Memoirs of Beijing

First and foremost, I’d like to wish all my readers a belated Happy Mid-autumn festival!  I would also like to thank Starbucks for the delicious box of Starbucks mooncake which they gave me for free!  The box of mooncake came with 2 each of Espresso Coffee Cheese & Orange, Espresso Coffee Milk Chocolate, Green Tea Toffee Cheese and Espresso Blueberry Cheese mooncakes.  They also included a buy one get one coupon for you to enjoy the mooncake with a friend drinking a cup of your favorite beverage.  The box of mooncake was then placed in a recycled cloth bag in brown.  This mooncake retails at RMB 298.  Another box of mooncake retails at RMB 398 and has drawers in it.  Thank you Starbucks!

Anniversary Collection

Every year in September, Starbucks releases their Anniversary collection aka The Mermaid.  The Anniversary collection includes new tumblers, mugs and coffee blend.

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I’m invaded by small, round cakes everywhere I go.  I give away a box, I receive 2 boxes.  When I walk in the street, everyone’s carrying boxes of these cakes.  The usual clothes sale counter at the mall is filled with this mooncakes!!  I can’t seem to hide from them.

Anyway, enough about that drama.  Seriously, I received 2 boxes, gave 1 away, the next day got 2 more boxes, gave 1 away, then the next day got 2 more boxes again.  Some boxes are fancy like the one in the picture to your right which I received yesterday.  Some contain 4, 8, 12 mooncakes.  Some give away tea (Papa.. I have tea for you again!), while others give away the stinky Chinese wine!

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