‘Tis the season for sipping sugary drinks!
Starbucks‘ famed holiday drinks, as well as Coffee Mate’s festive-flavored creamers, are back in stock — and just in time for the emerging winter season.
Fans of the Seattle-based coffee chain are dusting off their red reusable holiday cups to get a sip of their favorite winter-flavored lattes.
Beginning Nov. 3, Starbucks will be sleighing in with returning favorites, new food items as well as new cup designs.
The beverages coming to town are the caramel brulée latte, the chestnut praline latte, the toasted white chocolate mocha and the Irish cream cold brew. The iced sugar cookie almond milk latte is also returning after last year’s debut.
The menu will also have a new bakery item: the chocolate pistachio swirl.
The pastry is baked with “buttery, brioche-inspired dough” and has a rich chocolate filling with cinnamon and chocolate flavors. Mint chocolate chips and chopped pistachios are drizzled on top of the sweet treat.
Starbucks will debut four new cup styles that will offer the “comforts and cheer of the season,” a press release noted. The mugs are seemingly supposed to look like they are wrapped like presents.
“We have always talked about the cups as little gifts, and we hope they feel like a festive present to our customers and store partners,” Gary Jacobson, Starbucks creative director said in a statement.
2022 marks 25 years of Starbucks holiday cups, which were first introduced in 1997.
This year’s cups will include a red cup decorated with green ribbons and sparkles as well as a mint green cup full of sparkles and diamonds.
The third chalice is a white one, imprinted with Christmas trees and stars. The fourth one is red and is inscribed with tree designs.
“Looking back at all the years of holiday cups, you can see the commitment to design and artistry and all things handcrafted,” Jacobson said.
He added: “I think that’s why they have become part of a lot of people’s holiday traditions. They invite people in because each new design captures a moment in time with its own unique take on the holidays.”
Coffee Mate is giving Starbucks a run for its money. Coffee addicts who want to enjoy holiday cheer from home can find four fan favorites on shelves for a limited time as well as two brand-new creamers.
The four comeback flavors are Toll House Cookies ‘n Cocoa Creamer, Natural Bliss Pumpkin Spice Flavored Creamer, Coffee Mate Pumpkin Spice Creamer and Coffee Mate Peppermint Mocha Creamer.
The two new flavors include Natural Bliss Pumpkin Spice Flavored Oat Milk Creamer and Natural Bliss Cinnamon Swirl Latte Flavored Creamer.