Over the weekend, I was twittering with a partner who tweeted a photo of a 2001 Starbucks coffee called, “Starbucks Special Reserve.” I was a little surprised, and it definitely occurred to me that Starbucks has used the name “Special Reserve” more than once, and on very different coffee blends. The partner had two photos featuring this “Starbucks Special Reserve Harvest 2001,” and with his generous permission, I am sharing them here. I think this is another one of those time-capsule moments of looking at the Starbucks coffee of yesterday.
If you like Starbucks history lessons, there is a whole category of them here.
I don’t have much to say about this … except that given the description, it sounds wonderful and I’d love to see it in stores now! I would definitely enjoy this. Hope you enjoy this too!
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I like the packaging of this coffee. Perhaps SB should go retro and reintroduce some of their old products! Or even ask customers to vote on items to bring back! That would be neat.
Very interesting. I can well remember certain things of bux from around 2001 and don’t remember anything like this here. I do think there were the ‘black labels’ then, in those lacey fancy boxes. Do not remember this at all. Maybe very limited and regional? (also, I say leave “ethiopia Yergacheffe ALONE…it is so exquisite in itself 🙂 This does sound like a good coffee tho.
2001 doesn’t seem so long ago for me….but cannot remember this type sell, at all.
I don’t remember these, but I do remember the post 2005 black apron lace and tin box sets. The last of those I bought was the Aged Sumatra (2008?) in the tiger tin. Seems like a long time ago now. I always thought the packaging, while nice, must have been very expensive to produce.
@CD: I remember the tins, too and I always thought the same..with those very fancy black label boxes……pcking could not have been cheap. I know I bought some black apron in 2007 because I remember it was a bday gift for someone….
I am on my phone, sorry so.sloppy. I am trying to remember this coffee bur dont. Im not a huge fan of tins. Usualy there is still a flavorlock bag inside. If it is a coffee that you want to buy for home, it doesnt make sense to buy the tin over and over. I remember the tins of aged sumatra. I think that was like 2008. Loved it.
I really don’t remember anything like this in 2001 but then again, I was in college and and just getting into Starbucks. I do really love the packaging.
Part of me wonders, were the reserve coffees in 2001 only available in certain areas of the country?
I have one of these tins on the plant shelf in my kitchen (along with the two shorter tins from Aged Sumatra and its companion). I can’t remember if I picked it up here in Central Florida, or elsewhere. Actually, now I can’t believe it’s been 10 years since I bought it (the coffee, of course, is long since gone).
Yep, I have the very same Starbucks Special Reserve 2001 Harvest Blend tin…sitting on my counter for all these years. And yes, it was a Really Nice blend. The tin is cool….copper-color, as pictured. I asked in recent years about “Special Reserve” and got a lot of shrugs at my local S’bucks.