Starbucks News Media Release / The holidays are a special time at Starbucks with tastes and experiences that inspire the spirit of the season. The 2015 holiday season has arrived as Starbucks® stores around the world are now filled with a full assortment of seasonal food, beverages and merchandise.

Starbucks Reserve® Christmas 2015: Select stores will offer this first-edition holiday coffee with hand-selected coffee beans from Starbucks farm in Costa Rica, Hacienda Alsacia, and a spicy aged Sumatra coffee. The blend features savory spice notes and sweet brightness with holiday flavors of orange and mulled spices. (Available in select stores starting Dec. 7.)

Starbucks® Christmas Blend: First introduced in 1984, Starbucks Christmas Blend is a long-cherished tradition for Starbucks customers, with coffees crafted to showcase Starbucks artistry in roasting and blending with an expert blend of lively Latin American beans and mellow Indonesian coffees. The finishing touch is the addition of rare, spicy Sumatran beans aged for three to five years.

Christmas Blend Vintage 2015: This year’s Christmas Blend truly stands apart, with the name “Vintage 2015” which celebrates this year’s unique blend and roast, specially crafted to bring out the flavors of the aged Sumatra coffee. The result is a deep, intriguing cup with layers of spiciness and sweetness.

Christmas Blend Espresso Roast: Christmas Blend Espresso Roast, which has been offered as a whole-bean coffee since 2010, features an intense flavor profile and spicy finish. For the first time during the holiday season, Starbucks is bringing in Christmas Blend Espresso Roast as a second espresso option in company-operated Starbucks stores, it’s a bold, dark roast that complements the holiday flavors and holds up well with the steamed milk.

As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star, Starbucks operates an agricultural research center and coffee plantation in the skirts of the Poas volcano, province of Alajuela. Earlier this year, Starbucks announced that a decade of agronomy research will b e available for commercialization in collaboration with the Costa Rican Coffee Institute (ICAFE); this research comes the company’s from Farmer Support Center, also located in Costa Rica.