The company began a "skinny" line of drinks in 2008, offering lower-calorie and sugar-free versions of drinks that use skim milk and can be sweetened by a choice of "natural" sweeteners or one of the company's sugar-free syrup flavors.

On March 12, 2007 Starbucks and Concord Music Group launched the Hear Music record label. The company's first artist signing was Paul McCartney who left his long-time label EMI.

Ethos, a brand of bottled water acquired by Starbucks in 2003, is sold at locations throughout North America.

Brazil produces about third of the world's supply, according to the International Coffee Organization, about twice as much as the second place producer, Vietnam.