{"id":9694,"date":"2011-07-15T02:27:21","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T12:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/15\/news-take-work-away-from-starbucks-baristas-by-purchasing-starbucks-via-caramel-iced-coffee\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:45:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:45:18","slug":"news-take-work-away-from-starbucks-baristas-by-purchasing-starbucks-via-caramel-iced-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/15\/news-take-work-away-from-starbucks-baristas-by-purchasing-starbucks-via-caramel-iced-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Take Work Away From Starbucks Baristas By Purchasing Starbucks VIA Caramel Iced Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jaeden\/124363944\/\" title=\"Bucko in the Snow by IainBuchanan, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/35\/124363944_a3990cd6a8.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Bucko in the Snow\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> <a href=http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/26\/review-starbucks-via-caramel-iced-coffee><\/a>Click here to read our Starbucks VIA Caramel Iced Coffee review<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Starbucks added an iced coffee version to their VIA instant coffee line and I wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/06\/review-starbucks-via-iced-coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a review so positive<\/a> that it makes me sound like ABC TV Minneapolis movie critic Rusty Gatenby who the said the following about <i>Transformers: Dark of the Moon<\/i>, &#8220;Biggest action movie of the summer? How about biggest action movie EVER!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Sounds like someone wants to be quoted in a <i>Transformers: Dark of the Moon<\/i> commercial.  <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/26169794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oh wait, he was<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_top&#038;bc1=FFFFFF&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=theimpulsivbu-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=ss_til&#038;asins=B005CIMZAS\" style=\" float:left;padding-right:10px;width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>Anyhoo, my positive review of Starbucks&#8217; VIA Iced Coffee had me hoping for a sequel from them, and they delivered.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Giant Green Coffee Machine released a new iced coffee flavor &#8212; caramel.  Just like the regular VIA Iced Coffee, Starbucks VIA Caramel Flavored Ice Coffee is made using &#8220;a special blend of medium roast coffee made from 100 percent high-quality arabica beans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each VIA packet makes 16 fluid ounces of iced coffee.  <\/p>\n<p>Oh, wait.  It&#8217;s Starbucks.  <\/p>\n<p>Each VIA packet makes a Grande of iced coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks VIA Caramel Flavored Iced Coffee is available for a limited time in 5-packs at a suggested retail price of $5.95.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/76891183@N00\/124363944\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/76891183@N00\/124363944>Image via flickr user IainBuchanan<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Click here to read our Starbucks VIA Caramel Iced Coffee review Last year, Starbucks added an iced coffee version to their VIA instant coffee line and I wrote a review so positive that it makes me sound like ABC TV Minneapolis movie critic Rusty Gatenby who the said the following about Transformers: Dark of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28957,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/22\/fast-food-news-starbucks-pineapple-iced-tea-straw-and-caramel-brulee-iced-coffee-straw\/","url_meta":{"origin":9694,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Starbucks Pineapple Iced Tea Straw and Caramel Brulee Iced Coffee Straw","author":"Marvo","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! 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