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It's getting praised by baristas at the Chicago-area stores I visit; one called it a vast improvement over the last two years' Anniversary Blend. Your review of it?

The number of daily customers per store has decreased from 463 in 2005 to 424 in 2009, but a firm called Trefis sees traffic increasing to 531 daily customers per store. Are you ready for them? || Read "Starbucks: Impact...

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Most of you are likely used to making your own “iced caps” with a brew-over-ice K-Cup and adding your own sugar & cream or perhaps you’ve had a go at some of the new Gevalia iced coffee T-Discs for the Tassimo recently, but when we tried the first cold water drink for the Dolce Gusto (it’s been around since the machine’s launch this side of the pond) we were a bit skeptical.

VIA will soon be available in mocha, vanilla, caramel and cinnamon flavors. || Read "Starbucks expands insta-brew, adds flavors" || Press release

We love coffee mugs that change color, but we really love coffee mugs that change color based on temperature like this hot and cold coffee mug.

A commenter from the last open thread claims that Starbucks is "cracking down" on local art because it wants a uniform look. Another poster questions doubts that directive was ever issued. What are you hearing? Discuss this, or anything else...

Overall, we’ve had better in the past, but we feel once most people get over the bitter initial flavor, they’ll come to like these Celestial Seasonings Sweet Peach Iced Tea K-Cups for a casual drink on a warm Summer afternoon.

Too bad this coffee table won't be made for consumer consumption, but maybe Mark M will invite us over for a night of gaming.

As well as coffee, cappuccino, espresso and macchiato drinks from Carte Noir, Kenco, Seattle's Best, and Starbucks the Tassimo Tassimo T20 Hot Beverage System can also make Milka hot chocolate, Starbucks House Blend and Twinings English Breakfast Tea.

In a memo sent to Starbucks executives last week, Howard Schultz said he's aiming to leverage Starbucks's retail stores to build a stronger consumer packaged goods business. Read more about that memo here ----> "For Starbucks, a New Retail Mix"

The coffee maker comes with the easy-to-use 'My Coffee Memory' function, and the new 'Plug-in-Milk System' that conjures up the milky foam.

The Kazaar Limited Edition 2010 will be the strongest coffee in it's entire line of Grand Crus, because until recently, Ristretto with its 10th level of roast was the strongest coffee.

As usual, anything Starbucks-related is up for discussion. Talk about drinks, customer (or barista) behavior.....whatever! || Jump to the second page of comments.

The company's position is that it's aware that "there have been limited instances where some beverage sales have been rung up as Via sales," and that it's "working with our store partners to ensure accuracy for all purchases." || Read...

We'd like to see it in a variety of colors for the younger ones in our lives, but the brown and black versions are excellent as well.

Lisa Baertlein, who covers Starbucks for Reuters news service, read the posts on Starbucks Gossip about the pressure to sell VIA and some of the questionable ways that sales goals are met, and would like to talk to employees about...

We know that Green Mountain has built a reputation as an eco-friendly company since it was founded nearly 30 years ago, and we also strongly believe in the future more of the single-cup offerings will be even more recyclable and eco-friendly given all the research and development they are working on in the area.

This was posted late in the OPEN THREAD discussion, so maybe you missed it. For readers who don't work at Starbucks, would someone please explain what the new espresso preparation is and how -- or if -- it affects customers.

These coffee pods will work in your Senseo , Grindmaster GPOD or OPOD, Bunn My Cafe , Cuisinart SS-1 Cup-O-Matic , Cafe Invento , Melitta One:One , simplehuman , Krups 1010 , Home Cafe , Melitta MES5B Javapod , Kienna Sun Cafe , and other single-serve coffee pod brewers.