不賣咖啡賣飲料 星巴克推出新款能量飲料
Starbucks unveiled a new energy drink line March 22, 2012. Starbucks Refreshers, available now in select areas, come in three different flavors and are made with fruit juice and green coffee extract.
3月22日，星巴克推出了一款含果汁和綠咖啡萃取物的混合飲料，名字叫“Starbucks Refreshers”（星巴克清爽飲料）。這款飲料將會推出三種不同的口味，現在已經可以在部分區域購買到。
Starbucks announced plans Thursday to expand into the fast-growing energy drink industry, unveiling a new line of Refreshers carbonated beverages.
能量飲料是一項高速發展的產業，星巴克公司在本週四宣佈了其進軍能量飲料產業的計劃。同時還發布了一個新系列的碳酸提神飲料。
The energy drinks, which are available now in select retail and grocery stores, come in three flavors: raspberry pomegranate, orange melon and strawberry lemonade.
這款新提神飲料現在可以在一些特定的零售商和食品店購買到，共有三種口味：覆盆子石榴味，哈密瓜橙味，草莓檸檬味。
In addition to fruit juice, the carbonated drink uses green coffee extract, but has no coffee taste. The 12-ounce cans contain 60 calories, Starbucks said in a press release.
星巴克稱，除了含有果汁外，這款碳酸飲料還加入了綠咖啡的萃取物，但不會有咖啡的味道。一罐12盎司（約爲340克）的飲料熱量是60大卡。
The Refreshers line targets the $8 billion U.S. energy drink market that includes products such as Red Bull and Rockstar.
在價值80億的能量飲料市場中，這款飲料將是RedBull和Rockstar的競爭對手。
By the end of April, Starbucks Refreshers will be available at 160,000 locations.
至四月底，Starbucks Refreshers（星巴克清爽飲料）會開始在16萬個地點銷售。
Starbucks also announced plans to create roughly 150 jobs by investing nearly $180 million to build a new factory in Augusta, Ga., and to expand an existing roasting plant in Sandy Run, S.C., to add packaging capability.
星巴克同時宣佈將會投資1.8億美元在美國喬治亞州的Augusta市建造新工廠，屆時將能提供約150個職位。爲了增加包裝產能，星巴克還將擴大在美國南卡羅萊納州的Sandy Run市的烘焙工廠。
