Starbucks introduced a Chocolate Java Mint Frappuccino and White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew to beat the summer heat. A second summer menu leak suggests more frosty coffee house innovation. Starbucks baristas' Instagram page teases a frozen lemonade summer drink.
The chain's popular Refresher drinks—Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade, Strawberry Açai Lemonade, and Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade—will form the backbone of this frozen lemonade, which will have three new varieties. Chillers' formula?
One part Refresher, ice, and frozen strawberry puree. Blender-blended ice and Refresher are swirled with a royal-red purée. The strawberry's tanginess should complement the citrus in these frozen lemonades, making them stand out.
Starbucks Adds Frosty Citrus. This menu item is similar. Baristas and other Instagram commenters say this "new" menu item is merely a blended Starbucks Refresher. For the Starbucks novice, blended means blending ice into a Frappuccino.
A Blended Refresher with strawberry puree can be ordered now. Fair enough, but the simpler Frozen Lemonade Refresher label will save drink-ordering anxiety sufferers.
The leak did not reveal how much Starbucks will charge for its new frozen lemonade series, which will debut on June 27. However, Starbucks declined to comment when Tasting Table asked. Wait and see.