Starbucks Menu: Full Guide to Drinks and Food With Seasonal Items

Everything splits into drinks, food and seasonal specials. Choose hot, iced or blended first, then a base such as espresso, tea, fruit or milk. The cards below compare delivery-app starting prices, and each section links to a deeper page for sizes and ordering tips.

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Delivery appPrice type
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Caramel Protein LatteIced Caramel Protein MatchaIced Pecan Crunch LattePecan Crunch Latte

Where to start on the board

Menu at a Glance

Hot Coffee and Espresso

Hot Coffee and Espresso

10 items
from $3.15SelectIced Coffee and Cold Brew

Iced Coffee and Cold Brew

10 items
from $5.55SelectFrappuccino

Frappuccino

16 items
from $6.75SelectRefreshers

Refreshers

20 items
from $5.55SelectTea

Tea

15 items
from $4.15SelectMatcha

Matcha

10 items
from $6.05SelectChai Latte

Chai Latte

9 items
from $5.65SelectHot Chocolate and More

Hot Chocolate and More

7 items
from $3.45SelectProtein Drinks

Protein Drinks

10 items
from $6.85SelectBreakfast

Breakfast

10 items
from $1.65SelectBakery and Treats

Bakery and Treats

16 items
from $1.65SelectSandwiches and Lunch

Sandwiches and Lunch

9 items
from $1.65SelectFall Favorites

Fall Favorites

10 items
from $3.65SelectNew and Trending

New and Trending

7 items
from $5.85SelectPrices and Sizes

Prices and Sizes

SelectSecret Menu

Secret Menu

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The Starbucks menu is built around three things: hot and cold coffee drinks, a long run of teas, Refreshers and blended drinks, and a food case of breakfast sandwiches, pastries and lunch. This guide sorts all of it into plain categories, so you can find what you want in a few seconds.

Every section below has a short overview, item cards with delivery-app "from" prices, and a link to a deeper page when you want ingredients, sizes or ordering tips. Seasonal drinks are described as "when it is on the menu," because the lineup changes.

menuinusa.com is an independent guide and is not affiliated with Starbucks.

Looking for one thing in particular? Use the tiles below to jump to drinks, food or seasonal picks, or scroll for the whole map. Each category block ends with a link to a deeper page, so you can skim here and dig in only where you need to.

How the Starbucks Coffee Shop Menu Is Organized

The Starbucks coffee shop menu has two halves, drinks and food, and a third layer of seasonal and special items that sits on top of both. Once you see that shape, any menu board or app screen makes sense.

Starbucks menu at a glance: drinks, food, seasonal

Drinks come first, and they split by temperature and texture. Hot coffee and espresso cover brewed roasts and lattes. Iced coffee covers cold brew, nitro and shaken espresso. Frappuccino is the blended group. Next come drinks that do not rely on espresso: Refreshers, tea, matcha, chai, hot chocolate, steamers, energy drinks and protein drinks.

Food follows, in three groups. Breakfast is mostly sandwiches and wraps. Bakery and treats hold croissants, pastries, cake pops and cookies. Lunch has sandwiches, flatbread pockets and protein boxes, and a small snack shelf sits beside them.

Seasonal and special pages sit on top. These cover fall, holiday, spring, summer and Valentine's drinks, plus a new and trending list, a secret menu explainer and the birthday reward.

This guide covers the Starbucks menu USA customers see in the United States. Menus abroad differ. Everything here is organized so you can read top to bottom or jump straight to one category.

Here is a simple way to read it. Start with the temperature you want: hot, iced or blended. Then pick the base, which is espresso, brewed coffee, tea, matcha, chai, fruit or milk. Last, choose the extras, such as syrup, cold foam, whipped cream or protein milk.

Most confusion comes from names, not from the drinks themselves. A "latte" is espresso with steamed milk, a "Misto" is brewed coffee with steamed milk, and a "Refresher" is a fruit drink with a little caffeine. Once the names click, a long board turns into a short list of building blocks.

Prices follow the same logic. Brewed coffee and tea are the lowest starting prices, espresso drinks sit in the middle, and cold foam, blended and protein drinks sit at the top.

Secret Menu, Nutrition and Diet-Friendly Picks

When you want to customize, cut calories or follow a diet, start here. This part of the Starbucks menu explains what the secret menu is, where nutrition numbers live and how to steer an order toward less sugar.

Think of this section as a toolkit. Use the secret menu for ideas, nutrition for numbers and the diet pages for shortcuts.

Secret Menu

The Starbucks secret menu is not an official list. It is a set of custom orders that fans invented by changing a regular drink, such as adding lemonade to a Refresher or a flavor shot to a Frappuccino.

Several customer creations did become real menu items. The Honey Citrus Mint Tea began as a customer creation, according to its menu description, and the frozen lemonade Refreshers were inspired by customers adding lemonade and ice to Refreshers.

To order a secret drink, do not ask for it by a nickname. Instead, list the base drink and each change in plain words, such as "Venti Pink Drink with an extra scoop of fruit." Baristas can only make what the system allows, and prices add up with each change. Be polite, be patient in busy hours, and have the recipe ready. The secret menu orders page lists ideas with exact ordering language.

Good secret orders are built from steps you can say in one breath: base, size, change, and topping. For example, take a Refresher and ask for lemonade instead of water, or take an iced latte and ask for a different syrup.

Avoid orders that stack six or seven changes, since they slow the line and raise the price. Tip your barista if you can, and use the mobile app for complex requests, because the customization screen lays out what is possible.

Nutrition and Calories

Official nutrition numbers live in the Starbucks app and on the Starbucks website, where each drink shows calories, sugar, fat and caffeine by size and milk. This guide does not list calories for every item, because our menu data has none.

Four things move the number: size, milk, syrup and toppings. A Grande Cold Brew has about 5 calories, a Grande Iced Latte with 2% milk has about 130, and a Grande Iced Caramel Macchiato has about 250. Whipped cream and drizzle add more.

Milk swaps change calories and sugar, and each pump of syrup adds roughly 20 calories. Published figures are a guide, since recipes change, and the app is the final check for your order. Use the nutrition and calorie information page to estimate a custom order.

Check the panel for size, because a Venti can have twice the calories of a Tall. Check the milk too: the same latte changes with nonfat, oat, almond or whole milk.

Protein and caffeine are listed beside calories. If you are tracking sugar, look for added sugar and total sugar, since milk adds natural sugar even without syrup. A Grande Iced Latte lists about 11 grams of sugar with no syrup at all.

Low-Calorie Drinks

Low-calorie drinks at Starbucks start with a simple rule: choose a base of coffee, tea or water, then keep milk, syrup and toppings light. Published figures put a Grande Cold Brew near 5 calories and an Iced Americano near 15.

Teas are easy wins. Plain iced tea lists 0 calories in a Grande, and the Iced Passion Tango Tea Lemonade and Iced Black Tea Lemonade sit near 50 in published data. A latte gets lighter with nonfat milk, almond milk or fewer pumps.

Cream foams, caramel drizzle, whipped cream and Frappuccinos are the quickest ways to jump past 300 calories. Treat any figure here as an estimate and confirm in the app. Find more picks on the low-calorie options page.

A practical order: a Grande Iced Americano (about 15 calories), a Cold Brew with a splash of almond milk, or an Iced Green Tea with no syrup. If you want something creamier, a Grande Iced Latte with nonfat milk is a straightforward upgrade.

Skip the extras unless they matter. Cold foam, whipped cream and drizzle each add real calories. Ask for half the usual pumps if you want a sweet drink that stays lighter.

Sugar-Free Drinks

Sugar-free drinks at Starbucks come from three routes: unsweetened bases, sugar-free syrup and careful milk choices. Americanos, cold brew, brewed coffee and plain iced tea start with no added sugar in the standard recipe.

Sugar-free vanilla syrup is available for custom orders and is used in the Iced Sugar-Free Vanilla Protein Latte and the Iced Sugar-Free Vanilla Protein Matcha. Availability varies by store.

Watch out for sources of sugar that hide in plain sight. Milk contains natural sugar, which is why a plain Iced Latte lists about 11 grams. Matcha blends and cold foams carry sugar, and lemonade does too. If you need zero sugar, check the app for the exact order. The sugar-free drinks page has a longer list of options.

To order sugar-free, say "no classic syrup" or "sugar-free vanilla" explicitly. Bases like cold brew, brewed coffee, Americano and plain iced tea already start without added sugar, and lemonade drinks do not fit because lemonade contains sugar.

Sweetener packets at the condiment bar offer another route when a store does not have sugar-free syrup.

Healthy Drinks

"Healthy" depends on what you are counting. Some people want low sugar, some want low calories, and some want protein, so the right drink changes with the goal.

For low sugar, choose unsweetened tea, Americano or cold brew. For low calories, pick the same group with nonfat or almond milk. For protein, choose a protein latte or protein matcha, which list 27 to 36 grams in a Grande. For fewer additives, stay with simple builds such as brewed coffee or espresso with milk.

No menu item is a nutrition plan, and this guide gives no medical advice. Use the nutrition panel for the details that matter to you. See healthier drink choices for a goal-by-goal guide.

A balanced approach is simple: pick a drink that fits your main goal, then trim the extras. A Grande iced tea with no syrup is low in sugar and calories, and a protein latte gives more protein with moderate sweetness.

Be wary of the word "light" on its own. A smaller size is often the easiest fix, since fewer ounces means fewer calories and less sugar without changing the flavor.

Gluten-Free Options

Gluten-free at Starbucks is a question of ingredients and cross-contact. Starbucks states that it cannot guarantee unpackaged items are allergen-free, because shared equipment is used to store, prepare and serve them.

Packaged items are the clearest route, since you can read the label. The Perfect Bar Peanut Butter is described as gluten-free in our menu data. Plain coffee and tea drinks have no wheat ingredients, but blended drinks with cookie crumbles or Frappuccino chips have been reported to contain gluten. Bakery items and breakfast sandwiches generally contain wheat.

If you have celiac disease, treat this guide as a starting point, not a safety guarantee. Ask about preparation and check the app. The gluten-free food and drinks page goes through the routes in more detail.

Gluten-free diets vary in strictness. If you avoid gluten by preference, the drinks and packaged snacks above can work. If you have celiac disease or a serious sensitivity, a shared-equipment environment may not be safe enough, and that call is yours and your doctor's.

Syrups and Flavors

Syrups and sauces are how Starbucks changes a drink's flavor. Classic, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, hazelnut and sugar-free vanilla are the common ones, with seasonal syrups such as pumpkin and lavender joining at times.

Pump counts rise with size. As a rough guide, a hot Tall gets three pumps, a Grande four, and a Venti five, while an iced Venti gets six. Counts can vary by store and drink, so ask if the exact number matters.

You can change the count in the app. Fewer pumps cut sugar and calories fast, and more pumps make the drink sweeter. Sauces such as mocha and caramel are thicker and sweeter than syrups. Learn which flavor does what on the syrups and flavors page.

Flavor ideas worth knowing: vanilla and caramel are the most universal, brown sugar works with oatmilk and cinnamon, and sugar-free vanilla lowers the sugar count in lattes and protein drinks.

Ask for half the pumps first if you are unsure. You can always add sweetness later, but you cannot remove it.

Best Drinks and Birthday Rewards

Two questions come up all the time: what is worth ordering, and what does a birthday get you? This part answers both in short, then points to the full pages.

Best Starbucks Drinks

The best Starbucks drink depends on your taste, not a ranking. Think in profiles: bold and plain, sweet and creamy, fruity and light, spiced, or high in protein.

For bold and plain, choose Cold Brew, an Americano or a brewed roast. For sweet and creamy, choose a cold foam cold brew, a latte with syrup or a Frappuccino. For fruity and light, choose a Refresher or a tea lemonade. For spiced, pick a chai latte. For a lift without coffee, choose matcha. For protein, choose a protein latte.

If you are new, a Caffè Latte or an Iced Chai Latte is a gentle start, and a Cold Brew is the next step for coffee fans. The best Starbucks drinks by taste page expands each profile with more picks.

Some quick matches: if you like coffee ice cream, try a Caramel Frappuccino. If you like orange sodas, try the Orange Cream Cold Brew. If you like green tea, try a Matcha Latte. If you like fruit punch, try a Pink Drink. If you like spice cake, try a Chai Latte with brown sugar cold foam.

If you cannot decide, order by what you already enjoy outside Starbucks. Fans of milk tea tend to like chai, fans of fruit juice tend to like Refreshers, and fans of dessert coffee tend to like cold foam drinks. Starting from a familiar flavor makes a new drink easier to judge, and you can adjust sweetness on the second try.

Reading descriptions helps. Words like "smooth" and "creamy" usually mean milk or foam, "tart" usually means lemonade, and "bold" means a darker roast or extra shots.

Birthday Drink

The Starbucks birthday reward is a free item for Starbucks Rewards members on or around their birthday. It covers a handcrafted drink, a food item or a bottled drink, with exclusions such as alcohol and multi-serve items.

Published guides say you need to join Rewards at least a week before your birthday, earn at least one Star and save your date of birth. The redemption window depends on your tier, from the birthday itself to a longer period for higher tiers. Not every licensed store honors it, so confirm before you order.

The reward appears in the app when your window opens. See the free birthday drink page for the steps.

A birthday reward is a single-use perk, so pick the item you would enjoy most. A handcrafted drink, a pastry or a bottled beverage all fit the rules. Check the reward in your app before heading in, because the window may be shorter than you expect.

Starbucks Menu USA: Store Differences and Availability

The Starbucks menu USA customers see is not identical from store to store. Most locations are company-operated, but many others are licensed, such as stores inside airports, grocery stores, campuses and hotels.

Licensed stores often carry a smaller lineup, may skip nitro or newer drinks, and may not accept every offer. Not every licensed store honors the birthday reward, for example. Company-operated cafes generally have the fullest menu, including nitro taps and the newest seasonal items.

Regional and seasonal gaps matter too. A drink on the cafe Starbucks menu in one city can be missing in another, because items launch in waves and sell out. A drink can also vanish from the app if a store runs out of an ingredient.

Prices differ the same way. The numbers in this guide are delivery-app "from" prices, taken from the Starbucks online menu listings, so they run higher than most in-store prices and vary by city. They also reflect the smallest standard size, and they change when you customize.

Store type also decides which extras you can use. Nitro taps, the newest cold foam flavors and some food items depend on equipment and stock. If an item will not load in the app for your store, it is not being made there, and no setting on your side will change that.

Hours matter as well. Many cafes stop selling certain food items late in the day, and drive-thru and walk-in counters may have different wait times. For the widest choice, order earlier in the day from a full cafe. Treat each Starbucks coffee shop menu as local, because what you see is what that single store can make today.

If an item you want is missing, ask for the nearest build. A seasonal syrup can often be swapped for a regular one, and a missing cold foam can be replaced with sweet cream. Baristas know what their stock allows, so a polite question usually finds a close match. The Starbucks menu is also shaped by ingredient shortages, which come and go.

This guide is independent and not affiliated with Starbucks. Our menu data has no calories or nutrition figures, so any numbers in the text come from published nutrition information and should be confirmed in the app.

If you remember one thing, use this guide to find the right category and the Starbucks app to confirm what your store has today. That pairing makes the Starbucks coffee shop menu easy to read, whether you order in person or for delivery.

When you order for delivery, the store you pick matters. Choose a company-operated cafe over a licensed counter if you want the widest selection.

Starbucks Menu FAQs

Is the Starbucks menu the same at every store in the USA?

No. Company-operated cafes carry the fullest lineup, while licensed locations in airports, grocery stores and campuses often have fewer items. The Starbucks menu in the USA also changes by season and region, so check the app for your store before you plan an order.

Does the Starbucks menu have vegetarian options?

Yes. Many bakery items, cake pops, the Crispy Grilled Cheese on Sourdough and the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin carry a vegetarian tag, and the Spicy Falafel Pocket is tagged vegan. Most espresso, tea and milk drinks contain no meat. Confirm ingredients in the app if you avoid something specific.

Which drinks on the Starbucks menu have strawberry?

Strawberry shows up in the Strawberry Açaí Refresher, the Pink Drink, the Mango Strawberry Refreshers, the Strawberry Lemonade and the Strawberry Crème Frappuccino. The Iced Double Berry Matcha has strawberry puree layered inside. Energy versions of the Refreshers exist too, with extra caffeine.

When does the Starbucks seasonal menu change and how long does it last?

Seasonal drinks rotate several times a year, usually launching in waves for fall, holiday, spring and summer. Each item runs for a limited time, and some return. The app shows what is on the current menu, which is more reliable than any date.

What is the difference between the online menu and the in-store menu?

The Starbucks online menu in delivery apps lists "from" prices and a slightly narrower set of customizations than the Starbucks app. In-store boards may show different prices and fewer food items. Availability follows each store, so a listed item can still be out of stock.

Why do prices on this guide say "from"?

Because the figure is a starting price in a delivery app, shown with a plus sign. It covers the smallest standard size with no changes. Bigger sizes, extra shots, flavored foam and milk swaps raise it, and in-store prices can be lower.

Which Starbucks drinks work for vegan or dairy-free diets?

Drinks can usually be made dairy-free by swapping in oat, almond, soy or coconutmilk. Pink Drink and Dragon Drink are made with coconutmilk, and the Nondairy Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew uses a nondairy topping. Whipped cream, some foams and sauces contain dairy, so ask. The cafe Starbucks menu food items rarely suit strict vegans, except tagged items like the Spicy Falafel Pocket.

Which Starbucks items are gluten-free?

Packaged snacks with a gluten-free label are the clearest choice, along with plain coffee and tea without add-ins. Starbucks says it cannot guarantee unpackaged items are allergen-free, because equipment is shared. Bakery items and breakfast sandwiches contain wheat. Check the app and ask about preparation.

Can I customize any drink on the Starbucks menu?

Almost any drink, yes. You can change milk, syrup pumps, shots, ice, toppings and temperature. Some changes cost extra, and a few drinks, such as nitro or bottled items, have limits. Customizing is easiest in the app, which keeps the Starbucks coffee shop menu choices in one screen.

Does Starbucks have a secret menu?

Not officially. The secret menu is a set of fan-made custom orders, built by adding or swapping ingredients in regular drinks. Some customer ideas have become real items. To order one, name the base drink and each change, since baristas may not know the nickname.

Is this site affiliated with Starbucks?

No. menuinusa.com is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Starbucks. Prices shown are delivery-app starting prices from public listings, and calories or caffeine figures come from published nutrition information, so confirm the final numbers in the Starbucks app.