The Original Mermaid Was Racier
The Starbucks logo is a “twin-tailed mermaid,” also called a siren. Greek mythology says that sirens lured sailors to shipwrecks off the coast of an island in the South Pacific. That island was sometimes referred to as Starbuck Island
The mermaid logo is supposed to lure you into buying coffee (or, you know, die at sea). But the first version of the logo wasn’t so subtle. They covered up her chest with flowing hair back in 1987, but she didn’t morph into the now PG version until 1992.