If you’ve ever wondered about the famous international coffee chain’s beverage options, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll tell you about each drink Starbucks offers today (129 different drinks!). I’ll break down each variety, flavor, and drink size so you can choose the option that suits your tastes and preferences.
Note: I have taken Starbucks in the United States as a point of comparison, but the beverages offered are similar to those in other countries.
What types of drinks can you find at Starbucks?
At Starbucks, you can enjoy your favorite drink the way you like because they offer a wide variety of options. You can choose from cold, hot, milk, or plant-based beverages with different flavors. Below is a list of the categories you’ll find on their menu:
Hot drinks ☕
Before we dive into the description of Starbucks’s coffee options, it’s important to note that they exclusively use 100% arabica coffee beans to prepare these exquisite drinks.
Hot drinks with an espresso base
As the title implies, I’m talking about beverages that involve espresso or where espresso coffee plays a central role in their preparation.
- Americano: A beverage that combines espresso with hot water, creating a milder and less concentrated option than traditional espresso.
- Cappuccino: A delicious blend of espresso with milk and a layer of milk foam.
- Espresso: This beverage contains a base of concentrated and strong coffee that can be enjoyed alone or as a base for other drinks. You can find it in two sizes, double or single.
- Espresso Panna: This drink combines a double shot of espresso with creamy cream.
- Flat White: This exquisite option combines a double shot of espresso with a smooth layer of hot, unsteamed milk.
- Honey Almondmilk Flat White: This delightful beverage is crafted with 2 shots of Starbucks Espresso Roast, 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk, and 1 ounce of honey syrup.
- Caffè Latte: This irresistible drink fuses two shots of espresso with steamed milk on top.
- Pumpkin Spice Latte: This delectable beverage is made with whole milk, Starbucks Espresso Roast, pumpkin spice syrup, topped with whipped cream, and a pinch of pumpkin pie spice.
- Oleato Caffé Latte with Oatmilk: This drink blends a Starbucks Blonde Espresso with virgin olive oil and steamed oat milk.
- Cinnamon Dolce Latte: A beverage that combines cinnamon dolce syrup, Starbucks Espresso Roast, milk, cinnamon, whipped cream for garnish
- Starbucks Reserve Latte: This delightful beverage is crafted with steamed milk and froth, much like their other lattes, but what sets it apart is the small amount of Starbucks espresso.
- Starbucks Reserve Hazelnut Bianco Latte: This delectable beverage is a fusion of Starbucks Espresso Roast, whole milk, finely grated white chocolate, and a generous spoonful of hazelnut spread.
- Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte: This delightful beverage is prepared with Starbucks Espresso Roast, your choice of milk, and a touch of vanilla syrup.
- Espresso Macchiato: This delicious drink consists of a shot of espresso with a gentle touch of hot milk, topped with a spoonful of steamed milk. At Starbucks, you can enjoy it in two options: double or single.
- Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato: This delicious drink has apple crisp syrup, brown sugar syrup, and milk.
- Caramel Macchiato: The fusion of steamed milk, vanilla, and intense espresso adorned with caramel syrup.
- Caffè Mocha: An irresistible combination of espresso, chocolate, and steamed milk crowned with whipped cream. You can enjoy it in two variants: white or dark chocolate.
- White Chocolate Mocha: Intense espresso, creamy milk, and white chocolate decorated with a generous layer of whipped cream.
- Starbucks Reserve Dark Chocolate Mocha: This beverage features a rich espresso blended with cocoa finely ground chocolate and topped with steamed milk, creating a delightful harmony of sweetness and flavor.
Brewed coffees
As stated in the title, I’m specifically referring to pure filtered coffee, where the emphasis is solely on the unadulterated brewed coffee.
- Featured Blonde Roast: This beverage is a filtered coffee with a softer roast profile. It has a lighter flavor.
- Featured Medium Roast Pike Place Roast: This beverage is a harmonious and well-balanced blend of Latin American coffees, featuring subtly rich chocolate and roasted nuts notes.
- Featured Dark Roast Sumatra: This dark roast coffee boasts an intense body and robust, strong flavors.
- Featured Blonde Roast Veranda Blend: This coffee features a light roast that’s subtly flavorful, with notes of toasted sweet malt and milk chocolate, making it a perfect match for milk.
- Featured Medium Roast Pike Place Roast: Medium roast coffee with subtle hints of cocoa and toasted nuts.
- Featured Dark Roast Caffè Verona: It’s a delicious beverage with a velvety dark cocoa texture.
- Caffè Misto: This drink is a harmonious blend of freshly brewed coffee and steamed milk.
Hot teas
- Chai Tea Latte: A blend that combines green tea extract with a refreshing touch of lime.
- Matcha Tea Latte: A fusion of milk or plant-based beverage with matcha.
- Royal English Breakfast: A perfect balance of black tea with hints of oak and malt.
- Earl Grey: A gentle tea with notes of bergamot and lavender.
- Tea Chai: An infusion that awakens with its spicy cinnamon, ginger aroma, and touches of cardamom.
- Jade Citrus Mint Brewed Tea: A harmonious blend of green tea with lemon verbena, lemongrass, and a hint of mint.
- Emperor’s Clouds & Mist: A pure single-origin green tea with a sweet and smoky flavor.
- Teavana London Fog Tea Latte: This beverage features Italian bergamot and hints of lavender, vanilla syrup, and steamed milk.
- Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte: This beverage is a blend of whole-leaf black teas from India and Sri Lanka, sweetened with liquid cane sugar and finished with a topping of steamed milk and foam.
- Honey Citrus Mint Tea: This drink combines Jade Citrus Mint tea, green tea, Peach Tranquility herbal tea, hot water, steamed lemonade, and a hint of honey.
Hot chocolates
These exquisite drinks result from carefully selecting cocoa beans, giving you a deep chocolate flavor in every sip.
- Chocolate: This drink combines steamed milk and chocolate syrup, garnished with whipped cream and chocolate.
- White Hot Chocolate: This beverage blends white chocolate sauce with steamed milk, topped off with a layer of cream.
Steamers
- Pumpkin Spice Crème: This drink is a combination of steamed milk with flavors of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. On top is whipped cream.
- Steamed Milk: This drink contains skimmed, 2% soy, almond, or coconut milk steamed.
- Vanilla Crème: This drink is a mixture of hot milk with vanilla syrup and, on top of it, whipped cream.
Cold drinks ❄️
Starbucks cold beverages feature a refreshing iced coffee base; some even incorporate fruit and green coffee. They are the ideal choice to enjoy on hot summer days, especially when you’re in good company.
Cold espresso-based drinks
- Iced Coffee: A delightful blend of freshly brewed coffee, Starbucks-style, served at its sweetness peak and chilled with ice.
- Iced Coffee with Milk: It consists of a coffee and milk mixture, Starbucks-style, served at its sweetness peak and chilled with ice.
- Iced Espresso: A base of espresso over ice, smooth and exquisite, with a sweet touch.
- Iced americano: This coffee beverage is crafted from a concentrated espresso and hot water mixture, chilled with ice, and served cold.
- Starbucks Reserve Cold Brew consists of a smooth and nuanced chilled coffee served over ice.
- Cold Brew Coffee: Cold Brew is crafted from an exclusive blend of carefully selected beans, steeped in cold water for 20 hours, producing an exceptionally smooth and refined flavor.
- Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew: Cold Brew infused with vanilla syrup, crowned with an exquisite cold foam of pumpkin cream and a hint of pumpkin seasoning.
- Oleato Golden Foam Cold Brew: This presentation of dark Cold Brew is served with a layer of cold foam infused with extra virgin olive oil from Partanna.
- Cinnamon Caramel Cream Cold Brew: This Cold Brew is sweetened with cinnamon and caramel syrup, with cold caramel foam, and enhanced with a touch of cinnamon dolce for a special twist.
- Chocolate Cream Cold Brew: Cold Brew infused with vanilla syrup and crowned with cold chocolate cream foam.
- Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew: Cold Brew sweetened with a touch of caramel and topped with a layer of salty cold cream.
- Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew: It’s a Cold Brew blend, infused slowly and enhanced with vanilla.
- Cold Brew Coffee with Milk: A variation of the traditional Cold Brew in which milk is used instead of water during the preparation process.
- Nitro Cold Brew: It’s a variation of Cold Brew infused with nitrogen. This creates a frothy and smooth texture with a subtly sweet flavor and a creamy foam layer.
- Cinnamon Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew: The Cinnamon Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew is a variation of the caramel cream cold brew. It’s infused with nitrogen to achieve an unparalleled smooth and creamy texture.
- Vanilla Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew: It’s a variation of Cold Brew infused with nitrogen and combined with sweet vanilla cream, offering a smooth and creamy texture.
- Iced Shaken Espresso: A beverage that combines espresso with ice and is shaken to create a smooth and frothy texture. This drink is served over ice and contains no milk or other additional ingredients.
- Iced Apple Crisp Oatmilk Shaken Espresso: This drink is prepared by shaking ice, espresso, apple syrup, and oat milk to achieve a smooth and refreshing texture.
- Oleato Iced Shaken Espresso with Oatmilk and Toffeenut: This drink is prepared by shaking ice, espresso, oat milk, and toffeenut syrup to create a balanced blend of flavors.
- Iced Toasted Vanilla Oatmilk Shaken Espresso: This drink combines espresso, oat milk, and caramelized vanilla syrup, creating a smooth and aromatic blend.
- Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso: A drink that combines espresso, brown sugar, and cinnamon shaken together, then topped with oat milk and ice.
- Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso: This drink is prepared with espresso, brown sugar, chocolate malt powder, and almond milk.
- Iced Flat White: This beverage is prepared with espresso and cold milk, blended to create a creamy and smooth texture.
- Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White: A refreshing drink that combines smooth espresso with almond milk and a touch of honey.
- Iced Caffè Latte: A Starbucks iced coffee beverage that combines espresso with cold milk.
- Iced Pumpkin Spice Latte: This drink combines espresso with milk and a blend of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg flavors, and ice.
- Starbucks Reserve Iced Latte: This beverage is prepared with Starbucks Reserve espresso and mixed with cold milk. It is served over ice to create a refreshing and delicious drink.
- Starbucks Reserve Iced Hazelnut Bianco Latte: A special Starbucks beverage that combines Starbucks Reserve espresso with cold milk and a hint of hazelnut flavor.
- Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte: The Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte is a delicious drink that combines espresso, cold milk, and cinnamon dolce syrup.
- Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte: A refreshing beverage that combines Starbucks’ smooth Blonde espresso with cold milk and vanilla syrup.
- Iced Apple Crisp Oatmilk Macchiato: A special drink that combines espresso, oat milk, apple cinnamon syrup, and brown sugar for a delightful flavor.
- Iced Caramel Macchiato: This drink consists of a combination of milk, caramel syrup, espresso, and ice.
- Iced Caffè Mocha: Espresso infused with bittersweet mocha sauce, milk, and ice, topped with sweetened whipped cream.
- Iced White Chocolate Mocha: A refreshing cold coffee beverage that blends espresso, cold milk, and white chocolate mocha sauce.
- Starbucks Reserve Iced Dark Chocolate Mocha: This beverage combines Starbucks Reserve espresso with cocoa, ground chocolate, cold milk, and ice, creating a delicious mocha.
Frappuccino coffee based
- Apple Crisp Oatmilk Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A creamy and refreshing drink that combines crisp apple flavors with oat milk and ice.
- Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A beverage that combines the flavor of spiced pumpkin with milk and ice, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino: A delicious drink that combines chocolate, cookie flavors, milk, ice, whipped cream, and cookie pieces for an extra texture.
- Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A sweet and delicious beverage that combines caramel flavors with milk, ice, and crushed caramel, topped with whipped cream.
- Espresso Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A refreshing drink that combines espresso with milk and ice.
- Caffè Vanilla Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A creamy beverage that combines coffee with vanilla flavor, milk, and ice, accompanied by caramel or chocolate syrup.
- Caramel Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A sweet and creamy drink that combines coffee with caramel flavor, milk, ice, and caramel sauce.
- Coffee Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A refreshing beverage that combines coffee with milk and ice, accompanied by vanilla or caramel syrup.
- Mocha Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This option features an arabica coffee base, intense chocolate, milk, and ice.
- Java Chip Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This drink includes an arabica coffee base, intense chocolate, chocolate chips, milk, ice, and an additional dose of chocolate.
- White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A delicious and creamy beverage that combines coffee with white chocolate flavor, milk, ice, and white chocolate sauce.
Frappuccino cream based
- Apple Crisp Oatmilk Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This beverage combines the flavors of crisp apple with oat milk, cream, and ice, creating a refreshing and delicious drink.
- Pumpkin Spice Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This beverage combines the flavor of spiced pumpkin with cream and ice, creating a sweet drink.
- Chocolate Cookie Crumble Crème Frappuccino: A sweet beverage that combines chocolate and cookie flavors with cream and ice, adorned with cookie pieces for added crunch.
- Caramel Ribbon Crunch Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This sweet drink combines caramel flavors with cream and ice, and it’s garnished with caramel sauce and whipped cream for an extra indulgent touch.
- Strawberry Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A refreshing and fruity option that blends the sweet taste of strawberries with cream and ice, creating a smooth and creamy drink.
- Chai Crème Frappuccino: This beverage combines flavors of spices like cinnamon, ginger, and cloves with cream and ice, creating a comforting and flavorful drink.
- Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: A sweet treat for chocolate lovers, this drink combines flavors of milk chocolate, cream, and ice, topped with whipped cream and chocolate chips.
- Matcha Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This drink uses matcha to create a unique and refreshing flavor. It’s combined with milk, cream, and ice and garnished with whipped cream.
- Vanilla Bean Crème Frappuccino Blended Crème: A smooth and creamy beverage that combines vanilla’s sweet and delicate flavor with cream and ice.
- White Chocolate Crème Frappuccino Blended Beverage: This drink has a white chocolate flavor with milk, cream, and ice, and it’s adorned with whipped cream and additional white chocolate sauce for a sweet and comforting experience.
➡️ If you want to learn more about the world of Frappuccinos and how to make them at home, I invite you to read my specialized article on this topic. In it, you will find detailed steps to enjoy this delicious beverage made by yourself.
Iced teas
- Iced Black Tea: Sweetened black tea shaken with ice.
- Iced Black Tea Lemonade: This beverage combines sweetened black tea with refreshing lemonade and is served with ice.
- Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte: Combines a blend of chai tea infused with black tea and spices with milk, topped with pumpkin cream foam.
- Iced Royal English Breakfast Tea Latte: This drink combines various whole-leaf black teas from India and Sri Lanka, sweetened with liquid cane sugar and mixed with milk.
- Iced London Fog Tea Latte: A refreshing and sophisticated drink that combines Earl Grey tea with lavender, vanilla syrup, milk, and ice.
- Iced Chai Tea Latte: This drink is a blend of intense spices like cinnamon, cloves, and others, infused in hot water and mixed with cold milk and ice.
- Iced Peach Green Tea: A refreshing and delicious beverage that combines green tea with peach flavor and ice.
- Iced Matcha Lemonade: This beverage combines matcha tea, lemonade, and ice, creating a drink with a unique flavor.
- Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade: Combines green tea with peach flavor, lemonade, and ice, creating a balanced and refreshing drink with peach and lemon flavors.
- Iced Matcha Tea Latte: A blend of milk, ice, and matcha for a unique flavor.
- Iced Green Tea: This drink is made with green tea infused in cold water and served over ice.
- Iced Green Tea Lemonade: Made with green tea infused in cold water, lemonade, and ice, creating a balanced and refreshing drink with a sweet and sour flavor.
Refreshers
- Pineapple Passionfruit Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: This drink combines the exotic flavors of pineapple and passionfruit, creating a vibrant and delicious blend.
- Frozen Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A frozen and refreshing drink that combines the sweet and tropical flavors of pineapple and passionfruit with the freshness of lemonade and strawberries.
- Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: This beverage combines the vibrant flavors of pineapple, passionfruit, and lemonade, creating a delicious and refreshing blend.
- Frozen Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A frozen and refreshing beverage that combines flavors of strawberries, açaí, and lemonade, creating a delicious and refreshing blend.
- Paradise Drink Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A refreshing and tropical drink that combines the sweetness of pineapple with passionfruit and coconut milk.
- Frozen Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: This drink combines the tropical flavors of mango and dragonfruit with the freshness of lemonade and strawberries.
- Dragon Drink Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A refreshing and tropical drink with mango and dragonfruit flavors blended with creamy coconut milk and ice.
- Mango Dragonfruit Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: This drink combines the sweet flavors of mango and dragonfruit and is shaken with ice.
- Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A refreshing and tropical drink that combines sweet mango and dragonfruit flavors with lemonade.
- Pink Drink Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A beverage made with a Strawberry Açaí base, coconut milk, and strawberry pieces.
- Strawberry Açaí Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: This drink highlights the sweet flavors of strawberry and açaí, all blended with ice and strawberry pieces.
- Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Starbucks Refreshers Beverage: A delicious blend of strawberry, açaí, and a refreshing touch of lemonade, served with ice and strawberry pieces.
Cold juice
- Lemonade: A refreshing and citrusy beverage that combines the flavor of lemon with ice for a unique touch.
- Blended Strawberry Lemonade: A refreshing lemonade with a hint of delicious strawberry flavor, carefully blended with ice for a fresh and tasty taste.
Caffeine-free options (decaffeinated)
If you’re searching for caffeine-free options at Starbucks, you’re in luck, as they offer caffeine-free teas, hot juices, and decaffeinated coffees that might be perfect for you. On the other hand, if you’re not a fan of tea, you still have the option to enjoy juices made with fresh fruits.
Brewed coffees
- Featured Decaf Roast Decaf Pike Place Roast: This beverage is a smooth and well-balanced blend of Latin American coffees, offering subtly rich flavors of chocolate and roasted nuts.
- Featured Decaf Roast Decaf Pike Place Roast: This beverage is a decaffeinated blend of Latin American coffees infused with cocoa and roasted nuts.
Hot juices
- Caramel Apple Spice: Steamed apple juice infused with cinnamon syrup, garnished with whipped cream, and drizzled caramel sauce on top.
- Steamed Apple Juice: Freshly steamed 100% apple juice.
Caffeine-free herbal teas
- Iced Passion Tango Tea: This drink is a careful blend of hibiscus, lemongrass, and apple, handcrafted for an exceptional taste.
- Iced Passion Tango Tea Lemonade: This drink is a careful blend of hibiscus, lemongrass, and apple, with the refreshing touch of lemonade, served over ice, creating a balanced drink with a sweet and sour flavor.
How can I customize my Starbucks beverage?
Starbucks strives to offer its customers the opportunity to customize their drinks to their liking, providing various options:
- Name on the Cup: One of the most distinctive forms of customization at Starbucks is to ask customers for their name and write it on the cup. This creates a personalized connection between the barista and the customer, preventing order confusion. Many baristas add drawings and positive phrases.
- Milk Choice: Starbucks offers many milk options, including whole, skim, almond, coconut, and soy milk. Customers can select the milk that best suits their dietary preferences or tastes, allowing them to customize their experience.
- Syrups and Additional Flavors: The café offers a variety of syrups and additional flavors that customers can add to their drinks to give them a personalized touch. These include caramel syrup, vanilla, hazelnut, mint, and more.
- Temperature Adjustment: Customers can customize the temperature of their drink, requesting it extra hot, hot, warm, or cold, according to their preferences.
- Additions and Modifications: Customers can modify their drinks, such as adding whipped cream, adjusting the amount of ice, or requesting a specific blend of ingredients.
Please note that the availability of certain customization options may vary depending on ingredient availability at each Starbucks location.
Starbucks baristas are trained to assist customers in customizing their order and ensuring their drink is exactly as they desire.
What are the sizes of Starbucks beverages?
Starbucks offers different sizes of beverages to cater to its customers’ preferences. These include:
Size | Description | Approx. Vol. |
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Demi | Espresso Coffee | 3 ounces |
Breve | Hot Beverage (excluding espresso) | 8 ounces |
Tall | Standard Small Size | 12 ounces |
Grande | Standard Medium Size | 16 ounces |
Venti | Standard Large Size | 20 ounces |
Trenta | Largest Size (reserved for cold beverages) | 31 ounces |
Demi: The word “demi” comes from French and means “half.” Unlike most Starbucks drink names, this designation has French, not Italian, origins.
The Demi size is the smallest available at Starbucks and describes the size of an espresso coffee, with only three ounces.
It may seem tiny until you consider it’s primarily meant for standard espresso shots, usually around one ounce each. For reference, a double espresso is often less than two ounces. Surprising, isn’t it?
Breve: This size is just eight fluid ounces and, aside from Demi (which is primarily espresso), is the smallest beverage available at Starbucks. For many people accustomed to drinking coffee at home, six to eight ounces is the standard amount in a cup.
However, the “Breve” size is only available for hot beverages and is not particularly popular at Starbucks, although it represents a normal amount of coffee to enjoy at home.
Tall: “Tall” is one of the original Starbucks drink sizes. When Starbucks started, “Grande” was essentially a “Tall.” Now, “Tall” has become the small size, but if you order a “Small” at Starbucks, you’ll receive a “Tall.” A Starbucks “Tall” drink holds 12 ounces.
Grande: Pronounced GRAWN-day, “Grande” is Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French for “large.” However, two sizes are even larger: Venti and Trenta. Starbucks’ “Grande” holds 16 ounces (2.5 cups).
Venti: Pronounced Venn-tee, “Venti” is Italian for “twenty,” indicating its content of 20 ounces. The name makes sense until you realize that the smaller sizes don’t follow a numeric pattern.
Trenta: Introduced in May 2011, “Trenta” is Starbucks’ largest beverage size. “Trenta” means 30, so you might think it has 30 ounces. But interestingly, it holds 31 ounces.
It’s as if 30 ounces weren’t enough to consider it large enough. The Trenta size is reserved for cold beverages (such as iced coffee, iced tea, lemonade, and other drinks served with ice) and usually comes at an additional cost compared to a Venti of the same beverage.