February 5, 2019 will be Chinese New Year — the Year of the (Earth) Pig. To usher it in with abundance and prosperity, Starbucks Philippines has come up with Year of the Pig merchandise and an accompanying Year of the Pig Starbucks card.
I love the look of The Year of the Pig mug. It helps that the dominant background color is a vibrant red. A cute pig face with a prominent snout is embossed on the front. The handle is a stylized version of a pig tail and you realize, as you turn the mug, that the handle gives you a back view of the pig.
Watch out, Starbucks collectors, coffee lovers, and anyone who loves sea themes. On September 11, 2018, Starbucks will be releasing its limited edition Starbucks Anniversary Collection of tumblers, water bottles, mugs, and Starbucks card. Going by the theme “Celestial Beauty of the Undersea”, the artwork of the Starbucks merchandise has ethereal qualities featuring a siren swimming in a sea of stars.
Taken from a Norse woodcut from an old maritime book, the two-tailed siren pays homage to the seafaring history of Seattle (location of the first Starbucks store) as a port city and to the journey of coffee itself.
Coffee lovers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao — heads up! Just in time for the Philippines’ 120th anniversary celebration of Independence Day on June 12, 2018, Starbucks will be releasing its Island Series collection. Each major island (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) is represented in the Island Series with a Starbucks 16-oz mug as well as a matching Starbucks card.
The Luzon ceramig mug in matte vibrant blue features a glossy decal with gold foil highlighting the night scenes of the business districts of Luzon. the Starbucks wordmark logo is laser engraved on the side of the mug and comes in a collector box packaging.
Starbucks Island Series mug and card – Luzon in a collector box
TWENTY YEARS!!! On December 4, 2017, Starbucks will celebrate 20 years of its presence in the Philippines!
December 4, 1997 saw the opening of a little coffeehouse with a green logo in a Makati building and to this day, it still stands there – in 6750 Building, Ayala Center. Starbucks Philippines was the third market to open outside of North America.
In celebration of these two decades, Starbucks is coming out with a very special anniversary collection of mugs and tumblers.
At the top is its (very) limited edition Starbucks 20th Anniversary collection of mugs released beginning December 1, 2017. All the anniversary mugs’ designs are a tribute to the Philippines’ woven art. Each 12-oz ceramic mug features traditional textile patterns and is accented by 200 white and emerald (the traditional 20th anniversary stone) Swarovski crystals. It also comes with a special-edition numbered certificate and a ready-to-gift box stamped with the Starbucks wordmark.
(L-R) White, White Gold, and Silver ceramic mugs with Swarovski crystals
