Spring Starbucks

Spring means ‘sakura’ or cherry blossoms.
It also means a plethora of foods that are ‘sakura’ flavored…

↑　This is part of the menu… Limited edition drinks at the top.

It’s just a normal Starbucks card, but it has the ‘sakura’ limited edition on it..

And to complete it all.. a ‘sakura’ laden Starbucks bag.

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23 thoughts on “Spring Starbucks”

Deb on February 15, 2013 at 10:32 am said:

So what does a Starbuck’s drink cost if you converted it to USD?

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- Brent on February 15, 2013 at 10:51 am said:
  
  at today’s rate.. 92yen to 1 dollar,
  a normal cafe latte is 380 for a tall or about $4.10
  (420 for a grande or $4.53, and 460 for a venti or $4.96)
  reasonable? I don’t even know anymore….lol
  
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  - Deb on February 15, 2013 at 12:40 pm said:
    
    Sounds right about the same as we pay in Canada….it’s called five bucks for a reason!
wanderglass on February 15, 2013 at 4:02 pm said:

So funny! I was in Japan during the spring a few years ago – this brings back a lot of memories

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volervoyage on February 15, 2013 at 8:54 pm said:

Hi, I saw the Sakura menus at starbucks today and I was tempted to buy it.. But didnt.
Looking at the photo of the sakura bag, im guessing you bought it.. How was it?

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- Brent on February 15, 2013 at 8:56 pm said:
  
  lol.. i bought coffee, ground coffee! Pike Place Blend for me and ny co-worker.. got the bag, but not the sakura frappaccino! (too cold! lol)
  
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  - volervoyage on February 15, 2013 at 8:58 pm said:
    
    Thanks for the reply!
    So you didn’t try it? I should go try it out tomorrow….:)
  - Brent on February 15, 2013 at 9:04 pm said:
    
    oh.. please do! and report back! lol
    
    (it’ll be colder and windy tomorrow tho! brr..! at least here anyway!)
volervoyage on February 15, 2013 at 9:06 pm said:

I thought it was supposed to snow here in Yokohama today… The weather report sucks.. Don’t you think so?
Yes! I’ll report back! Stay tuned.

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- Brent on February 15, 2013 at 9:09 pm said:
  
  looking forward to it..!
  
  yes.. but i’d rather it either snow like crazy (so i cant move), or just a centimeter (or so..), and have it melt away during the day. i cant deal with the traffic, trains, people, etc. when it causes problems like that… lol
  
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  - volervoyage on February 15, 2013 at 9:18 pm said:
    
    hahaha true that.
    I read your ‘About’ page and you were raised in Seattle?
    I’m going there this summer… do you have any recommendations on where I should go? tour?
  - Brent on February 15, 2013 at 9:55 pm said:
    
    really? cool!
    tons of nice places..
    Pike Place Market!
  - volervoyage on February 15, 2013 at 10:15 pm said:
    
    Pike Place Market? Ok!
    Thank you!!!!
Asuma on February 15, 2013 at 11:11 pm said:

I want to try both the original and soy Sakura White Chocolate!! Wonder what a blossom-flavour is supposed to be like Did you get to try any of those limited edition drinks?

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- Brent on February 15, 2013 at 11:31 pm said:
  
  not yet.. they look pretty good, don’t they!?
  
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  - Asuma on February 16, 2013 at 2:57 pm said:
    
    They really do! Do post about it when you do get to try them
  - Brent on February 17, 2013 at 7:18 am said:
    
    yes, hopefully soon! today perhaps…!
Lee Kaplanian on February 16, 2013 at 2:47 am said:

I love the cherry blossom petals on the bag – it makes the plain brown bag look delicate and very appealing. I also notice there are a lot shower gel, lotions, shampoo, etc. in the stores here with Japanese cherry blossom scent. Thanks for showing us something a little different from a familiar company.

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RoSy on February 16, 2013 at 3:21 am said:

A refreshing look!

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Heartafire on February 16, 2013 at 3:33 am said:

Most interesting blog…love it!

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m.e. on February 26, 2013 at 5:52 pm said:

I love spring and I love cherry blossoms. How come Starbucks doesn’t get season out in the US?

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- Brent on February 26, 2013 at 5:55 pm said:
  
  good question! I think it might be too ‘cute’ for Americans… lol
  
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