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Starbucks to open its first Tazo tea shop

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Tea anyone?

Starbucks Corp. is planning to open its first Tazo tea shop this fall, as it explores ways to grow beyond its trademark coffee shops.

The Seattle-based company says the store will open near its headquarters. It will include a tea bar where customers can blend their own tea mixes with the help of a store worker the company is calling a "tea partner."

The store will offer more than 80 varieties of loose-leaf tea, tea lattes and iced teas, as well as packaged chocolates, infused sugars and honeys. Pastries and other food will also be served, as in the company's coffee shops. It will not be branded with Starbucks' "green dot" logo.

It's just the latest move by Starbucks to expand beyond its 17,000 flagship cafes around the world. Earlier this year, for example, the company announced plans to open its first Evolution Fresh Inc. juice store.

There have been no announced plans for additional Tazo tea shops.

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