Hawaii BTO is followed by Starbucks Been There Ornament Waikiki. They were actually spotted together, which makes sense. This mini mug has orange string and it’s front is mostly occupied by Diamond Head State Monument. I don’t necessary agree that the real mountain looks exactly like it is pictured, but it is what it is.… Read more
Canadians join BT Ornaments fever too! There is no delay in the release, as it was the case for bigger mugs. Here’s Starbucks Been There Ornament Toronto for your aesthetic pleasure.… Read more
Alright, so the initial rumors about BTO cities to be released later, after all states are out, were wrong. That’s because here’s the brand new Been There Ornament Las Vegas. The string is orange, more info to come. Stay tuned.… Read more
New mini BTs are popping up pretty fast! Here’s the fresh release from today, Been There Ornament Seattle.
Below is the comparison photo of BT and BTO together. As we can see, many design elements were rearranged. It does look like some were removed, however the mini mug still has a lot to discover. The string is blue, same color as the inside of the mug.
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I somehow missed adding Starbucks You Are Here Puer mug to the site, even though its smaller sibling has been here for a while. With this mug I complete the second wave of Chinese YAH releases with the total count being 43 (excluding Christmas editions).… Read more
Starbucks You Are Here Guiyang is a nice looking mug, with Qianling_Mountain on the front. It’s an inner city mountain, where Qian being the short name for to Guizhou province. I would also like to mention Huangguoshu Waterfall – one of the largest waterfalls in Asia (being 255ft (78m) high and 331ft (101m) wide).… Read more
Starbucks You Are Here Zhengzhou mug represents the city in the central part of the People’s Republic of China. It is the capital of Henan Province and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of this province, as well as a major transportation hub.… Read more
This is the sixth BT city mug with error so far. With the release of Been There Charlotte v2, Starbucks has fixed the names of the streets on the sign on the front of the mug. Instead of “Tyron st.” and “Trader st.”, which is wrong, it now says “Tryon st.” and “Trade st.” So again, we see two errors on the same mug. Nice job, Starbucks.
As for the intersection itself, it splits Charlotte Center City (a.k.a Uptown) into four neighborhoods.… Read more
This was one of the first mugs from BT collection added to the site, yet it was still a preview. The actual release only happened today, and as you can guess, the delay was also caused by a misprint. Starbucks Been There Detroit v2 is missing “Startup city USA” “nickname” above Ambassador Bridge (which was replaced by two clouds). I, sincerely, tried to research where is that “nickname” coming from and can only assume it was supposed to represent the new era of entrepreneurship of Detroit.… Read more
Starbucks Been There Atlanta v2 has been released a couple weeks ago, yet I had no pictures of v1 to compare with. Now I do. As you can see from the collage below, the actual misprint was “Chattahoochie river” instead of “Сhattahoochee river”. It still amazes me how bad quality control at Starbucks was, while designing this series.
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