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I Got an Early Peek at the New Starbucks Reserve. Here’s What It’s Like.
A bar larger than most Starbucks stores and something called “cocktails to share.” In the eight years that passed since Starbucks opened its first Reserve Roastery in Seattle, the name has come to be associated with the chain’s most high-end offerings — they typically span multiple floors, have menus worthy of a bar or restaurant, and guide one through the process of brewing coffee to the finest details. Along with a group of journalists from different publications, I got to tour the new Starbucks Reserve at the base of the Empire State Building before it opens to the public on November 16.
