Jump the Bandwagon

Once again, it's that time of the year where coffee drinkers become coffee addicts and those who are not become wannabes... all for the most sought-after collection of bound papers in the metro since Funny Komiks!

Starbucks launched their annual Christmas Traditions last November 4. It's basically "drink a number of coffee cups to get a spunky planner" promo for those who don't give a damn. I was able to get some insider scoop prior to the launch from Pinsan Idol's friend baristas and my own's personal barista koneksyons regarding the whatnots about the promo this year...

1) One of the featured beverage is a Dark Cherry concoction.
2) The planner comes in different colors.
3) The number of stickers to complete will be lessened compare to last year's (this stickers mark the number of how many more hundred bucks you have to burn to get the much coveted planner).

It used to be a charity drive for Starbucks' pet projects but this year I can't see anything on the cardlet (this is where they put the stickers) that refers to them getting an eenie weenie part of the money you burned for the inflated coffee and giving them to charity (as it was last year). Maybe let's just assume that that is the case.

As it was, I went to the nearest Istarbuko branch here in the office (hindi ko sasabihing sa Old Greenbelt branch) last Tuesday and burned my first few bills for my first sticker. As expected, the barista kudosed (not a word) my Starbucks tumbler. That tumbler never fails to get attention.

It was one of those few tumblers that never hit the Starbucks display ledge because everybody with barista koneksyons have it already reserved (and sometimes even paid!) even before that particular design arrives at the branches. AND rarely it does. Maybe they limited the distribution in purpose. I have no idea.

It looks like their typical transparent Grande sized plastic cup only that it's a tumbler. It looks really mediocre if you ask me, maybe it's just cool because of its rarity. There's this one time (in bandcamp... haha) a pretty chick was ogling at it when the barista handed the cup to me. Got a good convo there because of it.

Mental note: take a pic of the damned tumbler.

Anyway highway, I'm on my 4th sticker. 12 more cups and a couple of palpitations more to go and I can grab home a damn planner! Wipee! The planner this year was actually "recessionized" (not a word)... that was as if affected by the American recession. It pales a LOT in comparison to the earlier planners of this Starbucks racket. But it's me. I heard some people already who readily swears it's pretty. Plastik! Haha.

Anyway, relax... drink a coffee. Happy weekends!

*****

Addendum: Finished reading "Sandworms of Dune" by Herbert Junior and Kev Anderson that day I first got a Starbucks cardlet. The book is second of a duology written by the authors as conclusion to the original Dune saga (all 6 books) created by Frank Herbert. I'm moving on to my next read... "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jesus".

*insert angelic smile here*

Jump the Bandwagon

Once again, it's that time of the year where coffee drinkers become coffee addicts and those who are not become wannabes... all for the most sought-after collection of bound papers in the metro since Funny Komiks!

Starbucks launched their annual Christmas Traditions last November 4. It's basically "drink a number of coffee cups to get a spunky planner" promo for those who don't give a damn. I was able to get some insider scoop prior to the launch from Pinsan Idol's friend baristas and my own's personal barista koneksyons regarding the whatnots about the promo this year...

1) One of the featured beverage is a Dark Cherry concoction.
2) The planner comes in different colors.
3) The number of stickers to complete will be lessened compare to last year's (this stickers mark the number of how many more hundred bucks you have to burn to get the much coveted planner).

It used to be a charity drive for Starbucks' pet projects but this year I can't see anything on the cardlet (this is where they put the stickers) that refers to them getting an eenie weenie part of the money you burned for the inflated coffee and giving them to charity (as it was last year). Maybe let's just assume that that is the case.

As it was, I went to the nearest Istarbuko branch here in the office (hindi ko sasabihing sa Old Greenbelt branch) last Tuesday and burned my first few bills for my first sticker. As expected, the barista kudosed (not a word) my Starbucks tumbler. That tumbler never fails to get attention.

It was one of those few tumblers that never hit the Starbucks display ledge because everybody with barista koneksyons have it already reserved (and sometimes even paid!) even before that particular design arrives at the branches. AND rarely it does. Maybe they limited the distribution in purpose. I have no idea.

It looks like their typical transparent Grande sized plastic cup only that it's a tumbler. It looks really mediocre if you ask me, maybe it's just cool because of its rarity. There's this one time (in bandcamp... haha) a pretty chick was ogling at it when the barista handed the cup to me. Got a good convo there because of it.

Mental note: take a pic of the damned tumbler.

Anyway highway, I'm on my 4th sticker. 12 more cups and a couple of palpitations more to go and I can grab home a damn planner! Wipee! The planner this year was actually "recessionized" (not a word)... that was as if affected by the American recession. It pales a LOT in comparison to the earlier planners of this Starbucks racket. But it's me. I heard some people already who readily swears it's pretty. Plastik! Haha.

Anyway, relax... drink a coffee. Happy weekends!

*****

Addendum: Finished reading "Sandworms of Dune" by Herbert Junior and Kev Anderson that day I first got a Starbucks cardlet. The book is second of a duology written by the authors as conclusion to the original Dune saga (all 6 books) created by Frank Herbert. I'm moving on to my next read... "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jesus".

*insert angelic smile here*