We visit the award-winning Starbucks to see if it’s still worthy of its title after a facelift.
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“World’s most beautiful Starbucks” gets a makeover in Japan, but is it still beautiful?
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Oona McGee
Dec 24, 2019 - Tweet
- Japan
- (cafes • coffeehouse • coffeehouses • food • food and drink • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Toyama • travel)
We visit new retro Starbucks in Japan for a taste of classic kissaten breakfast menu items
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Oona McGee
May 16, 2019
Before Starbucks existed in Japan, there were kissaten coffeehouses. Now there’s the Starbucks kissaten.
- Japan
- (cafes • coffeehouse • coffeehouses • food • food and drink • kissaten • retro • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks Japan goes retro with Purin A la Mode Pudding Frappuccino, kissaten coffeehouse items
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Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
New lineup will make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to the heyday of Japanese coffeehouses.
- Japan
- (coffeehouse • creme caramel • desserts • food and drink • Frappuccinos • kissaten • pudding • purin • purin a la mode • retro • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Starbucks opens up new coffeehouse in traditional Japanese building near Tokyo
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Oona McGee
Mar 5, 2018
- Japan
- (cafes • coffee • coffeehouse • Kawagoe • kura • Saitama • sightseeing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • tradition • travel)
Starbucks prides itself on letting customers customize their drinks and offers a lot of choices: no foam, no whip/with whip, double blended, two pump vanilla, extra shot and extra hot to name but a few. Never one to shy from a challenge, we decided to test just how far Starbucks was willing go in ensuring that visitors to its coffeehouses get just what they want.
Our request? A no caramel, no whip, and–are you ready for it–no coffee Caramel Frappuccino.
- Japan
- (barrista • barrister • caramel • coffee • coffee shop • coffeehouse • customization • customized drinks • Frappuccino • whipped cream)
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