STARBUCKS

Starbucks gets its own separate page from other large brands due to its international hold on coffee culture across the world. There are all sorts of commemorative sleeves released every year, each country with unique designs, and they have become quite collectible. Listings online for Starbucks gift cards (the collecting of which is a particularly popular hobby) often include these commemorative matching sleeves to go with them, and they get quite pricey. I don’t spend much money on this hobby, but if I had a large budget to allocate to my collection, I would probably try to pick up as many international Starbucks sleeve releases as possible since they’re so beautiful and interesting.

The below sections will be divided alphabetically by country! :)

CANADA

2024, Default
(Note: Only difference from USA version is the parallel French translations on the back)

2024

CHINA

2024, Default

2024, Year of the Dragon

2024, Year of the Dragon

2024, Year of the Dragon

KOREA

2014, 15th Anniversary in Korea

THAILAND

2023, 25th Anniversary in Thailand

2023, 25th Anniversary in Thailand

UNITED STATES

2023, Default

2023, Christmas

2024, Christmas

2025, Christmas

2023
(Note: This is not really a Starbucks sleeve, but more of a generic, as it can easily be obtained in bulk by any business online.
I’m including it here for organization’s sake based on theme alone, but also because I assume they produced the original design somewhere along the line.)

BARNES & NOBLE CAFE

This may feel like it doesn’t belong here, but the Barnes & Noble Cafe famously partners with Starbucks to supply their coffee. The Starbucks logo is all over their cafe, and the poor employees always have to explain that they don’t accept Starbucks gift cards as they aren’t actual locations. Regardless, I feel as though sorting them together makes sense for the iconography.