With spring upon us, there’s nothing better than grabbing a tasty drink with friends at the local Starbucks. Starbucks is one of the most well known coffee chain near Cardozo, with one location right on Springfield Blvd. Students frequently visit the coffee chain to grab a delicious beverage after the school day ends, or before homeroom with friends.
Starbucks has transformed from a small coffee shop that really only serves coffee into one of the most recognizable cafes in the world. A reason that Starbucks expanded their business and changed over the years is to match the tastes and flavors that costumers enjoy. Some of the new drinks that they have recently released play on the flavors of matcha, which has become very popular over the last few years, and some other fruity flavors.
All of the new beverages listed below are iced, which is perfect for the spring and summer seasons when the temperature starts to rise and people are looking for something to cool down with.
Iced Ube Coconut Macchiato
This new iced drink includes espresso and coconut flavors with a bed of milky foam. The flavors are both coconut and vanilla, with cold foam and coconut flakes on top. This is great for people who want a summer-time feeling and also get some energy from the espresso in the drink.
Toasted Coconut Cream Cold Brew
Another coconut drink, this iced coffee drink includes Starbucks’ cold brew, which many customers adore. It also includes the coconut cold foam, like the macchiato, but this one doesn’t use espresso and instead just the cold brew.
Iced Dubai Chocolate Matcha
This drink is a direct answer to the viral Dubai chocolate trend that took over social media for months. Instead of just giving customers a chocolate-y coffee drink, they decided to make it with matcha, which many Starbucks customers have also been enjoying in recent days. The drink starts with a matcha base, includes pistachio sauce, and is topped with chocolate cold foam. It’s a limited time drink, so sweets fans should get it while it lasts.
Iced Double Berry Matcha
If you like matcha but you’re looking for something more fruity than Dubai chocolate, the double berry matcha may be great for you. It combines the fruity flavors of both strawberry and raspberry, hence the “double berry” name. This combined with the matcha flavors is great for a warm, spring day.
Cannon Ball Drink
The Cannon Ball Drink was created after Mr. Beasts Games, a competition game show that many customers and fans of Mr. Beast enjoy. The drink is actually not coffee or tea, but instead lemonade, açaí, and mango dragonfruit. The drink can be made with absolutely no caffeine, so it’s great for kids. However, for those who want to add caffeine to it, they can. Customers can also add Vitamin B so that it has an extra boost of energy for those long summer days.
