Friday, April 1, 2011

How many people wish this were real? The 2011 Starbucks April Fool's Joke - Starbucks Mobile Pour

Starbucks Mobile Pour Tweet from the official @Starbucks Twitter account
In the tradition the 2010 Starbucks' April Fool's prank, the "introduction" of fake "Plenta" and "Micra," sizes, the company continued to get into the spirit of things just after midnight on the West Coast with the announcement of "Starbucks Mobile Pour," for the fast-paced coffee-drinker on the go!

The text of the tweet from the official @starbucks Twitter account was "Introducing Starbucks Mobile Pour. Coffee delivered to you, on the go. Faster than you can say abra-arabica. http://sbux.co/gr07vd"

So clever - I love the "abra-arabica" touch.

http://www.starbucks.com/blog/introducing-starbucks-mobile-pour/987

I love this 2011 Starbucks April Fool's Joke. It claims to be inspired by a post on the MyStarbucksIdea blog - "Maybe free delivery??? :) There are plenty of times, especially in the middle of winter when it would rock to have Starbucks come to me!!!!!"

PAST STARBUCKS APRIL FOOL'S JOKES:

2010 was of course the year of "Plenta" and Micra" sizes - and the hilarious photos. The 128 oz. Plenta, from the Italian for "plenty," which was guaranteed to quench your thirst, and then the 2 oz. Micra, for the sip of coffee.

2009: After a little searching, I found the 2009 Starbucks April Fool joke, which was a product that promised to dispense coffee from your USB port. There's even a news article about it, which had a photo.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2009/04/01/starbucks-april-fools-coffee-from-your-usb-port/.

There was also a fake Twitter account, @SBUXPlugPour, but it isn't active now.

2008: As of right now, I can't find anything that confirms a Starbucks April Fool's prank in 2008. If anyone does know that the company did something in 2008, please let me know.

2007: Information on 2007 seems sketchy, but it looks like Starbucks and then-popular Twittervision partnered to created a giant logo behind the tweets that popped up on the global map. Read a little more about it here: http://onlinemediacultist.com/2007/04/01/starbucks-takes-over-twittervision-it-must-be-april-first/.

2 comments:

  1. Haha i totally belied that when it came out on facebook and twitter SMH!!

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