There was a confusing delay in releasing more ornaments from Europe, but today, we finally see the Starbucks You Are Here Ornament Germany making its appearance in stores. Apparently, the releases will happen in batches, so we can expect other minis coming out soon.
All I can add, this ornament is a copy of a bigger mug. The string color is brown, or to be more specific, walnut (I am not a colorist though).… Read more
Thanks to a very vigilant Facebook user, it was brought to my attention that there is another Canadian mug revised by Starbucks. Been There – Montreal v2 introduces the update for “Parc du Mont-Royal”, which was “Parc du Mont Royal” in the initial release (v1). Even though it was a minor, hardly visible error, I think Starbucks did the right thing fixing it.
Starbucks Been There – Maryland v2 has two elements updated:
– there was this “nickname”, “Chesapeake State” which didn’t make any sense. I could not find any source which callled Maryland that way. This controversial detail has been replaced with White Oak, official tree of the state.
– “Oh say can you see…” has been replaced with “O say, can you see…” and I am not sure how accurate it is. There are slightly different variations of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” out there in internet.… Read more
Here’s the second Canadian BT mug which has been revised – Been There – Ontario v2. The change is much bigger than Canada v2 from my previous post. In particular, Starbucks removed “The Heartland Province” nickname making adjacent elements bigger; the “Ice wine” has been switched with “Icewine”, which is the proper way to call the wine made from grapes that have been left to freeze naturally on the vine.
Here is another revised BT mug. The change we see in Been There – Canada v2 is really subtle. You actually have to play “spot the difference” game here. If you, like me, could not find it right away, here is the spoiler: the only difference is the comma in the line “The True North, strong and free”, which is a weird decision, since the official text of the Canadian anthem doesn’t have that comma. With this new releases, Starbucks is actually bringing more questions, rather than fixing things.… Read more
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
