Starbucks is making waves as the weather heats up and is offering customers boba drinks to cool down. The coffee chain recently added two new summer food items and is bringing a fan favourite back with an exciting popping twist. Read on for everything you need to know about the Starbucks boba drinks, the new summer food and our honest review.
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Is Starbucks getting boba?
In 2024, Starbucks introduced something totally new to its menu — refreshers with raspberry-flavoured boba pearls! While flavoured pearls have been on the menu for years at Starbucks stores in Asia, this was the first time they were being added to drinks in Canada.
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Starbucks Summer 2025 Menu
What is new at Starbucks for summer 2025?
Summer drinks are officially back at Starbucks for 2025. Returning to Starbucks’ summer menu this year alongside the boba refreshers is the White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew. This sweet and nutty cold brew launched in 2023 and was a hit with Starbucks fans. So the coffee chain decided to bring it back to help fans beat the heat.
Also, coming to the 2025 Starbucks summer menu are two new food items — the Strawberries and Cream Cake Pop and the Egg, Pesto and Mozzarella Sandwich. The cake pop is in the shape of a strawberry and tastes exactly like strawberry ice cream, which is perfect for summer!
The Egg, Pesto and Mozzarella Sandwich will be joining the permanent menu as another vegetarian breakfast option. It is an egg frittata with kale and basil pesto, topped with a creamy slice of mozzarella on a toasted cheddar and onion bun. The pesto is so fresh and we loved the cheddar and onion bun. It’s the perfect vegetarian addition for the mornings when you need breakfast on the go.
The Summer-Berry Refresher, the Summer-Berry Lemonade Refresher and the Summer Skies Drink with the raspberry-flavoured boba are back! The summer drinks feature flavours of raspberry, blackberry and blueberry for a super sweet summery sip. We got the chance to try the refreshers with the flavoured pearls, so here is our review and ranking from worst to best.
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Summer Skies Drink
This non-dairy drink features the Summer-Berry Refreshers coconut beverage over ice with a layer of the new popping raspberry-flavoured pearls. Visually, this drink is stunning with the cloudy blue drink and the bright pink pearls. It has a very strong blueberry flavour and the burst of raspberry pearls adds an extra layer of refreshing flavour. We found it a bit too sweet for our liking, but if you like a sweet and creamy sip with a burst of flavour, you will love this drink.
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Summer-Berry Refresher
With sweet notes of raspberry, blackberry and blueberry shaken with ice and poured over popping raspberry-flavoured pearls, this Refresher is light and (as the name suggests) refreshing. Compared to its lemonade counterpart, this drink is not as sweet and lighter in flavour. The blackberry flavour shines through in this drink. Also, the flavoured pearls add a nice additional pop of raspberry flavour, which we really enjoyed. The Refresher base for this drink was a little light and watered down for our taste, but if you’re looking for a subtly sweet, refreshing summer drink, you will love this refresher. It definitely quenched our thirst.
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Summer-Berry Lemonade Refresher
The Summer-Berry Lemonade Refresher takes the base from the Summer-Berry Refresher, along with the raspberry pearls and kicks it up a notch by adding lemonade into the mix. This was by far our favourite drink because it was sweet but the tartness of the lemonade balanced it out beautifully. The raspberry flavour shines through the most with this refresher and it is only elevated by the popping raspberry pearls. This drink screams pool day and we can’t wait to sip on it this summer.
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How much are the Starbucks summer drinks and food?
Depending on your region, a grande Summer-Berry Refresher (with or without lemonade) or a Summer Skies Drink retails for about $7. The White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew retails for about $6. The strawberries and cream cake pop retails for about $3. The egg, pesto and mozzarella sandwich retails for about $6.
Where can I find the Starbucks summer drinks and food?
You can order the Starbucks summer drinks in-store or through the Starbucks app.