Tweet Someone A $5 Starbucks Coffee Gift Card

By Sheila Sanchez/Patch

Starbucks had some great news for those who want to give their friends and followers on Twitter that much-needed caffeine for a great picker-upper in the morning.

Customers can now "tweet-a-coffee" to them via their Twitter and Starbucks accounts.

Then friends can redeem the $5 gift card by printing it or showing it at the popular coffee shops on their mobile devices.

The coffee chain encourages customers to use the Twitter hashtag #amazing while sending the good-news tweet.

The campaign runs through Nov. 6.

Starbucks Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman blogged about the promotion that "it's a fun, thoughtful, unique way to send Starbucks using Twitter."

He then gives the following instructions on how to give the "gift of Starbucks" in 140 characters or less: 

• Go to www.starbucks.com/tweetacoffee to connect your Starbucks and Twitter accounts and confirm a payment method.
• From Twitter, type: @tweetacoffee TO @recipient’s name. You can even personalize your tweet with a message.
• Tweet the eGift. Your recipient will receive a link to their $5  eGift, which they can print out, redeem from their phone at participating stores or transfer to a registered Starbucks Card.
• Your $5 Starbucks Card eGift will be charged to the credit card that you have on-file for your Starbucks account.