There is a long, involved history of how the logo was developed. Be sure to read the story of how the Starbucks siren became less naughty, here:
http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid
The wikipedia article will tell you briefly about how the mermaid lost her tail and her navel and chest were "cleaned up" because of an embarrassed elementary school principal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks
The meaning of the Starbucks logo dates a while back. But to make it simple, there is a mermaid on the logo. And stories say that they used to sing and charm people off decks of boats carrying goods, such as coffee, tea and spices.
It is a siren/mermaid. It's changed a few times over the years.
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Do you mean the logo? Because the Starbucks logo was based on the charicter "Starbucks" from the book Mobie Dick. They recently changed the logo though.
There is a long, involved history of how the logo was developed. Be sure to read the story of how the Starbucks siren became less naughty, here: http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid The wikipedia article will tell you briefly about how the mermaid lost her tail and her navel and chest were "cleaned up" because of an embarrassed elementary school principal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks
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Starbucks has nearly 100 registered trademarks, but the most familiar is their mermaid logo.
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Starbucks use the mermaid as their logo - although Starbucks actually officially call it by it's proper name - a Siren, not a mermaid.
It is a siren.
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The logo on the coffee cup that Gibbs likes to drink does look very similar to the Starbucks logo although I don't think they ever truly say where he gets his coffee from. It is very common for companies such as Starbucks, Pepsi, Nike, etc. to advertise in tv shows and movies.
Starbucks has what is a debatable green letter t within it's logo. The logo itself is green and rests on a white background. Though the lettering for "Starbucks" it is actually white, it is a cutout from the green logo, and thus, when examined, can be taken as green.
The starbuck's logo has changed over the years. The logo has always been a picture of a mermaid, and the newer the year of the logo the less mermaid is shown. The original logo featured a whole mermaid, today there logo features only the head of the mermaid.