
In 2018, Starbucks took things another step further by launching their Japan Wonder Project celebrating local ingredients and culture. It was first introduced as a seasonal drink in 2012. The Japan Starbucks blends hojicha with coffee, milk, and ice, and adds Earl Grey-flavored jelly for a truly unique drink. In Japan, there’s a special green tea called “hojicha” that’s roasted over charcoal in a pot made of porcelain. The American grande has a whopping 65 grams of sugar. While you can get green tea frappes in the US, they leave off the beans. It was so popular it even got its own muffin version in Hong Kong. This frappe makes things even more interesting by adding a topping of sweet red beans, a common dessert ingredient in Asia. Green tea can be found in Starbucks drinks around the world, and of course you’ll find it in China. Starbucks recently brought back the much-loved s’mores frappuccino for the summer, along with new drinks like a mocha cookie crumble frappe. If you do want coffee, the Singapore Starbucks also released a dark mocha panna cotta drink at the same time, which gave you a more traditional blend of coffee and espresso on top of the panna cotta. It’s coffee-free and perfect for hot days. It’s made from a panna cotta base and topped with a blend of milk, ice, and all kinds of berries, like strawberries, mulberries, and blueberries. The Starbucks in Singapore adopted it in 2015 for their summer berry drink. Panna cotta, a cold, sweet custard, is a traditional Italian dessert.
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The Fizzio series was discontinued in the US years ago, so the yogurt-mango soda is most likely not available anymore in South Korea either. Mixing soda and yogurt might sound weird to some, so people could try other versions of the “Fizzio” drinks, like lemon-ginger with mango jelly or passion tea lemonade with hibiscus jelly. Yogurt soda with mango jellyĪnother coffee-free beverage option, South Korea’s Starbucks used to make a soda with yogurt and mango jelly.


The closest we can get in the United States is probably the orange creamsicle frappe, which is a secret menu item. It’s the orange honeycomb crunch frappe, which is made with cream, orange sauce, and a piece of orange honeycomb candy. In Indonesia and Singapore, you can find a coffee-free frappuccino with a sweet citrus taste. There, Starbucks occasionally sells a double-chocolate green tea frappe, which blends the fresh, grassy taste of matcha with milk chocolate sauce and java chips. Matcha is a powder made from green tea leaves, and it’s a common ingredient in Starbucks drinks around the world, even Australia. Here’s a rundown of Starbucks drinks around the world: Double-chocolate green tea frappe As an international company, however, there are drinks only found in countries outside the United States.
