Starbucks San Diego mug: Discovery Series
The San Diego mug from Starbucks' Discovery Series sets the city name in yellow over a dark green circle, with a roller skater, a sea lion, a leaping fish, a taco, palm trees and a lifeguard tower.
- Series
- Discovery Series
- Place
- San Diego, California, USA
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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What's on the mug
- 1Roller skater
A woman with red hair glides on quad roller skates at the left.
- 2Sea lion
A blue sea lion with yellow dots curls across the top left.
- 3Leaping fish
An orange fish leaps at the top centre. It looks like a garibaldi, California's official state marine fish since 1995, which lives on rocky reefs from Monterey Bay to Baja California.[1]
- 4Taco and hot sauce
A taco with a yellow shell sits above the lettering, with a bottle of hot sauce and a lime slice beside it.
- 5Street lamps
Street lamps with orange globes rise at the top right.
- 6Palm trees and cliffs
Palm trees stand along orange-and-purple sea cliffs below the lettering.
- 7Lifeguard tower
A yellow-and-teal lifeguard tower stands at the bottom left beside a curved ramp.
- 8Bicycle
A beach cruiser bicycle at the right is partly hidden by the handle.
- 9Lettering
SAN DIEGO in yellow capitals over a dark green circle.
- 10Kite Back view
A red-and-orange diamond kite flies on a long tail, with small clouds around it.
- 11Lighthouse Back view
A white lighthouse with a dark top rises above a wooden structure at the right.
- 12Roller coaster Back view
A wooden roller coaster with a teal lattice frame and a small train sweeps up toward the lighthouse.
- 13Anchor Back view
A purple anchor with a rope trailing from it hangs at the left, with water drops splashing off.
- 14Spaghetti Back view
A bowl of spaghetti topped with dark blue meatballs sits at the bottom left of the scene.
The front and back photos leave only the strip behind the handle unseen.
Collector notes
- San Diego also appears in the Been There, Icon and You Are Here checklists; match the series name in the listing before you buy.
- The inside of the mug is light blue in this photo, taken from slightly above. Not every listing shows the inside, so ask for it if the colour matters to you.
