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Magical mooncakes help bring in the festive season
Singapore, 19 July 2006 — Mid-Autumn Festival is an occasion to celebrate a
bountiful harvest under the glow of the full moon. It’s also the perfect time for friends and
family to share in the magic of the moonlight together, extending greetings and warm wishes for the
future and presenting loved ones with sweet delights.
Starbucks celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival with its new, innovative, range of handcrafted
snow-skin mooncakes –
Caramel Macchiato,
Cranberry Hibiscus and
Orange Citron, that make a delicious complement to your favorite coffee, as well
as great gift for friends and family.
This year, new ingredients have been added to produce a variety of creative and delectable
offerings for mooncake lovers in Singapore. Instead of the traditional lotus paste often used by
mooncake makers, Starbucks went a step further to experiment with bean paste. The results are
absolutely magical. Experience a smoky, caramel-like coffee sensation in one of our latest flavor,
the
Caramel Macchiato. Wrapped within light snow skin pastry with almond bits that add
another dimension to its multi layered taste profile, this mooncake is set to win the hearts of
coffee lovers.
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Cranberry Hibiscus is another new flavor, with bits of Cranberry and Hibiscus
flowers in a smooth and light bean paste. Enveloped in hand crafted snow skin and accented with a
tinge of berry aroma, the Cranberry Hibiscus is indeed a floral sensation. The
Orange Citron is another Starbucks innovative masterpiece. Its golden slivers of
Orange peel and Lemon rind combine perfectly with bean paste, coupled with the soft and delicate
snow skin, makes for a refreshing and zesty aftertaste!
And for the very first time, Starbucks is also introducing the traditional baked skin.
Available only in
Caramel Macchiato flavor, its robust and caramel like flavors present a welcoming
richness to the luxurious taste of white lotus paste combined with bean paste, lovingly encased in
a thin layer of traditional baked skin.
“For many of our customers, Starbucks can be counted on to provide the best coffee with exotic
flavors, and they look forward to the ways in which we celebrate our coffee with innovative and
complementary flavors,” said Ms Belinda Wong, managing director of Starbucks Coffee Singapore. “
Starbucks unique mooncakes are a great way to share the spirit of Mid-Autumn Festival with loved
ones. Along with six sachets of
Starbucks Tazo™ teas (Available flavors: English Breakfast, Passion, Earl Grey,
Mint Blend, Zen and Chamomile Blend) that are innovatively packaged with the mooncakes, customers
are sure to appreciate and savor the world’s finest tea leaves to make their Mid-Autumn a perfect
experience at home.”
Starbucks mooncakes are available as individual pieces and also in specially designed
giftboxes. Mooncake gift certificates are also available for gift-givers.
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