Starbucks finally reveals its secret menu once and for all
The drinks giant unveiled four new drinks on Monday, freshening up its summer offerings.
The drinks, which until now had remained a carefully guarded secret, are available on the Starbucks app's 'offers' tab.
Starbucks lovers will be delighted that the four drink slots will rotate with new customizations throughout the season, the coffee chain confirmed.
The first four new menu items include a blended Refresher, iced tea with popping pearls, cookie crumble-topped coffee and a chocolate shaken espresso.
The cookie crumble selection is a cold brew with two pumps of vanilla syrup, topped with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam and cookie crumbles.
The new shaken espresso includes two pumps of white chocolate mocha sauce to an Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso.
The drink is then topped off with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam.
The latest refresher flavor is Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade with peach juice, also topped with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam.
Finally fans can get their hands on a blend of black tea and lemonade accompanied by raspberry popping pearls.
The secret menu is inspired by customers' own concoctions and fans are encouraged to submit their own customizations.
If their beverage combination is selected for inclusion in the secret menu they will be rewarded with a cash prize.
The next round of submissions is now open until July 20.
Finalists will receive a $5,000 cash prize and their creations will be available on the secret menu from August 18 to August 25.
After consumers have had a chance to trial all the secret menu drinks a final vote will take place for the best drink.
This overall winner will claim a $25,000 grand prize.
Starbucks recently announced its biggest hiring spree in history with plans to add 85,000 workers across its 17,000 US locations.
The new hires will be expected to support Starbucks' efforts to bring back a more personal touch — including a new policy asking baristas to handwrite notes on customers' cups.
Customers have grown weary of waiting 20 minutes for a drink, with many walking away from the chain entirely.
Soaring prices and what critics call a 'soulless' in-store experience have only added to the exodus — helping drive a sharp drop in sales.
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