Giveaway Prize for Life from Starbucks

If you can get free coffee for your life at Starbucks..?

via http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Starbucks-Announces-Giveaway-Prize-of-Coffee-for-Life-284522261.html

That would be amazingly awesome..!

Wouldn't it?

It is the most fantastic dream that all coffee lovers worldwide dream of.

Starbucks announced today that it set a prize with the value of $54,000 that can cover food and beverages.

And this amount of money can pay for a drink or a kind of food for the next 30 years or so.

There will be 14 ultimately lucky winners:

10 in the States, 3 in Canada, and 1 in the UK.

Hmmm............

WHY NOT KOREA....???????????????????????

WHY ONLY 3 NATIONS IN THIS WHOLE WORLD...???

:( dislike..................................

Another amazing feature is what the lucky winners will get.

The card!

Winner can engrave their names on it

and the card itself is worth $5,000 because it is made of 10 karats of hammered gold.

:O

The way to participate the competition is so easy too!

Just buy a food or beverage using a regular Starbucks Card or Starbucks mobile app.

Then, you can find some code in your receipt.

Go to starbucks.com/play. and enter the code.

You, then, become a part of this competition.

In addition, there are 482,000 instant awards

for those who do not get to have the ultimate prize,

but are somewhat luck to get some kind of something.

Now, I have never been so eager to go to the States in my life..

Why didn't Starbucks do this kind of wonderful event 4 years ago?

when I was still in Canada?

Well, should I thank Starbucks for not doing that?

because I would definitely have been a coffee addict if they made this event at that time...

NOOOOOOOO

I'm still jealous..

However!

There is an event going on in Korea at the present, as well.

It is a little similar to the event above.

Except that Korean one gives free coffee only for a year

and that Korean one offers only coffee, not food.

In order to jump into the competition, you need to drink 17 cups of coffee, first.

This event is a part of the 2015 planner event.

If you collect all the coupons to get the planner, you will be given a receipt with a code.

Then, you go to www.istarbucks.co.kr/2015planner and wait for the announcement!

Although there is no instant prize for people other than ultimate winners in Korea,

over 20,000 people took part in during the first 2 weeks.

Until January 7th, 2015, Starbucks Korea will announce 1 winner in 2 weeks for 10 weeks.

First three winners........

They will have the most lovely year in 2015......

Phew.. 

I only collected 6 coupons till today.

I'm not sure if I can receive the diary even..

I think I can get all the coupons till December.

But, I doubt they will have diaries left until then.

I should make an effort tho!!!!!!!!

yay!

New Holiday Drink from Starbucks!!

Hello, everyone. 
Do you like Starbucks?


Thesedays, I go to Starbucks more often than a few months ago. I have always thought that Starbucks coffee is quite expensive, so I only went there during the "Happy Hour," or when I got a serious craze for a green tea Frappuccino.


But, due to the convenient location from my school and home and the credibility of the brand name, I go to Starbucks without any worries of getting bad coffee nowadays.



When I went to the closest Starbucks from my home today, I noticed that they had already decorated inside somewhat for Christmas and got winter menus.

 

Inspired by the warm feelings of winter at Starbucks, I decided to search more for the latest news for Starbucks and look what I have found!

Starbucks has released their new holiday beverage

in FIVE YEARS on November 12.

★☆★Chestnut Praline Latte★☆★

Every winter, Starbucks introduces seasonal beverages, but I had no idea that Starbucks had not created a new drink for such a long time. Maybe because I was not a devoted Starbucks fan. :P


So, the Chestnut Praline Latte combines espresso with steamed milk, caramelized chestnut flavor and spices. Then, it is topped off with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs, according to Starbucks' official website.

via http://www.starbucks.com/menu/drinks/espresso/chestnut-praline-latte

These three are for this year's holiday season. :) 

Looking at the menu which is always developed,

suddenly I started to wonder who made all the different flavors of coffee and how.

Then, I found an interview with Amy Dilger, a trained pastry chef who has worked for Starbucks for 15 years. (15 YEARS!!!! :O)

Click Here to See the Article!!

So, the Starbucks Chestnut Praline Latte is the 1st of 8 beverage concepts they created for this year's holiday season. And it became the final beverage chosen based on customer and partner(Starbucks workers) feedback.

To me, the part when Dilger said about how researchers got ideas for coffee was most interesting.

We draw inspiration from everywhere – from dessert menus to fine dining establishments to bath and body products.

Dessert menus, yes, fine dining establishments, yes, but bath and body products?!?!
I had to read the sentence again to make sure what I had read was right. :o

But, thinking back, I guess it makes sense.
Most bath and body products give us warm, comfortable, and cozy feelings, just like some good coffee does. :)


I think I was surprised because I instantly thought of fresh flavors like lime, lemon, cucumber, citrus etc. as thinking of body products. Well Well.. hehe


+) Some people even said that they thought of fireplaces, pine trees, ugly sweaters, and beautiful Christmas break after drinking Chestnut Praline Latte. Lol.




Starbucks Chestnut Praline Latte has been launched in the States and Canada, but I wonder when it will come to Korea. :3
I'm guessing during December, maybe?
If it is gonna be launched, it's gotta be during December, obviously. :]





Anyway, When it comes out, I will surely buy one and would like to think of the warm fireplaces and Christmas trees crowded with gifts underneath, too :D