Starbies

In fact the ad’s appeal is just as aggressive and self-satisfied as any unreconstructed 1980s ‘greed is good’ type of message. It also casts Starbucks’ brand character as someone who ‘hates Christmas’. If this ad were run in the US it might even inspire some militant carolistas to sue Starbies for discrimination and incitement to violence.

2003, Jennifer Wood, Barney Allan, Everything You Want: Re-inventing Consumers, Brands & Communications, Capstone, →ISBN, pages 124–125

A pastry at Starbies and a mocha. […] At any rate, the scones at Starbies are one of my guilty pleasures, and I look forward to my two hours of heaven every Sunday.

2006, Julie Kenner, The Manolo Matrix, Downtown Press, →ISBN, page 13

Finally, with a little help from Starbies, we sobered up.

2007, Dee Davis, A Match Made on Madison, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, page 259

‘Want a coffee or anything?’ he asked. ‘I’m going down to Starbies.’

2013, Lindsey Kelk, I Heart Christmas, Harper, →ISBN, page 124

There’s a Starbies in the lower level—see you down there.

2014, Bob Odenkirk, A Load of Hooey: A Collection of New Short Humor Fiction, San Francisco, Calif.: McSweeney’s, →ISBN, page 40

Alison and Ben grabbed a Kerig on Amazon, but then wanted to try a French press, and then totally splurged on that $5k built in Italian espresso machine, and then said ‘screw it’ and bought a cheapo plastic one from China. And still treat themselves with a Starbies here and there!

2017, Kashlee Kucheran, The High Maintenance Minimalist: A Modern Guide to Downsizing, Decluttering and Creating the Freedom to Travel More, →ISBN

One TikTok celebrity who has 9 million followers has been dreaming up, ordering, and posting daily coffee drinks she calls “Starbies.”

2021 June 10, Hugh Robert, “Starbucks coping with complex drink orders”, in The Republican, page E9

PSL season is here and the experts have cracked how to make your own for less than a Starbies

2022 September 1, Ellie Kemp, “How to create your own Pumpkin Spice Latte for almost half the price of a Starbucks”, in Manchester Evening News