Starbucks Drinks Menu

Starbucks keeps a core list of drinks on the menu all year and rotates a second list through the seasons. Core drinks include brewed coffee, lattes, cold brew, Frappuccino blended drinks, Refreshers and iced tea. Those show up in nearly every store, every month.

Seasonal drinks at Starbucks follow the calendar. Fall brings pumpkin and pecan flavors, the holidays bring peppermint and spiced drinks, spring leans floral, and summer leans fruity and cold. Some launches hang around for a few months, some are gone in weeks, and a few start as limited drinks and later become permanent.

You can browse each season on its own page:

• Fall menu for pumpkin, pecan, chai and banana bread drinks
• Holiday menu for peppermint, mocha and festive cold foams
• Spring menu for lavender and lighter fruit flavors
• Summer menu for Refreshers, horchata and blended drinks

How do you tell a core drink from a seasonal one? Look at how long it has been around. If you remember it from every visit, it is core. If it arrived with a launch day, a themed cup or a limited-time banner in the app, it is seasonal. Seasonal drinks often reuse core bases such as cold brew, matcha or Frappuccino, so the base stays familiar while the flavor changes. That is why you can usually ask for a similar flavor in a regular drink even after a special ends, though a store may not stock the syrup or topping.

Here is the catch. A drink you saw last year may not be listed today, and a store may run out of a topping before the season ends. The Starbucks app is the final word on what your nearest store can make right now. Treat any seasonal drink named on this page as "when it is on the menu," not as a promise.

Eight families cover almost everything you can order, and each one has its own page on this site. The quick map below shows what each family is, how much caffeine to expect and where to go next.

Starbucks menu for drinks, by family:

Caffeine tendency is a general guide. Exact amounts depend on size, shots, tea or coffee type and any add-ons, so check the app for the drink you pick.

Numbers help when you are choosing between families. These Grande figures are commonly published estimates, and they can differ slightly between sources and over time:

Notice the pattern. Brewed coffee beats a latte because a latte is mostly steamed milk with two espresso shots, while brewed coffee is all coffee. A single espresso shot carries about 75 mg, so a drink's shot count tells you more than its name does. If you want less caffeine without giving up the ritual, a smaller size or a decaf order cuts the number fast.

Scan the drinks at Starbucks menu boards and the hot side starts with espresso, because almost everything in this family is built on it. A shot of espresso plus steamed milk makes a latte. Less milk and more foam makes a cappuccino. Add a shot of espresso to hot water and you have an Americano.

The difference between most of these drinks comes down to milk and shot count. A flat white uses ristretto shots and a thin layer of milk, which gives a stronger coffee taste than a latte. A cortado is small and balanced, with equal parts espresso and milk. A macchiato layers milk, espresso and a sweet topping, so you taste the espresso first and the sweet part last.

Brewed coffee is the simplest option. Starbucks rotates three roasts: Blonde, Medium and Dark. Blonde tastes lighter and a bit sweeter. Medium, the Pike Place Roast, is the everyday cup. Dark is bolder and smokier. Half-caff and decaf versions exist for people who want less caffeine.

Flavor shots and syrups go on top of any of these. Mochas get chocolate. Caramel macchiatos get vanilla syrup and caramel drizzle. Pistachio and lavender lattes show up as seasonal or rotating picks. The full list lives on the hot coffee and espresso lineup page, with a deep page for each classic.

Cold coffee has four main styles, and they do not taste the same. Iced coffee is brewed hot, then cooled and poured over ice, so it tastes like regular coffee served cold. Cold brew is steeped in cool water for many hours, which makes it smoother and less bitter. Nitro cold brew is cold brew infused with nitrogen, which gives it a creamy, foamy feel without any milk.

Shaken espresso works differently. Espresso shots are shaken hard with ice and syrup, then topped with milk. The shaking adds a light froth and chills the drink fast. Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso made this style famous, and many seasonal drinks now use it as a base.

Cold brew also carries the most cold foam options. Sweet cream, chocolate cream, salted caramel cream, pistachio cream and seasonal flavors sit on top of the drink and slowly melt into the coffee as you sip. Cold brew generally carries more caffeine than iced coffee, since it is steeped with more coffee. It also tastes smoother and less bitter, because it is steeped in cold water for many hours instead of brewed hot and chilled. Check the app for exact numbers at each size.

Read more on the iced coffee, cold brew and shaken espresso page. Cold coffee is one of the most popular drinks on Starbucks menus today, so expect new cold foam flavors to keep arriving.

A Frappuccino is a blended drink: ice, milk, syrup and a base, whipped until smooth and topped with whipped cream. There are two bases. A coffee Frappuccino includes coffee. A creme Frappuccino has no coffee and uses a milky base, so kids and caffeine avoiders often pick it. Both can take flavors like caramel, mocha, vanilla bean, strawberry and horchata.

A Frappuccino is closer to a dessert than a daily coffee, so size and syrup matter more here than in other families. A Tall is plenty for most people. Toppings do much of the work. Caramel Ribbon Crunch has caramel sauce and a crunchy topping. Mocha Cookie Crumble has chocolate cookie bits. Many Frappuccinos can be made lighter by asking for fewer pumps of syrup or skipping the whipped cream.

If blended is not your style, cold options cover far more than Frappuccinos. Iced lattes, iced teas, Refreshers, lemonade and cold foam drinks all arrive over ice. Ask for light ice if you want more drink and less frost, or extra ice if you want it to stay cold on a long walk.

The all blended Frappuccino flavors page lists every flavor with its price and notes on what is in it.

Refreshers are fruit drinks, not coffee drinks, even though some carry a little caffeine. The classic version blends fruit juice flavor with water and gets its caffeine from green coffee extract. You can order it with no caffeine, with a light amount (50 mg in a grande, according to the menu) or as an Energy Refresher with about 125 mg in a grande.

Swap the water for lemonade and you get a tarter drink. Swap it for coconutmilk and you get the creamy, pastel look of the Pink Drink and Dragon Drink. Real fruit pieces float in many of them, such as strawberry or dragonfruit. Shake the cup before you sip, since the flavor settles and the last half can taste stronger than the first.

Iced tea comes in black, green, peach green and Passion Tango. Unsweetened is the default for some teas, and you can add classic syrup or liquid cane sugar if you want it sweet. Add lemonade to any of them and you have a tea lemonade. Passion Tango is herbal, so it carries no caffeine.

The Refreshers and lemonade guide goes through every flavor and base, and the lemonade drinks page covers all the lemonade versions. For teas, see the iced tea lineup.

Hot tea at Starbucks comes in Teavana bags: Royal English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Emperor's Clouds and Mist, Mint Majesty and Chamomile Mint Blossom. Honey Citrus Mint Tea, nicknamed the Medicine Ball, pairs two teas with steamed lemonade and honey. The London Fog Latte blends Earl Grey with steamed milk and vanilla. Find all of them on the hot and iced tea options page.

Matcha drinks use finely ground green tea, sweetened and mixed with milk. Because you drink the whole leaf powder instead of an infusion, the flavor is bolder than a tea bag, and the color is a bright green. Hot versions are steamed, and iced versions are shaken or stirred over ice. The result tastes grassy, creamy and a little sweet. It carries less caffeine than coffee but more than most teas. Seasonal matcha drinks add cold foam in flavors like lavender, mango or banana bread. Our matcha latte guide covers the hot and iced versions.

Chai lattes combine spiced black tea concentrate with steamed or cold milk. They are sweet and warm, with cinnamon and clove notes. Because the concentrate is already sweetened, a chai latte tastes sweeter than a plain tea latte, and asking for fewer pumps is the simplest way to tone it down. Chai also pairs well with extra flavors such as vanilla or a dirty shot of espresso if you want a stronger kick. Iced chai has its own page under chai latte options.

Many people do not start with a drink family. They start with a taste. If you crave caramel, vanilla or fruit, the table below points you to real menu drinks, shows how each one is served and links to the right page. It leaves out drinks that only exist on social media.

Caramel Starbucks drinks are the biggest group. Caramel Macchiato is hot or iced, with vanilla syrup and a caramel drizzle on top. Caramel Frappuccino blends caramel into a coffee base. Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino adds a crunchy topping. Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew puts sweet and salty cold foam on cold brew. The newer protein menu has a Caramel Protein Latte and a Caramel Protein Matcha.

Vanilla Starbucks Drinks and Sweet Cream Options

Vanilla flavors run from simple to rich. The Blonde Vanilla Latte uses lighter espresso with vanilla syrup, which tastes mellow and sweet. The Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino has no coffee at all. Vanilla sweet cream cold foam floats on cold brew and melts into it as you drink.

Read more on the Blonde Vanilla Latte and Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew pages. The Nondairy Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew is also on the menu for people who skip dairy.

Apple Drinks at Starbucks

Apple flavors are mostly seasonal. Apple flavors show up in fall, in drinks and bakery items such as the Apple Crumble Mini Pie. The Iced Chaider, a fall chai drink, is described as having cider-inspired flavors.

Do not expect a plain apple juice drink on the regular list. Two bottled items contain apple: the Sol-ti SuperShots, which blend it with ginger or turmeric. Check the fall menu for what is on offer right now.

Chocolate Chip Drink Starbucks Fans Love: Java Chip and Double Chocolaty Chip

The order most fans used to make was the Java Chip Frappuccino, which blended coffee, mocha sauce and chocolate chips with milk and ice, plus whipped cream. A coffee-free version, the Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino, skipped the coffee. Both were among the 13 drinks Starbucks removed in March 2025. Today the closest menu drink is the Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino. Menus change by store, so confirm in the app.

Read the details on the Java Chip Frappuccino page.

Starbucks Lavender Drink and Hibiscus Drink at Starbucks

Lavender is usually a spring flavor. The current menu data lists a Lavender Latte, Iced Lavender Cream Chai, Iced Lavender Cream Matcha and Lavender Crème Frappuccino. The flavor is floral and sweet, not herbal, and many people pair it with vanilla.

For hibiscus, the long-running answer is Passion Tango tea, which is a herbal blend of hibiscus, lemongrass and apple. The old Very Berry Hibiscus Refresher is no longer a standard menu item, and availability of other hibiscus drinks varies. See the iced tea lineup for current options.

Purple Drink at Starbucks and Other Colorful Orders

Purple drinks get their color from fruit, tea or flower infusions, not from artificial gimmicks. Iced Passion Tango Tea has a deep magenta tone from hibiscus. The Tropical Butterfly Refresher, a limited summer drink, uses butterfly pea flower for color. An ube drink appeared as a limited-time shaken espresso.

Rainbow drinks, cotton candy drinks and similar orders are usually social media creations. They are custom orders, not menu items, and a store may decline them. Stick to the real menu if you want a drink every barista can make quickly.

There is no single winner, because taste is personal. Pick by what you want to feel when you sip, and the choice gets simple. Start with sweetness, then decide how much caffeine you want.

If you still cannot decide, order something you already know from another cafe in a smaller size. Tall is a good test size. If you like it, upgrade next time. The best drinks page gathers popular picks if you want inspiration.

Starbucks uses its own size names, which confuse first-time visitors. Here are the usual hot and cold sizes:

Size also changes the price and the caffeine, so match it to how long you plan to sip. A Trenta of iced tea suits a long afternoon, while a Short hot drink suits a quick pause. A Tall is the best size for trying something new. A Grande is the size most nutrition and caffeine numbers use. A Venti hot drink gets two shots at many stores, while an iced Venti usually gets three, so check before you assume.

For a complete chart with ounces, shots and what each size fits, see the full size and ounce chart.

You can change almost any part of a drink, which is why no two Starbucks orders are quite the same. The main levers are milk, syrup, shots, foam, whip, ice, temperature and sweetener.

Milk is the biggest swap. Starbucks offers whole, 2%, nonfat, oat, almond, coconut and soy milk in the United States. Some plant milks cost extra. The protein drinks use 2% milk with whey and cannot be made with plant milk.

Customized Starbucks drinks usually start with syrup. Each size has a standard number of pumps, and you can ask for fewer, more or none. Sugar-free vanilla is a common swap. You can also add espresso shots, ask for an extra shot in a latte or change a regular latte to blonde espresso.

Foam options include cold foam, sweet cream cold foam and flavored cream. Whipped cream can go on or off. Ice can be light, regular or extra, and temperature can be extra hot or kid-temp for steamed drinks. Sweeteners include classic syrup, honey blend, stevia and brown sugar in some stores.

Want to know what each change does? Start with one change at a time. Order a drink as written, taste it, then adjust. Prices change with certain add-ons, and the app shows the cost before you pay.

Starbucks Special Drinks and Handcrafted Drink at Starbucks Explained

The specials are the limited-time or seasonal items that rotate through the app. The Starbucks handcrafted drinks menu is nearly the whole menu, since a barista makes each one to order. A handcrafted beverage means a person builds it for you: they pull the shots, steam the milk, pump the syrup and top it off.

Core drinks are always available, and special drinks are available for a limited run. Because every drink is made to order, small differences between stores and baristas are normal, so a drink may look slightly different from the photo and still be made correctly. Menu descriptions often say "handcrafted," so the word is more about the method than a unique drink type. If you want the list of limited items, see the seasonal pages above.

First-timers often ask which Starbucks drinks to order, and the smoothest answer is to follow a set order of details. A barista builds the drink in layers, and a clear order helps them move quickly.

Use this sequence:

1. Size, such as Grande
2. Hot, iced or blended
3. Drink name, such as latte or Refresher
4. Number of shots, if you want a change
5. Milk, such as oat
6. Syrup flavor and pumps
7. Toppings, such as cold foam or whipped cream

Example: "Grande iced latte with oat milk and two pumps of vanilla." That is clear and quick. The same drink in the app is even easier, since you tap each option and the screen shows the total.

Mobile ordering saves time. You can customize in the app, pay ahead and pick up at the counter. Starbucks Rewards members also earn stars on purchases. Delivery apps work too, though prices on delivery apps are marked up, which is why every price on this site is a "from" price.

If your order is complicated, say the drink first and the changes second. It is polite and keeps the line moving.

If you order through the app, you can save a favorite drink and reorder it in a few taps. That is handy when your usual has three or four changes and you do not want to recite them every time. At the counter, a barista may repeat the order back, so listen for the size and the milk, since those two details are the ones most often mixed up. If something is wrong with your drink, politely tell the staff before you leave, and they can remake it.

Several drinks have no caffeine. Crème Frappuccinos use a milk base without coffee. Steamed milk, vanilla creme and Passion Tango tea carry none. Herbal teas like Mint Majesty and Chamomile Mint Blossom also have none. Hot chocolate has a small amount from chocolate, and a Refresher can be ordered with no caffeine.

For dairy-free drinks, swap the milk. Oat, almond, coconut and soy all work in lattes, iced teas with milk and Frappuccinos. Refreshers made with water or lemonade have no dairy, and the Pink Drink and Dragon Drink use coconutmilk. Check the cold foam, whipped cream and sauces, since some contain dairy. The Nondairy Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew is one example built to be dairy free.

Pregnancy drinks at Starbucks come down to caffeine. The FDA says 400 mg of caffeine a day is generally not linked with negative effects for most healthy adults. For pregnancy, Mayo Clinic says to talk with your healthcare professional about limiting caffeine, and many doctors cite a lower figure of about 200 mg a day. Ask your own doctor what is right for you.

Practical choices are decaf coffee, herbal tea, a Crème Frappuccino, steamed milk or a Refresher with no caffeine. A shot of espresso has a modest amount of caffeine, but a large brewed coffee can pass the 200 mg mark alone, so size matters. Nothing here replaces medical advice.

Starbucks 0 Cal Drinks and Low-Sugar Picks

Zero-calorie options are rare, but a few come close. Plain brewed coffee, plain Americano without milk, and plain unsweetened iced tea or hot tea carry few or no calories. Once you add milk, syrup or sweeteners, the number rises. Zero-calorie claims can vary by size, so check the nutrition page in the app.

For a lower-sugar order, ask for sugar-free syrup, fewer pumps or no classic syrup in iced tea. See sugar free drink ideas and low calorie drinks for more picks.