Starbucks Heads to Curacao

By: - January 28th, 2012

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The island of Curacao has its first Starbucks at the Renaissance Curacao Resort and Casino.

Starbucks currently has locations in several Caribbean countries, including the Bahamas (at the Atlantis resort), Puerto Rico, and Aruba. It has another location on the Caribbean Sea, through a partnership with Royal Caribbean: the Allure of the Seas’ Starbucks debuted in 2010.

The Aruba location is also at a Renaissance resort.

Starbucks has periodically offered Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, although at present there are no company locations in Jamaica.

Today the company also announced a new location in Costa Rica’s San Jose.

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