Have a Caffeinated Christmas!
As my boyfriend pointed out to me the other day, it’s now officially the holiday season as Starbucks stores all over the world have broken out their signature red cups. For the next few months, we’ll all be able to brighten our mornings and drag ourselves into the office with steaming hot Egg Nog, Gingerbread, and Peppermint Mocha lattes.
In addition, we’ll all have the opportunity to purchase limited edition Christmas Blend coffee beans. People are apparently obsessed with this stuff. I’ve never had the pleasure of trying a cup so I may have to pick a pound up and see what all of the fuss is about. In the meantime, Starbucks has also released a limited edition Dark Chocolate Peppermint Mocha version of their bottled Frappuccino drink. I saw it advertised in the Target flyer on Sunday morning so I suspect it’s readily available for you to stock up on. After all, what if you get snowed in? Be prepared! No one wants to go through the horrors of Starbucks withdrawal!
Oh God. One of the longest holiday seasons ever was the one I spent in Seattle at the the Starbucks call center. People were seriously unhinged about the Christmas blend being different from the one done the year before. I had people sobbing in the phone, screaming at me how Starbucks had positively ruined their holiday get-togethers by doing something different. On the other hand, they were a nice contrast to all the people calling on Christmas eve, irate that they couldn’t get fifty gift cards five minutes before the store closed.