have been about offering coffee classes to learn more about coffee. For those of you in the Seattle area I thought you might be interested in this exhibit at the Burke Museum that is opening this weekend. After the exhibit ends at the Burke it will travel … more »