You Are Here – London Gold Outline

It seems that the capital of Great Britain had a special place in the hearts of Starbucks designers, because the You Are Here London Gold Outline is yet another prototype created for the city that unfortunately never reached store shelves. This example appears to be exceptionally rare and could very well be a one-of-a-kind surviving piece. Unlike the regular London mug, which uses the familiar bright You Are Here palette with solid blocks of red, blue, green, and gray, this prototype keeps much of the same overall composition but adds thin metallic-gold outlines around many of the shapes.… Read more

You Are Here Christmas – China

Even though it’s not Christmas yet, Starbucks decided to come up with one of the most beautiful mugs from soon to be discontinued series – You Are Here Christmas China. Again, considering the release date, we probably better call it You Are Here China Gold? Regardless, I have to repeat, this mug looks amazing. My understanding this is due to big dragon, which is not just outlined, but fully painted with Gold. This is probably one of those “must have” mugs every collector should get.… Read more

You Are Here Christmas – Thailand

Last year, I was really excited to add YAH Christmas Amsterdam and Barcelona to Starbucks-Mugs.com in anticipation of their immediate release. However, to my disappointment, they have never been released. And if for Barcelona there was no pic at all, Amsterdam in it’s turn had some photo from apparently Starbucks presentation or something like that.
This is why I am adding You Are Here Christmas – Thailand as a rumor so far. Let’s hope this mug will be released this holiday season and join YAH Christmas family.… Read more