Starbucks Alberta mug: Discovery Series

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Starbucks Discovery Series Alberta mug with purple flowers, a blue bison, beehive boxes and a stepped waterfall around the word ALBERTA — Front view · numbered markers match the list below Show markers

The Alberta mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the province name in yellow over a dark green circle, ringed by purple flowers, a blue bison, beehive boxes and a stepped waterfall. A dinosaur skeleton, a train and an owl fill the other sides.

Series: Discovery Series
Place: Alberta, Canada
Type: Mug
Released: Not confirmed
Capacity: 14 fl ozstandard mug size
SKU: Not confirmed

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What's on the mug

1
Lettering
ALBERTA in yellow-orange capitals over a dark green circle.
2
Purple flowers
A cluster of dark purple flowers with orange centres arches over the top of the green circle. Alberta's provincial flower is the wild rose, adopted in 1930; the mug doesn't say which flower this is.^[1]
3
Blue bison
A blue bison with a dotted coat stands at the upper right of the circle, with dark fir trees behind it.
4
Beekeeper and hives
Stacked yellow-and-blue beehive boxes stand at the left, while a beekeeper in blue lifts out a yellow frame above them, with bees flying around.
5
Stepped waterfall
Yellow terraces with blue water spilling over them fill the lower right, with two tiny figures standing above.
6
Fir trees
Two blue fir trees stand at the lower left of the green circle.
7
Dinosaur skeleton Side view
A yellow-and-blue theropod dinosaur skeleton rears up above the hills. The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta, opened in 1985 and has more than thirty mounted dinosaur skeletons; the mug doesn't name it.^[2]
8
Plate with cutlery Side view
A blue plate holding a yellow-and-blue dish sits at the upper left with a fork and knife above it.
9
Train Side view
A blue-and-yellow locomotive pulls a line of cars along a curving track below the mountains.
10
Coffee cup in the mountains Side view
A white takeaway cup with a green circle stands among the yellow mountains above the lake.
11
Beekeeper Side view
The beekeeper appears again at the right edge in blue overalls and a wide-brimmed hat with a mesh veil; the curve of the mug cuts the figure off.
12
Round bales Side view
Two round golden shapes at the left look like hay bales.
13
Wheat stalks Back view
Golden wheat stalks lean across the left of the scene.
14
Blue owl Back view
A blue owl with orange eyes and ear tufts perches above a patterned building. The great horned owl is Alberta's provincial bird, adopted in 1977.^[1]
15
Domed building Back view
A pale building with a gold-coloured dome rises behind the owl.
16
Car in the mountains Back view
A small red car drives along a yellow road at the foot of blue, tree-covered mountains.
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STARBUCKS wordmark Back view
The vertical STARBUCKS wordmark sits beside the handle on this side.

The front photo is cropped above the box, and the area right behind the handle is hidden in all three photos.

Collector notes

Alberta is also in the Been There Series on our checklist. This page is about the Discovery design with the blue bison and the dinosaur skeleton.
The inside of this mug is a bright royal blue, which shows clearly in the side and back photos.
The box in the side and back photos reads "Discovery Series" in English and "Série Découverte" in French.