Starbucks Free Coffee

Occasionally, Starbucks will offer free coffee to its customers. Free Starbucks coffee orders can be tied to special promotional events, such as the launch of a new product, or they may be available for special events - such as Election Day. In keeping with this tradition, Starbucks plans to offer free brewed coffee to customers on Monday, April 15, 2010. Free coffee will be available to those customers who bring their own reusable travel coffee mugs to any participating Starbucks location. The promotion falls on Tax Day - the deadline day for all federal and state tax returns to be filed - but it is actually part of an effort to promote recycling, by saving paper coffee cups.http://www.starbucks.com/thebigpicture

Starbucks Free VIA Coffee

From October 2-5, 2009, a special Starbucks promotion entitled some to get a free tall coffee from any participating Starbucks. To be eligible for the free cup of java, customers had to take the Starbucks VIA Taste Challenge, trying to determine which coffee cup contains the new VIA instant coffee. Those who participated got coupon for a free tall coffee that they could redeem starting October 2, 2009. The coupon also entitled them to $1 off the Starbucks VIA instant coffee.http://www.seattlepi.com/business/410607_starbucks28.html

Free tall coffee for those who taste test the new Starbucks VIA coffee
VIA was introduced in the U.S. and Canada on September 29, 2009
Free coffee coupon was available: October 2-5, 2009
Size of free coffee: 8 oz.

Starbucks Pike's Roast Free Coffee

Starbucks offered free coffee to customers on April 8, 2008, to introduce their newest blend of java called Pike Place Roast. Speculation surrounding what the special promotion might be was generated over the weeks leading up to the event via a television advertising campaign that simply proclaimed, "04.08.08." It was revealed the day before the event that the company would be giving away eight-ounce samples of their new brand of coffee for 30 minutes, with the timing of the giveaway to take place simultaneously across all U.S. time zones.