Starbucks has two new lavender drinks for spring.Photo:Starbucks
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Springhas sprung atStarbucks.
Thecoffee giantdebuted two new drinks in honor of warmer weather. Both incorporate lavender — an ingredient Starbucks has never utilized before.
The Iced Lavender Cream Oatmilk Matcha and Iced Lavender Oatmilk Latte hit stores on Thursday, and PEOPLE got a first taste.
The new Iced Lavender Oatmilk Latte from Starbucks.Starbucks
The foam is a pale, beautiful shade of well, lavender, so combined with the green matcha it makes for a gorgeous photo.
The Iced Lavender Oatmilk Latte isn’t as pretty — the lavender powder gets swirled into blonde espresso so the drink isn’t purple — but it’s just as delicious. If you’re more of an almond milk person, that would make for a nice swap here.
In both drinks, there’s just hint of floral in the background, so don’t expect lavender to hit you right in the face.
The new Iced Lavender Cream Oatmilk Matcha from Starbucks.Starbucks
A Starbucks beverage developer, Patrick Penny, got the idea for the drinks during a visit to a lavender farm not far from the company’s headquarters in Seattle.
While March is all about purple at Starbucks, February saw a flurry ofpink drinks for Valentine’s Day. Two drinks joined the menu — Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Crème Frappuccino and the Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew.
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The frappuccino featured a blend of ice, milk, strawberry puree and java chips, layered on top of a splash of strawberry puree and topped with whipped cream. The sweet cold brew combined hazelnut syrup with chocolate cream cold foam and a chocolate cookie crumble topping.
source: people.com
