Starbucks today announced a new partnership with JP Morgan Chase to create a prepaid card that allows customers to earn Starbucks rewards points, called stars, every time they make a… Read More
Starbucks will roll out an update to its popular smartphone app next month that allows customers to use rewards points for mobile order-ahead purchases. President Kevin Johnson spoke about the new app experience… Read More
Starbucks is tweaking its program aimed at loyal customers as the My Starbucks Rewards program simply becomes Starbucks Rewards and will pay off for customers based on money they spend rather… Read More
Crema.co just launched a new online marketplace lets coffee fans find rare roasts that otherwise wouldn’t be so easy to come by. The Seattle startup tracks the origins of every bag it sells, telling… Read More
Starbucks is utilizing mobile technology to increase business and customer engagement better than any other company in the food and beverage industry. That was the message executives shared on Thursday… Read More
Think that little foam leaf your barista puts on your morning joe is impressive? Check this out. A new printer called Ripples does just that. The machine takes any image or… Read More
Good news, Starbucks fans: The coffee giant’s stores are open again. Bad news: The coffee isn’t free anymore. The Seattle-based coffee company says it has resolved a point-of-sale computer outage that… Read More
Scott Callender has a secret project to show us, but it’s not in the main office of La Marzocco USA, the Seattle outpost of the classic Italian espresso machine company. Instead,… Read More
Starbucks has finally launched mobile ordering in its hometown of Seattle today, so I no longer have to be jealous of Portland, where it’s been live for the past three months. Without… Read More
If the tech world is fueled by anything, it’s caffeine and ideas. So it was only a matter of time until a tech company officially merged the two. German software… Read More
You don’t need to be in Seattle to drink the finest coffee that Starbucks has to offer. The coffee giant today debuted a new monthly subscription program that allows customers in the U.S. to… Read More
So far in 2015, I’m doing a great job of keeping my only resolution – to give up coffees. Not coffee, the staff-of-life-steaming beverage. (God forbid, no.) But those meaningless,… Read More
Espresso fans know the La Marzocco name from the high-end espresso machines in some of the world’s top coffee houses. Based in Florence, Italy, the company has been around since 1927, but until this point, La… Read More
There’s apparently market demand for a better, more efficient coffee lid. Vaporpath, a Seattle-area company that manufactures the Viora Lid, has raised another $250,000 to help fuel production of its innovative… Read More
Sending a monthly collection of fresh coffee roasts to people around the country probably wasn’t in Lucky Oyster’s business plan. But that’s exactly what the Seattle startup is launching today with… Read More
Square plans to announce a new location-based service today that will let customers place coffee orders from their phone and have them ready when they arrive. But the service will not be… Read More
If you notice an extra buzz on the streets of downtown Seattle this weekend, it’s probably because the people around you are even more caffeinated than usual. Thousands of coffee… Read More
Compared to a good old fashioned coffee cup, drinking from a paper cup with a plastic lid can leave a lot to be desired, with that small stream of coffee flowing… Read More
How can you brew the best cup of coffee at home or work? Are convenient home-brewing technologies making your coffee better or worse? What are the tricks for getting the best espresso at a coffee… Read More
You’ll soon be able to tip a Starbucks barista straight from your smartphone. The Seattle-based coffee giant’s iPhone app, which accounts for more than 10 percent of its total transactions,… Read More
Update, Jan. 17: Starbucks has now issued the promised update to the app. Starbucks says it will make further updates to its iOS app to address concerns raised by a… Read More
When you step up to the register to pay at the coffee shop, do you reach for cash, a card or your smartphone? In U.S. Starbucks stores, phones are now… Read More
You can get a little extra jolt at Starbucks locations in the Bay Area both for your mental state, and now, for your smartphone. Starbucks, which began testing wireless charging mats… Read More
Walking into the La Marzocco distribution center and showroom, the ambiance is pretty low profile. Amidst the rows of smooth, stainless steel coffee machines, the static sound of frothing milk hangs… Read More
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has had a pretty interesting career thusfar. So much so, in fact, that he’s already written two books on his experiences. And now, if words aren’t totally… Read More
Last week, we wrote about a Seattle-based startup allowing people to order coffee from their mobile phones. Now, another local coffee company could be entering the seamless ordering space, but… Read More
While it won’t literally transform you into a guitar-wielding musical prophet, Buck’s new mobile coffee service is hoping to make you feel that way. Buck, a Seattle-based mobile payments company,… Read More
A new coffee vending machine, unveiled today by U.K. coffee company Costa Coffee, will use facial recognition and other technologies to analyze the people using the machine — adjusting the… Read More
First Twinkies, now Starbucks gift cards. On Thursday, Starbucks unveiled 5,000 special edition $450 gift cards made of steel and sold only on Gilt.com. Those sold out in less than… Read More
You’re a budding entrepreneur quietly building a potential million-dollar business and working long hours in the basement or local coffee shop. Renting office space is expensive and simply not sustainable… Read More