Been There Ornament – Kaohsiung
Starbucks Been There Ornament – Kaohsiung has a light blue string and is has the bigger sibling.… Read more
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Been There Ornament – Tainan
Starbucks Been There Ornament – Tainan has a green string and represents a smaller copy of the bigger mug.… Read more
Been There Ornament – Taichung
Been There Ornament – Taichung has dark green string. See the bigger mug for this city.… Read more
Been There Ornament – Taipei
Starbucks Been There Ornament – Taipei is a smaller mug for the capital of Taiwan (ROC). It has a rose string. Here’s the full-size version of it.… Read more
Been There Ornament – Taiwan
Starbucks Been There Ornament – Taiwan is a smaller copy of the bigger country mug. The string of the ornament is red.… Read more
Been There Ornament – Singapore
Starbucks Been There Ornament – Singapore is accompanying the bigger mug and can be found in stores as I write. As you can see, Merlion statue gave way to Changi Airport Control Tower on the front of the mini mug.
On a similar note, there were other items released as well: plastic and metal tumblers and notebook. See the pics of them below.
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Been There Ornament – New Zealand
Starbucks Been There Ornament – New Zealand is a fresh release from the latest mini-series. Compared to a bigger mug, it lost very few design elements and is still featuring many symbols and points of interest from this remote country. Here are some of them:
– Jandals a.k.a. flip-flops (originally a trademarked name derived from “Japanese sandals”)
– Whakaari / White Island is the most active volcano in the country, situated 30 miles from the east coast of the North Island
– Kiwi, the country’s national symbol and the only known bird with nostrils at the tip of the bill instead of the base
– Goodletite (gemstone) is a form of Ruby Rock which is unique to New Zealand.… Read more
You Are Here Ornament – Kuwait
Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Kuwait is a mini mug for the country at the tip of the Persian Gulf. Thanks to this location, the country benefits from huge oil reserves that are the sixth-largest in the world. That helps to backs up the high-income economy of the country with Kuwaiti dinar being the highest valued currency in the world.
You might want to read this post, where I compare the regular YAH and the Holiday Edition one, it has some references to what’s on the mug.… Read more
You Are Here Ornament – Qatar
The picture of Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Qatar has been just revealed through Facebook. Not sure for how long it will be available in stores, but considering the remoteness of this country and the limited amount of coffee shops, I expect this one to be “a hard to get” ornament.… Read more
You Are Here Ornament – Bahrain
Arabian Peninsula scores again with Starbucks You Are Here Ornament – Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago in the Persian Gulf which originally consisted of 33 islands, but due to land reclamation from the sea, this number is more than doubled now (although, islands that have been added are pretty small). There are not that many stores, around 30 actually, yet the ornament has been released and I am sure many collectors will be more than happy to add it to their stash.… Read more
