A Cup A Day: July 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Starbucks Card: Los Angeles

Released Date: End of April 2012

Official Starbucks Name: Los Angeles

SKU#: 11019432

Origin: United States of America

Type: City Card Edition

Starbucks Card: Butterflies

Released Date: End of February 2012

Official Starbucks Name: Spring Butterflies
SKU#: 11018122(USA)

Version: USA, Canada

Type: Summer Card

Starbucks Card: Teacher

Released Date: April 10th, 2012

Official Starbucks Name: Thanks, Teacher!

SKU#: 11019418

Version: USA

Type: Occasional Card

Starbucks Card: Birthday Drink(Happy Birthday IV)

Released Date: April 2012

Official Starbucks Name: Happy Birthday

SKU#: 011019422(USA)

Version: USA

Type: Occasional Card

Starbucks Card: Happy Birthday 2011 (Happy Birthday III)

Date of Released: April 2011

Official Starbucks Name: Happy Birthday

SKU#: 011012172(USA), 011014458(Thailand)

Version: USA, Canada, Thailand

Type: Occasional Card

Starbucks Card: Winter Walk

Released Date: November 6th, 2007

Starbucks Official Name: Winter Walk

SKU#: 485076

Version: USA

Type: Christmas Card

Starbucks Card: Year of the Dragon

Released Date: December 12th, 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Lunar New Year

SKU#: 11016462

Origin: USA

Type: Chinese New Year Card

Starbucks Card: Paper Hearts

Released Date: 2007

Re-release: January 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Paper Hearts

SKU#: 011011117

Version: USA

Type: Valentine Card

Starbucks Card: Winter Tree 2011

Released Date: December 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Holiday Tree

SKU#: 011015104(USA)

Version: USA, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Ireland, United Kingdom, Japan, Mexico, Greece, Australia, Thailand, Russia and Malaysia

Type: Christmas Card

Starbucks Card: Gift Tag Mini

Released Date: December 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Gift Tag

SKU#: 11015113

Version: USA, Canada

Type: Christmas Mini Card

Starbucks Card: Summer Beach

Released Date: July 12th, 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Summer Beach

SKU#: 011014711

Version: USA, Canada

Type: Summer Card

Starbucks Card: Fall Braille

Released Date: October 2011

Starbucks Official Name: Fall Leaves

SKU#: 011015106

Version: USA, Canada

Type: Fall Season Card

Starbucks Card: Thai Girl

Released Date: July 9th, 2007

Starbucks Official Name: Temple of the Emerald Buddha

SKU#: 403785

Version: Thailand

Type: City Card

Starbucks Card: Coffee=Love

Released Date: February 1st, 2012

Starbucks Official Name: Coffee=Love

SKU#: 11017370

Version: Canada, South Korea

Type: Valentine Card

Starbucks Card: Twilight

Date of Release: End of September 2007

Official Starbucks Name: Twilight Retreat
SKU#: 011014863

Version: USA
Type: Occasional Card

Starbucks Card: Twilight 2011

Released Date: October 2011

Official Starbucks Name: City Nights

SKU#___Serial#

011014863(USA)___6069...

11017354(Thailand)___6073 7556...

11017349(Malaysia)___6073 7545...

Version: USA, Thailand, Malaysia

Type: Occasional Card

Starbucks Card: Thank You 2011

Released Date: May 3rd, 2011(New Logo)

Starbucks Official Name: Thank You

SKU#__Serial#

011012160(USA)___6077...

11014709(South Korea) ___6075...

11017345(Malaysia)___6073...

Version: USA, Canada,South Korea,Malaysia

Type: Occasional Card

Monday, July 23, 2012

Down Memory Lane: Starbucks Mid-Autumn Festival-Moon Cake Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival or also known as Moon Cake Festival celebrated by the Chinese during end September to early October every year. Therefore, Starbucks in Asia have joined the culture by promoting their own signature moon cakes every year throughout Asia. In Malaysia especially, Starbucks lover able to enjoy the special edition moon cakes which are different from the traditional mooncakes. Throughout the years, Starbucks Malaysia have introduce 5 different kind of mooncakes. The first promotion was in 2006 where they introduce 2 flavor, then it escalated to 4 and 5 flavors in the following years. They are:

Tiramisu (2007-2011)

- Rich Cheese and mung bean set in center,wrapped in a generous layer made of Starbucks
Coffee and lotus paste

Berries Cheese (2007-2010)

- Cheese mung bean filling complemented with lotus, raspberry, dried cranberry and dried

strawberries

Hazelnut Latte (2007-2011)

- A delectable blend of Starbucks Coffee and chunky roasted hazelnuts.

Green Tea Chocolates (2007-2011)

- A burst of luscious, dark chocolate from the soft center filling balanced with an outer layer
of uplifting Starbucks green tea and lotus.

Caramel Macchiato (2011)

- Inspired by one of our indulgent offerings, this new rich combination of Starbucks ground
coffee satisfyingly complemented by the sweetish caramel center enhanced with
butterscotch chiptis a delight to savor.

As the festival just not enough with only the mooncakes, Starbucks Malaysia decided to make a selection for their loyal customer. They have introduced 2 selection; The Regular Gift Box and the Premium Gift Box. Usually in the regular gift box, it will consist of 2 mooncakes (Tiramisu and Berries Cheese-excluding the 2007 promotion). Meanwhile, in the premium gift box will have 4 complete mooncakes and a special edition gift for the mooncakes festival. These are the promotion that Starbucks Malaysia have done from 2007-2011. Enjoy!

..::2006::..