Brand new addition to the minis family: You Are Here Ornament – Turkey. Again, and this is true for all YAH Ornaments, it is a complete copy of the regular mug. You can see Anıtkabir (literally, “memorial tomb”) – the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on the front of the mug. … Read more
There will definitely be more than 10 new ornaments this season. Why? My assumption is, we’re going to get the regular versions of all Christmas Edition minis, plus other countries as well. We’ve already seen Slovakia and here’s another one: You Are Here Ornament – Romania. Since this is a complete copy of the regular mug, please check this post for a full review. … Read more
Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Spain is here. Another cute mini mug to add to your collection!… Read more
One by one, they’re coming quickly! Here’s another country ornament release – Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Portugal. It is very similar to its Holiday Edition sibling, as well as full-sized regular and Christmas brothers. It is now obvious we can expect at least 8 minis more this season. Stay tuned.… Read more
It seems that Starbucks has plans on releasing regular, non-Christmas versions of European country minis. Here is another one, You Are Here Ornament – Czech Republic, which was spotted yesterday, just two days after recent release of Slovakia.
As a reminder, here are Holiday Edition of Czech Republic Ornament and a regular, full-size mug. … Read more
An unexpected, but pleasant release – Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Slovakia. Please note, the full size mug has not been spotted yet. From the ornament:
– Bratislava Castle – the castle in the Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was built in 9th century on an isolated rocky hill in the middle of the city and was then rebuilt in 1956-1964. Due its size and position it became a symbol of the city. Here’s Interesting fact, since Bratislava is located at the intersection of three countries: Slovakia, Austria and Hungary, you can see other two from the walls of Bratislava Castle
– The Slovak National Uprising Bridge in Bratislava, a.k.a.… Read more
Along with the full-sized mug, Starbucks has also released You Are Here Ornament – Japan v2 “Winter Edition”. Here’s something I’ve forgot to mention in my previous post – the new mug and ornament are light blue inside compared to red in the first edition. The string is also light blue.
Please also see side by side collage of v1 and v2:
A pleasant surprise for ornaments collectors – Starbucks You Are Here Ornament Cambodia. This release is special, since it’s the first time I see the same ornament coming in two different boxes. First, is the regular YAH Ornament box, the green one with grayish cover, as seen above. The second one is a set of three Cambodian ornaments – Cambodia, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh together. Thus you now have two options – either buy them separately or as a trio.… Read more
I’ve been dreaming about this for a year now. Ever since it became clear that China gets lots of YAHs, I knew that ornaments are coming sooner or later too. It has happened today, the first Chinese YAH ornament is out, Starbucks You Are Here Ornament Puer. Interesting enough, this is a completely new city. The bigger mug has been released too and I can’t see it in the pics from the Chinese mugs preview I did earlier. It means that the assumption about second wave was not accurate.… Read more
This is an unexpected release from Starbucks. Yes, we did anticipate the YAH mug for the newly opened Da Nang store, but there were no rumors about ornament! So here it is, You Are Here Ornament Da Nang. Again, a very low quality photo from the store’s shelf. Let’s see what it looks like in real. I am planning to get one for sure!
Update from 02/05/2018: added a better picture of the ornament. Now we can identify design elements from this mini mug.… Read more
