Starbucks Spring Tribute Blend Coffee Beans Theme Story Packaging Symbolism and Taste Description

Spring Anniversary Blend

Spring has arrived in the blink of an eye. I remember when I first started at Starbucks as a writer, the first pour-over I tasted was the company's annual spring limited edition -- the Spring Anniversary Blend. Medium roasted, brewed in a Kalita dripper, it revealed enchanting flavors of dark cherry, cedar, and spice.

The packaging design featured cherry blossoms, symbolizing spring and rebirth. The scattered petal pattern not only evoked the scene beneath a cherry tree; the layered petals also conveyed the diverse, multi-layered flavor profile of this coffee.

Then, in 2022, Starbucks redesigned the packaging for the Spring Anniversary Blend, dropping the saturation of the pink to a soft, cat-paw pink that gives a warm, fuzzy feeling. The cherry blossom pattern was redesigned in simple line drawings too, creating an overall cleaner, fresher impression that symbolizes the revival of all things after heavy snow.

Coffee Origin

The Spring Anniversary Blend is made up of coffee beans from four origins: Colombia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, and Ethiopia.

The washed Colombian coffee provides caramel-like flavors, the wet-hulled Sumatran contributes cedar, herbal, and spice notes, the washed Papua New Guinea balances the overall profile, and the Ethiopian beans supply fruit acidity.

Brewing Recommendations

To achieve a richer body, Starbucks roasts the Spring Anniversary Blend to a medium-dark level. During roasting, the internal structure of the beans becomes more porous, letting the soluble substances in the coffee release more easily.

FrontStreet Coffee therefore suggests brewing the Spring Anniversary Blend with a medium grind (particles the size of granulated sugar) and water at 87-88 degrees Celsius. This combination of grind size and water temperature suits both V60 and Kalita drippers, effectively enhancing the coffee's layered complexity.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

The caramel backbone of that blend comes from Colombia, and if you enjoy it, a single-origin Colombian is a natural next purchase. FrontStreet's washed Colombia Huila comes from the Huila province in the southern Central Cordillera -- the country's most famous specialty region, ringed by mountains at altitudes above 1,500m, where Colombia's most important rivers meet. Given a medium-dark roast, it emphasizes dark chocolate and nutty sweetness with moderate crema and a full body, and it works as pour-over, French press, moka pot, or espresso.

If you would rather have a blend built on that same profile, FrontStreet's House Blend pairs Brazilian cream-and-nut sweetness with Colombian dark chocolate bittersweetness, pouring a fine golden crema that flatters both latte and Americano -- an easy, newbie-friendly everyday option.