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There's just something about their brazen pursuit of saccharine decadence and the ephemeral nature of each concoction. I wrote about last year's Caramel Chocolate Cold Brew, and even though I only had it once, it's sad to know it's gone forever - Carpe DDiem, folks.
Mar 1, 2024
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Disclosure: I worked at Starbucks' HQ (what they called their Store Support Center) in Seattle for 8 years running the company's global comms team, once upon a time.
While I was there, the company's amazing coffee team (which conveniently was located on the same floor my team worked on, and which included their tasting room/test kitchen, a phenomenal experience in and of itself) developed a specific coffee that could be served with savory (US Thanksgiving) foods -- something that would pair well with turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, etc. in addition to holiday sweets like pumpkin pies.
The coffee experts worked with Seattle restauranteur Tom Douglas (purveyor of some of that city's most iconic eateries: Palace Kitchen, Serious Pie, Lola, Dahlia Bakery among them) to develop and roast the blend -- a mix of coffees from Guatemala's Antigua region and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which combine spice, cocoa and herb notes.
It's a very rare flower of a coffee -- available for only a few weeks in November, then quickly replaced by all the holiday/red cup/Christmas things the store carries until the end of December. Some folks wait all year for those, but not me.
Throughout the near-decade I worked there, Thanksgiving Blend was (and remains) the single best coffee they sell. You can read more about it here. 🦃 🍁
(I hope this doesn't sound like I'm flacking here tyler but you can declare a party foul if I am, ha).
You may not dig the BUX but believe me, this coffee is special.
Nov 12, 2024
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1. Cinnamon Coffee Cake: hands down the best coffee creamer ever, works with both hot drip coffee and my iced lattes
2. Peppermint Mocha: omg they need to make this a year round flavor bc I yearn for it on the daily
3. Caramel Macchiato: a classic, might have a little too strong of a caramel flavor for me, hard to spell
4. Cookie Dough: I was not wowed by this at all, I feel like it tastes like nothing? But it’s not bad at all yet also not great? Meh.
5. White Chocolate Mocha: I’m sorry I don’t get the hype around this one, it was way too sweet in my eyes, and I just couldn’t get behind it
6. White Chocolate Raspberry: maybe I just don’t like white chocolate. The artificial raspberry flavoring in this was so terrible?
Mar 20, 2025
blueberry mocha!!! mocha with a pump of blueberry syrup. it tastes exactly like the bittersweet treat. brings me back to march 2017 with every sip
Jan 22, 2024
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The perfect lil snack for when you don’t want a big snack
Apr 3, 2024
Here it is, folks! Volume I of what could very well be a continuous project. Thank you so much to everyone that submitted - I smiled the entire time I was putting this together. It's best listened to with headphones ☺️
Liner Notes:
This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features audio from all over the world and exhibits eclectic moments from London Underground commutes to cuckoo bird calls in Dhaka to the sounds of a century-old American diner.
Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives.
The individual recordings are unedited except for minor gain and compression adjustments for consistency across the collection.
Mar 29, 2025
