What's going on at Starbucks?

First of all, they've been out of caramel = no caramel macchiato. :-(

Now they're promoting this:


Hello? What would posses someone to think that Red Bean goes with coffee? Yes, don't let the Azuki bean thing fool you. Its Red bean, the 'ang tau' that's so familiar. The stuff some places put into ABC. Ugh...

In case you're wondering, no I haven't tried it. Don't intend to. Just waiting for my caramel macchiato.