Featured Starbucks: Columbia Center, Store #101
It’s time for a Starbucks history lesson…a particular store worth talking about because of its very unique story. Every Starbucks store has its history, fans, and tall tales. But the…
Events in Seattle: Everything But The Coffee
Bryant Simon, author of Everything But The Coffee: Learning About America From Starbucks, is speaking in Seattle at Elliott Bay Books on January 14, 2010. StarbucksMelody is in the middle…
A place to pour out coffee: Drains at condiments stations at Starbucks
This very short blog post is inspired by the mystarbucksidea.com thread, “A place to pour out coffee” at Starbucks. It’s a common theme on mystarbucksidea.com that people want some sort…
Brew on Demand: The prequel (1980s to April 3, 2008)
An episode from Starbucks history: brewed coffee at Starbucks: At some point I will write a blog entry about the “experience” of “Brew on Demand” and what it means for…
Reader response: Starbucks gear
In response to yesterday’s Via cap blog post, I got a fabulous email with a Starbucks cap picture. A reader saw the Via cap, and sent me two pictures of…
Commentary: Critical discussion of Mystarbucksidea.com
Has My Starbucks Idea been a winning innovation for Starbucks? Is it effective? On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at the annual shareholder meeting, Starbucks launched a customer-suggestion site called “My…
Should Starbucks introduce the Dark Cherry Mocha to the US?
Should Starbucks bring the Dark Cherry Mocha to the United States? What do you think? Currently, this beverage is offered in China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and possibly other international…
Starbucks Melody takes Thanksgiving week off- OPEN THREAD
I am taking Thanksgiving week off from this blogging addiction! I will be back though, but sorry, there will be no updates for a full week. I know it’s a…
2 week Via road trip! Brad Nelson is the lucky winner…
I want to know if who could possibly have a more kick-in-the-pants fun job than Brad Nelson? For those who don’t know, Brad is the voice of the @Starbucks twitter…
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Welcome to Melody’s personal blog about Starbucks, and more generally coffee. Not sure yet what all I’ll be doing with this space but I hope you stop by now and…
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