Buy 1 Take 1 at Starbucks

Buy one, Get one beverage at Starbucks today OCTOBER 21

Starbucks extends Buy 1 , Take 1 promo

Planning to have  coffee with a friend?  Today is the best time to bond over a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Whether you want iced coffee or frap or any of their handcrafted beverages, you get another one for free. Here's how:

1. Promo period is October 14 (MONDAY)
2. Pay using the Starbucks PH phone app
3. Order a Grande handcrafted beverage
4. The buy one get one promo is available from 11am-6pm
5. Maximum of two purchased beverages per customer

Starbucks bolts in restroom

Need to pee or do your personal necessities? Well you can do it anywhere else except at starbucks SM Ecoland. Unless of course you have the ticket to the restroom, in this case, a receipt to prove you have ordered and paid your dues!

Starbucks logo gets a facelift

The Starbucks logo has undergone a new facelift, its fourth after its debut in 1971. This time, it' still green but sans the words.

The Starbucks logo started out brown, with a disjointed half-bodied siren. The logo got a facelift in 1987 again, turning green and with the words Starbucks and Coffee written on the ring outside the siren. Another facelift was done when the company became publicly traded in 1992, still green but this time with a much better image of the siren. That was the logo all of us have become familiar with over the years.

Starbucks however unveiled a new logo Wednesday, still green but this time dropping the words that used to encircle the sea nymph. The siren is big and all green this time.

The world's largest coffee company said the logo change is more than cosmetic but actually gives a fresh look to a company which has survived almost 40 years. Apparently, they believe that Starbucks has become a recognized brand worldwide that there is no longer a need to put the name on the logo.

Starbucks Trash Bin

This Starbucks disposable coffee cup look-alike will not only wake you up but will remind you to clean up after drinking your daily dose of brewed coffee. Starbucks coffee lovers will welcome this coffee bin anytime as they can bring along the bin and pretend that what they have in their hands is an upsized coffee cup from the famous coffee maker.

However, this 30cm tall coffee trash bin is a bit expensive at $29.95 but if you collect anything related to coffee then it is a great buy. It is an ideal office trash can with a tickbox list on the side which allows you to code your trash into plastic, paper, food, metal, etc.

kapeng barako

Before coffee shops like Figaro, Starbucks and Seattle's Best became famous in the Philippines, there was the kapeng barako. And when you say kapeng barako, you are most probably referring to Batangas coffee. However, the real kapeng barako is the Philippine Liberica coffee.

Aside from the Liberica, there are at least three other identified species of coffee including Arabica, Excelsa and Robusta. Of the four species, it is the Liberica which is source from the largest cherries thereby producing bigger beans. Liberica is commonly grown in Cavite in the Philippines.

Barako is a colloquial term that refers to a man's machismo. Barako coffee is named as such due to its strong aroma and taste.

I have tasted Kapeng Barako before when someone brought it from Cavite. The fact that it is still stored in my kitchen somewhere means I have not really grown an affinity to its taste.

discovering the espresso

Do you know that an espresso contains three times of the caffeine content of drip coffee? But since espressos are served in mini cups then they have lesser caffeine than drip coffee on a per serving basis.

I usually avoid ordering an espresso even at Starbucks considering how small the cups are. I even call them mini cups since they are really eeny weeny--well, maybe that's why they refer to it as an espresso shot.

The process of making an espresso is just so complicated that you need a special espresso machine to do the job for you unlike good old drip coffee which allows you to drop the coffee and water, plug the machine and voila! This is also the reasons why in Italy and in other parts of Europe, it requires a barista to prepare a perfect espresso. The term barista has however been used by Starbucks to refer to their counter staff.

If you are particularly fond of espresso then you might have a need for this six-cup espresso coffee maker from Italy. I say it is reasonably priced at $165 considering how much it would cost you to get your espresso at the local cafe.