Instant Coffee, Prepaid Coffee.

Back then, the "in" thing was instant coffee, since well, people have been too busy to even make a cup of decent coffee. I don't know. I hated instant coffee for the lack of "authenticity". But of course, I did succumb to it when I badly need coffee and when I'm kinda broke to get a good cup of joe.

And then came Starbucks and all those hip and cool coffee shops where half of the customers aren't really coffee drinkers. (I once ordered a hot cup of macchiato and my friends raised their eyebrows at me upon seeing I wasn't the only one walking with a cold Frappucino.) Okay, that thought made me feel old. LOL

So while everything Starbucks is in and hot, I kinda fell for the Starbucks Philippines card. LOL. Don't judge me. I got a Starbucks ecard for Christmas and I was hoping I could load it on the card. Unfortunately, we're one of the countries that lack that Starbucks card feature. :(

A couple of weeks back I went out with my friends and we hung out a Starbucks ATC to catch up after a dimsum dinner.

 

 

I bought my Starbucks card here. It's Php300, which by the way you can use outright at the counter. It's both a prepaid and loyalty card. It's like the Shopwise card that earns you "stars" for every purchase which you can exchange for a free drink or coffee beans. Reloads can be made in Php100s. I'm thinking of reloading enough amount equivalent to a Starbucks planner. LOL

 

 

 

It's a nice card but I don't like the fact that you don't get stars for food and merchandise purchases. (Not sure, but it seems to me they only count beverage/coffee beans/VIA purchases.) Not cool. :(

 

You can register the card online and get a Grande drink of your choice. They'll also take note of your birthday and give you a slice of cake. Perks. They're just nice. Anything free is nice. :)

 

I'm not sure about the status of the Starbucks card registration but it was really ugly and gruesome during the first week since it launched. Not sure about their servers but I heard on their Facebook page that some stores were not actually crediting the stars. Haven't used my card again so I have yet to find out. I'm hoping it's okay by now.

 

Oh well. At least I now have a sosy prepaid card for sudden high-end coffee cravings. LOL