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Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts

Friday, May 25, 2012

Seattle: Free SAM ticket at Starbucks today, 3 pm.

The Starbucks freebies continue for lucky Seattleites with this week's giveaway: a free ticket to the Seattle Art Museum. Stop by a Starbucks after 3:00 p.m. and get your free ticket! The next upcoming exhibit is "Ancestral Modern: Australian Aboriginal Art," which I'm especially excited to see after having gone to Australia last fall and seeing some Aboriginal art there.

Get caffeinated and cultured in one stop!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Caribou Coffee: Free coffee on April 22 when you bring your own cup.

Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22, and Caribou Coffee is ready to celebrate. Get a free cup of coffee (up to 24 oz) when you bring your own cup, mug, tumbler, or other drinking vessel. Find a location near you.

There are usually some good Earth Day freebies every year, so let's see if we can find some more!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Facebook: Free Seattle's Best Deluxe coffee.

The coffee freebies roll on this week — here's another from Seattle's Best. "Like" them on Facebook and sign up for your free sample of Deluxe coffee. At this rate, I may never have to buy coffee again!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Yet another free Gevalia coffee sample.

My, my, Gevalia has certainly been busy lately. This is at least the third free sample offer they've done in the last month or two (coincidentally, my own free sample arrived in the mail this week).

If you've signed up for one of the previous freebies, you may not be able to get this one, but give it a try!

Friday, March 23, 2012

Free Flavor Friday giveaway events: Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Boston.

So it turns out there's more to Free Flavor Friday than just the online giveaway. If you live in one of the cities mentioned above, the Coffee-mate team will be on the street giving out coupons for free bottles of Coffee-mate creamer today!

See the Seattle locations (mainly downtown, but one Capitol Hill location.)

As predicted, the giveaway website is a mess, so this might be an easier way to get your free coupon. It's certainly faster!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Free full-size Coffee-mate creamer on Mar. 23.

As online promotions go, "Free Flavor Friday" is one of the better-named ones out there. Who doesn't like flavor, after all? And for FREE! On Friday, March 23 (yep, advance notice on this one), Coffee-mate is giving away 200,000 bottles of creamer, any flavor. Sign up for your coupon starting at 9 am PST.

Obviously you're marking this down on your calendar right now, but don't worry, I'll still remind you!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Target: Free Gevalia coffee sample, free beauty bag w/qualifying receipt code.

Gevalia is really making the rounds (grounds? HAHAHA) with their free coffee samples! So if you happened to miss the first two offers, now's your chance. I will accept unlimited quantities of free coffee samples, so this is no problem for me. Note: Target's website is apparently being a little weird in some browsers, so if it gives you any guff about "not being able to proceed without a code," try a different browser. The consensus seems to be that Firefox and Chrome won't work, but IE will, and Safari worked for me.

If you've received Target's beauty sample bags in the past, there's a new offer going on right now — but it works a little differently. Throughout the month of March, promo codes will randomly print on shoppers' receipts; enter that code on the sample page and you'll be able to sign up for your sample bag. Target claims that the codes are completely random and not tied to purchasing a certain number of beauty products, but other bloggers have noted that paying via debit card seems to improve your chances. So if you shop at Target this month, read your receipt carefully!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Free Gevalia coffee sample is back!

If you missed out on the free sample of Gevalia last time, you'll be happy to hear that the offer is back again. Fill out the form and a free sample will be on its way.

Mine hasn't arrived yet, but I'm hoping it will soon, since today is most definitely a day for large quantities of piping-hot beverages.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Free Gevalia coffee.

I used to see Gevalia coffee advertised all the time in magazines as a coffee-of-the-month club and was always really curious about whether it was actually a good coffee. Now I'll finally get the chance to find out! Get your free sample and decide for yourself.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Caribou Coffee: BOGO coffee on Feb. 14.

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of coffee offers floating around for V-day? I hope your sweetie likes caffeine, because here's another for BOGO coffee at Caribou Coffee on Feb. 14. At least this one you don't have to print ahead of time — you can just show it on your phone.

Peet's: BOGO coffee through Feb. 20.

I guess you could consider this a combo V-day and Presidents' Day offer, since it's good now through Feb. 20. Bring this coupon to a participating Peet's for a BOGO beverage. Treat your sweetie OR your president! (Or both, I guess, but then you don't get anything to drink.)

This offer is limited to: California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington.









Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Valentine's Day: BOGO beverages at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.

Here's a V-day deal that not only gets you caffeinated, but makes you look like a thoughtful friend. Stop by the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, and get BOGO beverages - no coupon needed.

One for you, one for your significant other... one for you, one for your coworker... or one for your left hand, one for your right hand. Caffeine does not judge.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Starbucks: Free coffee sampling, thank-you gift Jan. 12-14.

This Thurs.–Sat., Jan. 12–14, drop by your local Starbucks for a coffee taste test and vote. Try out their brews, vote for your favorite, and get some sort of free mystery gift!

"Starbucks invites you to join in some fun with their in store coffee sampling of 'Taste the Starbucks roast Spectrum' and receive a special thank you gift for your best roast vote. Try the latest and greatest roasted coffee from Starbucks and cast your vote. Samples of Dark Fair Trade Italian Roast, Blonde Veranda Blend & Medium Pike Roast."

Vote early and vote often!









Thursday, December 22, 2011

Peet's: Free coffee and tea all day long on Dec. 24.

If you're feeling the chill while you're out and about doing holiday errands on Xmas Eve, stop in to your local Peet's for free brewed coffee and tea all day! (See the second paragraph on that page.) Flask optional.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Einstein Bros.: Free Holiday Poppers with beverage purchase.

Now this one really mystifies me (even more than the gelatinous crystal air freshener chunks). At Einstein Bros., you can get something called "Holiday Bagel Poppers" free with any beverage purchase. They look like donut holes, in that they're covered in frosting and sprinkles, but I assume they must be bagels under there because they're called "bagel poppers."

If you dip a bagel bite in frosting and sprinkles, does that make it a donut hole? I guess there's only one way to find out. Somebody try it and tell us!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Starbucks: BOGO holiday drinks, Nov. 17-20.

Stop by Starbucks this week, November 17th through November 20th, 2011, between the hours of 2PM-5PM to get BOGO holiday drinks! Buy one and get one free.

This includes their Caramel Brulee Latte, Peppermint Mocha, and Gingerbread Latte, though you could probably sweet-talk them into including the caramel apple cider, because that's delicious.




Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Free 12-oz bag of Community Coffee.

After all those booze rebates, you might be in need of a coffee freebie, if you know what I'm saying. So how about a free 12-oz bag of Community Coffee?

Available at your local Target, apparently, and you have through the end of January to sober up and remember to claim your free bag.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Target: Free Barista Prima K-cup sample.

The coffee freebies continue! Today you can get a free sample of Barista Prima K-cup coffee through Target's sample website. They offer quite a few samples through this page, so it's worth it to stop by occasionally and see what's available.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Free La Creme coffee creamer after rebate.

It seems to be Rebate Week, so let's keep it going with another one: get up to $2.99 back when you buy a full-size La Creme coffee creamer (available at Walmart and Safeway). You have until 12/31/11 to buy the product and send in the rebate, so you can even wait a while and save it for your Thanksgiving dinner or holiday cookie parties if you want.

One thing to remember with rebates is to read the instructions VERY carefully — sometimes they insist on you cutting out the UPC code, sometimes they don't, but they usually want the original receipt with the item(s) circled. So if you're trying to cash in on all the rebates this week, make sure you buy them in separate transactions so you have receipts to send off with each one.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Facebook: Free Kikkoman Pearl Organic Soymilk Coffee.

I was surprised to hear that Kikkoman is in the coffee business — aren't they mainly in the soy sauce business? Well, don't be surprised if your "coffee" has a certain umami flavor, is all I'm saying.

Seen on their Facebook page today:

"In celebration of National Coffee Day, we are offering our Facebook friends one free container of Kikkoman’s PEARL Organic Soymilk Coffee. Simply email your name and mailing address to kmag@kikkoman.com." Today only!

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