Starbucks Coffee: A Creative Paper Cut-Out Animation Story

Netherlands based designer Rogier Wieland has developed an animation video for Starbucks to illustrate the reversed story of how their coffee goes from bean to your cup. The short clip was created by transferring video stills to paper cutouts that were then animated to make an amazing stop-motion movie. via: Laughing Squid

Inside The World’s Largest Starbucks

Starbucks has recently opened up a flagship store located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. This location has two coffee bars, an in-house kitchen, a shop, a two-story library complete with 200 books, including a roasting plant where the company produces its small batch Reserve beans. The building itself was constructed in 1910 as a automobile dealership, until Starbucks took over in 2013. This giant… Continue reading Inside The World’s Largest Starbucks

Starbucks Dark Barrel Latte Tastes Like Beer

Starbucks is testing its new Dark Barrel Latte created to taste like dark Irish beers such as Guinness. The beverage doesn’t actually contain beer or alcohol. Its a blend of espresso, dark caramel, chocolaty stout, and topped with whipped cream and a dark caramel sauce. The beer flavored coffee is available now in select test markets in the US (Ohio and Florida), but… Continue reading Starbucks Dark Barrel Latte Tastes Like Beer

A Giant Box of 2400 Krispy Kreme Donuts

Krispy Kreme UK has created a giant box filled with 2,400 Original Glazed doughnuts to celebrate the launch of the company’s large-scale delivery service. A team of eight staff packed the 11.5 ft long box of doughnuts, and are offering it to one social media winner.

Map of Coffee Shop Chains in the United States

The map above shows the closest of nine major coffee giants within a 10-mile radius throughout the U.S. and southern Canada. As you can see here, many popular American chains are represented here, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Caribou Coffee, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. (Blenz, Coffee Time, and, of course, Tim Hortons are Canadian brands.) Starbucks is scattered all over… Continue reading Map of Coffee Shop Chains in the United States

Starbucks Plans To Open Its First Tea Bar

It has been almost a year since Starbucks bought Teavana and they’re already planning on opening the first tea bar in New York City. The Seattle-based company says Teavana Fine Teas + Teavana Tea Bar will serve sweets and other food including flatbreads, salads and small plates in a trendy, cafe-like setting. The menu of food and freshly… Continue reading Starbucks Plans To Open Its First Tea Bar

Coffee Machine Prints Customers Faces On Lattes

Let’s Cafe is a Taiwanese cafe chain that prints customers faces on top of their lattes and cappuccinos. Faced with the challenge of competing with larger more established cafe chains in order to attract customers. Coffee drinkers upload photos from their smartphones to printer machine. The special printer uses edible ink to sprinkle their photo on the milk… Continue reading Coffee Machine Prints Customers Faces On Lattes