{"id":2453,"date":"2025-10-07T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:00:12","slug":"starbucks-releases-first-ever-vending-machine-exclusive-drink-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks releases first-ever vending machine-exclusive drink in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-713916\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Starbucks-Japan-limited-edition-drink-vending-machine-caramel-macchiato-coffee-news-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Limited-edition beverage is a historic first for the coffeehouse chain.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starbucks is always looking for new and ever-more convenient ways to reach its customers in Japan, and now it\u2019s breaking ground with another sales channel \u2014 <strong>Japanese vending machines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With roughly 2.1 million vending machines operating in Japan right now, this is a significant growth opportunity for the brand\u2019s so-called \u201cRTD\u201d (\u201cReady to Drink\u201d) series, and it looks set to be a tasty development for customers too as<strong> the new drink will be a vending machine exclusive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc Called \u201c<strong>My Retreat Caramel Macchiato<\/strong>\u201c, the tasty looking beverage is perfectly timed for the cosy season, and will be available hot or iced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-713917\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Starbucks-Japan-limited-edition-drink-vending-machine-caramel-macchiato-coffee-news-7.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Using Starbucks\u2019 carefully selected coffee, this caramel macchiato has been carefully blended with milk to bring out the roasted, sweet caramel flavour and richness. The depth of coffee is said to be \u201cwrapped in creamy caramel and milk sweetness to gently comfort a weary heart\u201d, and dark chocolate \u00e9clairs or cream puffs coated in chocolate are recommended pairings to enhance the sweet aroma of caramel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-713911\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Starbucks-Japan-limited-edition-drink-vending-machine-caramel-macchiato-coffee-news-2.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The packaging features a soft gradient inspired by caramel to convey a relaxing mood, with flecks of caramel sauce incorporated into the design and\u00a0 the iconic green Starbucks logo in the centre of it all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-713912\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Starbucks-Japan-limited-edition-drink-vending-machine-caramel-macchiato-coffee-news-3.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The My Retreat series aims to give customers a way of enjoying a taste of Starbucks at their preferred time and place.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-713915\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Starbucks-Japan-limited-edition-drink-vending-machine-caramel-macchiato-coffee-news-6.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With this being the first release in the series, we can\u2019t wait to see what other flavours will follow in future. The new drink will be rolled out at vending machines around Japan from 7 October, priced at 240 yen (US$1.63).<\/p>\n<p><em>Source, images: Press release<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u25cf Want to hear about SoraNews24\u2019s latest articles as soon as they\u2019re published? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RocketNews24En\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketNews24En\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limited-edition beverage is a historic first for the coffeehouse chain. Starbucks is always looking for new and ever-more convenient ways to reach its customers in Japan, and now it\u2019s breaking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}