Business Wire, August 17, 2010
Unique flavors from exotic destinations like the Galpagos Islands
will be available for coffee connoisseurs to experience in-store or brew
at home.
SEATTLE — Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of Starbucks
Reserve, a line of ultra-premium, single-origin coffees available in
select U.S. stores this fall. Chosen by Starbucks coffee buyers for
their unique flavors and rarity, Starbucks Reserve coffees will be
offered in limited quantities and while supplies last in select stores
within metropolitan markets including New York City, San Francisco Bay
Area, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Boston, Seattle, Portland, Ore.,
Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Atlanta and Miami.
The first offering, Galpagos San Cristbal, originated on San
Cristbal, one of the oldest geological locations within the Galpagos
Islands. The subtropical regions intense microclimate, rich volcanic
soil and equatorial sun create ideal conditions for extraordinary
coffee. Influenced by these environmental characteristics, Galpagos San
Cristbal is a medium-bodied coffee that features fresh flavors and
highlights of green herbs balanced by soft cocoa and spice.
For nearly 40 years, our coffee buyers have traveled the world
discovering the most exquisite tastes to appear in a coffee cup, said
Dub Hay, senior vice president of coffee and global procurement,
Starbucks Coffee Company. Only three percent of all the coffee grown
around the world is good enough to make it into a bag of Starbucks
Coffee. Sometimes we encounter a truly rare and special coffee and we
can only purchase a small quantity. Starbucks Reserve represents our
heritage as a purveyor of the worlds finest coffees, and were thrilled
to offer our customers passage on this journey of discovery.
Galpagos San Cristbal, and all other Starbucks Reserve coffees, will
be available for sale as whole bean half-pound packages, and in select
markets they will be available brewed by the cup through either the
Clover brewing machine or Pour Over Brewing method. Clover brewing
machines are currently featured in more than 60 stores in the U.S., and
Starbucks will continue expanding the presence of Clover in additional
Starbucks stores through the end of the year. Both the Clover brewing
machine and Pour Over Brewing method are ideal methods to showcase
flavor and highlight subtle nuances of Starbucks Reserve coffees.
Beginning August 31, Galpagos San Cristbal will be available for sale
as whole bean or hand-crafted by the cup in select markets, while
supplies last. The suggested retail price for a half-pound of whole bean
starts at $12.50 and a tall (12 fl. oz.) cup of Galpagos San Cristbal
brewed by the cup coffee starts at $2.95.
For customers looking to secure the first Starbucks Reserve coffee
before the August 31 store debut, Galpagos San Cristbal will be
available for purchase on www.starbucksstore.com
starting August 17. And beginning August 21, participating stores will
reserve half-pound bags of whole bean coffee to be picked up on August
31.
As a special preview to My Starbucks Rewards Gold level customers, an
exclusive preview sale of Galpagos San Cristbal was hosted on Gilt
Groupe on August 3. The coffee sold out in less than 12 hours as
Starbucks most loyal customers recognized the distinctiveness of this
coffee.
Curating a private sale featuring Galpagos San Cristbal was a special
opportunity to work with Starbucks to showcase this rare coffee and help
them recognize loyal My Starbucks Rewards Gold level members, said
Stefan Pepe, general manager, Gilt Home. The fact that this coffee sold
out in less than a day shows that the most discerning of Starbucks
customers recognized the rarity and special attributes of the coffee and
appreciated the exclusiveness of the Gilt.com sale.
Additionally, Starbucks invites customers to participate in a special
preview tasting of the unique coffee on August 28 at participating
Starbucks Reserve stores. Customers can visit their local store for
times of each tasting event.
While Galpagos San Cristbal is the first offering within the Starbucks
Reserve line, beginning in October up to four exclusive Starbucks
Reserve coffees will be available for a limited time in Starbucks
stores. The first coffees available for a limited time will include Aged
Sulawesi Kalosi, El Salvador Montecarlos Estate Pacamara, Nicaragua
Corcasan Fair Trade Certified and Brazil Sul de Minas Peaberry
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