Starbucks has added frozen lemonade refreshers to its menu for the first time, available in frozen pineapple passionfruit lemonade, frozen strawberry acai lemonade and frozen mango dragonfruit lemonade starting June 27.
The colorful frozen drinks are blended with ice, lemonade, fruit pieces and a swirl of strawberry puree and are being added to the permanent, year-round menu. The pineapple passionfruit variety is blended with chunks of diced pineapple while the strawberry acai lemonade is blended with strawberries, and the mango dragonfruit variety is blended with pieces of dragonfruit.
“Since Starbucks refreshers beverages joined the menu in 2012, our customers and partners (baristas) have creatively customized their beverages, such as adding coconut milk, lemonade or blending with ice,” Matt Thornton, senior beverage developer at Starbucks said in a statement. “Inspired by these customer and partner creations, we’re excited to bring the new Frozen Lemonade Starbucks refreshers beverages to the permanent menu this summer.”
This new beverage platform is separate from the Starbucks summer menu lineup, which was announced in May, is only available during the summer months, and includes the new chocolate java mint Frappuccino.
Since 2021, the Starbucks Refreshers have been the fastest-growing menu category for the Seattle-based coffee chain, even though the drinks do not actually contain coffee. Cold beverages in general have been a boon for Starbucks, and represent 75% of U.S. Starbucks sales, as of Nov. 2022.
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