While Starbucks does not sell avocado toast, the newly available avocado spread (for $0.95) comes pretty close if served with\u00a0a bagel. The ingredients include “fresh, organic Hass avocados, sea salt, onion, garlic, jalape\u00f1o pepper and lime juice.” Since its launch on Tuesday, March 21st, the avocado spread has garnered many positive reviews<\/a>, some claiming\u00a0that “it might be better than Chipotle’s actual guacamole.”<\/p>\n The coffee giant that has been in business for over 40 years also has plans for further expansion. It is set to open up its first location in Italy<\/a>. Well known for its coffee culture, Italy ranks 7th for highest per capita coffee consumption in Europe, according to the European Coffee Federation.<\/p>\n In 2014, the first Starbucks Reserve Roastery<\/a> and Tasting Room was established in Seattle. According to Starbucks, the Roastery is a fancier place\u00a0where you can “experience coffee from the unroasted bean to your cup of coffee.” There, you can find some exclusive coffee offerings and merchandise items imported from around the world. The next Roastery in the U.S.\u00a0is underway in\u00a0New York City. The NYC Roastery is expected to be the largest Starbucks in the world, taking over 20,000 square feet in a building in the Meatpacking District<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite the advances it\u00a0has made, Starbucks also had to cut back in other areas. For instance, it closed down its\u00a0Evolution Fresh<\/a> stores. The Evolution Fresh juice bottles selling\u00a0at many Starbucks locations actually had a whole kitchen\u00a0devoted to them in some places in Seattle. Although the Liquiteria-like store idea was trendy,\u00a0Starbucks decided to close them seemingly in order to shift its efforts\u00a0to the ready-to-drink shelf products.<\/p>\n Fun facts about Starbucks:<\/p>\n Some not so fun\u00a0facts:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/files\/2017\/03\/avospread-1-300x225.jpg\")
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![this<\/a>.<\/li>\nBaristas\u00a0don’t write customer names on cups at the location serving the Central Intelligence Authority (CIA).<\/li>\nBetween Sept.\u00a02015 and Sept. 2016, Starbucks\u00a0raised 15 million trees for farmers in countries across Latin America. About the One Tree for Every Bag commitment: https:\/\/news.starbucks.com\/news\/starbucks-raises-15million-trees-for-farmers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSome not so fun\u00a0facts:<\/p>\n\nOne serving of most of the\u00a0flavored drinks<\/a> has more sugar than the recommended intake per day<\/em>.<\/li>\nThe Venti White Chocolate Mocha has a whopping amount of calories: about\u00a0600.<\/li>\nThe\u00a0#PSL is a fabrication of\u00a0many artificial flavors and food coloring, according to an\u00a0investigation by FoodBabe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTake this quiz to test your knowledge of Starbucks<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first day of Spring 2017 also marked the day that avocado spread arrived at\u00a0Starbucks. Stepping up its already diverse menu, Starbucks is introducing\u00a0the following food items and\u00a0beverages: Organic Avocado Spread Ice cream (only in Seattle) Lemon Chiffon Yogurt Parrot cake pop Cascara Latte New flavors of Teavana Iced Tea New\u00a0Packaged\u00a0snacks While Starbucks does not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":703,"featured_media":7831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,13],"tags":[212,479,1765,1782,1928,2076],"class_list":["post-7803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-columns","category-food-that-pops","tag-avocado-spread","tag-coffee-shops","tag-psl","tag-pumpkin-spice-latte","tag-sbux","tag-starbucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.factfiend.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/The-original-Starbucks-logo.jpg\"){kind=link}