The one and only Canadian Holiday Edition – Starbucks Been There Christmas Canada. Yep, despite of the fact, that there are 20 Canadian BT mugs released so far, there is only one painted in gold. My understanding, Starbucks was not sure about the demand and decided to choose the safe way. There is also a possibility, that they keep other cities and provinces for the next year. Let’s hope for the second option!… Read more
Just a few cities got their Christmas Edition mug this season and Starbucks Been There Christmas – Atlanta is one of them.… Read more
Starbucks Been There Christmas Boston is the Holiday Edition of the second version of the existing mug. As a reminder, Boston was one of the mugs with misprint (see this post for more details). As for this particular mug, the actual error was “Boston Commons” instead of “Boston Common” on the back of the mug. As you can see on the pic below, Christmas edition, as expected, has the proper wording.
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:
Release of the Starbucks You Are Here – Japan v2 will probably be the most important news of November 2018. Starbucks calls it “Winter Version” of the existing mug. Following elements symbolizing Japan winter were added, replacing existing ones:
– camellia flowers (Camellia Japonica, common camellia, Japanese camellia or Tsubaki), often called the rose of winter, since it prefers cool temperatures.
– Red-crowned cranes – one of the rarest cranes in the world. The cranes are most spectacular to watch as they dance, often in pairs, with seemingly choreographed dips and jumps.… Read more
Starbucks Been There Christmas – Los Angeles is a Holiday Edition of Been There LA v2 mug. As a reminder there was v1 with the typo, where designers mistakenly placed wrong nickname: “City of the angels instead of “City of Angels”. See more about that error here.… Read more
Island and city in Greece – Starbucks You Are Here – Corfu… Read more
Here’s the second version of the last year’s Holiday Edition mug – Starbucks You Are Here Christmas – Cebu v2, and the only difference is the green box and inside of the mug instead of red. This mug conclude Philippines trio of v2s this year (see Manila and Philippines)… Read more
Just another brand new release from Malaysia – Starbucks You Are Here Langkawi
Langkawi, is an archipelago of 99 islands (+ 5 small islands visible only at low tide) in the Andaman Sea some 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia.… Read more
