Starbucks Phoenix mug: Discovery Series
The Phoenix mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the city name in red over a dark green circle, with a saguaro, a baseball, a person on a red inner tube and a signpost. A jeep, a golfer, a snake and a lizard run round the other sides.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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What's on the mug
- 1Lettering
PHOENIX in red capitals over a dark green circle, with three white streaks across the circle.
- 2Red tube rider
A person in a wide-brimmed red hat floats on a red inner tube, with steam or ripples curling up behind.
- 3Baseball
A white baseball with red stitching sits above the lettering, at the top of the green circle.
- 4Saguaro cactus
A tall yellow saguaro with orange arms and small red spines stands at the right of the lettering.
- 5Signpost
A wooden signpost with several arrow-shaped signs pointing in different directions stands next to the handle. The signs are too small to read in the photo.
- 6Hillside and pool
A tan and orange hill with a striped bank sits at the lower left, with a small pool and a palm tree beside it.
- 7Running figure
A figure in a yellow top and dark red trousers leans forward at the left, mid-stride, in front of the hill.
- 8Orange tower
A tall orange tower with a round window sits at the foot of the green circle, between a red slab and a pale-blue pyramid shape.
- 9Orange animal
An orange four-legged animal with dark red legs stands partly behind the cactus. It looks like a horse or a coyote, though the mug doesn't label it.
- 10Jeep Side view
An open off-road vehicle with big orange-spoked wheels carries two riders over the rocks at the centre.
- 11Golfer Side view
A golfer in a red top and yellow trousers swings a club on a pale-blue fairway, with a tiny cactus and a flag behind.
- 12Coiled snake Side view
A large red snake coils upward at the right, its head turned toward the golfer.
- 13Stack of suitcases Side view
Three tan and orange suitcases are stacked under the snake.
- 14Burritos on a plate Side view
Two wrapped yellow rolls on a blue plate, with an orange slice beside them. They look like burritos or chimichangas, though the mug doesn't label them.
- 15Barrel cacti Side view
A cluster of green barrel cacti with red and yellow flowers on top grows from an orange patch at the lower left.
- 16Lizard Side view
A lizard with a blue head and a red-and-pink banded body looks out from the left edge, on top of a red rock.
- 17Bird with green and red feathers Side view
A bird with green, red and white feathers and spread wings rises at the upper right. It looks like a phoenix, though the mug doesn't label it.
- 18Lizard on red rock Back view
The lizard in full: a blue head, a banded red-and-pink body and orange feet on a long ridge of red rock that runs across the back.
- 19Starbucks wordmark Back view
STARBUCKS in small dark capitals runs vertically on the white side of the mug beside the handle.
The three photos cover most of the outside of the mug, but not all of it: the strip behind the handle is out of view and one edge of the drawing wraps out of frame in each photo.
Collector notes
- The inside of this mug is yellow, which shows in all three photos. The black box with the Discovery Series name and the map behind it are part of the seller's photo, not the mug.
- The saguaro, the baseball and the lettering are on the front. The jeep, golfer, snake and suitcases are on the side, and the lizard and red rock run onto the back, so a listing photographed only from the front will show none of them.
- Phoenix appears in four of our checklists: Discovery, Been There, You Are Here and Icon. This page covers the Discovery mug, so match the series name in a listing's title and check for the green circle behind the lettering.
