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[Scamps]

Starbucks offers FREE coffee to celebrate their 10th anniversary
Updated 2009.07.21 09:19


Starbucks Coffee Korea announced on 21st that all their 300 or so stores in 35 cities throughout the nation will give out a free cup of coffee for everyone from 10 am to 11 am on 28th in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first Starbucks store in Korea.



During this annual event, 3rd time since 2007, while enjoying a tall sized cup of iced caf� Estima, Starbucks� internal fair-trade-certified coffee beans, offered free of charge, you can also participate in fund-raiser for coffee farms sponsored by the World Vision, an international aid association. For a donation of 2,000 won, a shared planet environment friendly mug, and for 10,000 won and higher, a Sharon rose tumbler, made in celebration of the anniversary, are given for free.



Starbucks Coffee Korea has served its customers with over 50,000 cups of free coffee so far, having raised about 45 million won for related associations to fund the coffee farms.



This coffee giant is also the world�s largest buyer of the fair-trade-certified coffee, purchasing an overall amount of 8 million kilograms of the fair-trade-certified coffee last year, and about 2000 kinds were sold in Korea

[tefain]

Sounds good. I'll show up with my helmet and skating gear on!

[IlIlNine]

What's the source of the article?

[HapKi]

I was at the Grand Opening of the first Korean Starbucks back in '99, and I can tell you back then nobody knew what it was. No free coffee, either.

[Scamps]

[DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP]

Pah!

I'm going straight to coffee bean (somewhere the coffee is actually DECENT!!!) and ordering a regular cafe mocha and then I'm going to parade it outside the Starbucks store, proclaiming to anyone stupid enough to listen to me that

STARBUCKS COFFEE IS OVERPRICED DISHWATER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scamps]

In a national taste test in the US for a few years now out of 5 coffees (black) Starbucks always came in 5th place. Do you know who got first everytime?? McDonald's!!

[richardlang]

Too bad:

1. It's on a workday, Tuesday.
2. And I'm working!

[roadwork]

It's just going to be a little Dixie cup sized cup filled half full.

[richardlang]

Haha, true!!

[Scamps]

According to the article it says they're giving away tall ones which is small but I hope their normal tall...maybe they're going to fill it up with ice...