You Are Here – Algarve

Starbucks You Are Here – Algarve mug features one of my favorite color palettes. The sun is another interesting detail that I’ve seen on some other mugs from Europe (like this or this).

The Algarve is a historical province located in southern Portugal. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and west, and the lower Guadiana River to the east. The region has a diverse landscape, with a fertile coastal lowland and a sparsely populated interior upland region .… Read more

You Are Here – Porto

While other countries experience Christmas releases fever, Starbucks quietly added second Portugal YAH to the collection, namely, You Are Here Porto – a very nice mug, made using blue colors.
Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal. It’s history dates back to around 300 BC. It was and remains a major port in this area.

Obviously worth mentioning is Portuguese fortified wine (Port wine a.k.a vinho do Porto, Porto or simply port) produced exclusively in the Douro Valley. The fortification is achieved by the addition of a neutral grape spirit known as aguardente in order to stop the fermentation.… Read more

You Are Here – Lisboa

I was little bit disappointed about Starbucks not releasing any new YAH recently. I got used to new release every week or even more often. It has been two weeks since my last post and finally they took pity on us. No less than the first Portugal YAH – please meet Lisboa You Are Here mug.
Again we see Starbucks used native version of the name of the city – Lisboa instead of Lisbon, something we’ve seen with Icons already.
Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal with the population of 552k people.… Read more

Icon – Portugal 1

This Icon mug came from Portugal. Dark Green is used as its theme color. Carrack (no cross on sail) can be seen on the front of the mug and Palacio da Pena, Sintra on the back.

Countries of production: China… Read more

Icon – Portugal 2

This Icon mug came from Portugal. Dark Green is used as its theme color. Carrack (cross on sail) can be seen on the front of the mug and Palacio da Pena, Sintra on the back.
This mug is pretty common.
Countries of production: China, Taiwan… Read more

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