Starbucks Happy Hour Menu with Prices

Starbucks runs its happy hour through the app, never through the till. Starbucks happy hour lands on a Thursday afternoon, and Rewards members hear about it first through a push notification. Buy one handcrafted drink at grande or larger and a second of equal or lesser value comes free.

Nothing on the board changes price during the window. The second cup is what the offer pays for. Tables below therefore carry the everyday grande figure for each drink, the same number a barista rings up at nine in the morning. Full size ladders, Short through Trenta, hold the same figures all day.

Starbucks happy hour at a glance

Starbucks Happy Hour Prices

Starbucks happy hour reaches the cold and blended side of the board more often than the hot one. Baristas shake the iced espresso drinks by hand. Frappuccinos blend a coffee or crème base with ice and take whipped cream unless you ask them to leave it off. Refreshers steep freeze-dried fruit in the cup, and the iced teas come from brewed leaf rather than concentrate. Short through Trenta ladders sit on the Starbucks price list.

Take-up varies from one store to the next. Licensed sites inside airports, hotels and grocery halls often sit the promotion out entirely. The app is the only route in, and Starbucks happy hour offers appear in its Offers tab a day or two ahead. One tap adds the coupon before you order.

Starbucks Happy Hour Times

Thursday afternoon carries the window at participating stores. It opens at two and closes at seven, read on local time rather than one national clock. Starbucks happy hour appears once or twice a month rather than every week, so the notification is the signal to watch for. Company-operated Starbucks stores run it most consistently.

Starbucks Happy Hour Lattes and Mochas

Espresso drinks pull two shots into steamed milk. Caramel Macchiato layers vanilla syrup under the shots and finishes with a caramel cross-hatch, while Flat White uses ristretto shots and whole milk. Caffè Mocha and White Chocolate Mocha take a sauce rather than a syrup, which is what lifts their calorie counts above a plain Caffè Latte. Cappuccino keeps the same shots under a thicker foam.

Starbucks Happy Hour Iced Espresso Drinks

Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso shakes blonde shots with cinnamon syrup and oatmilk before the ice goes in. Iced Hazelnut Oatmilk Shaken Espresso follows the same method. Iced Caffè Latte keeps the build plain, and the Iced Caramel Macchiato pours its drizzle across the top. Seasonal builds such as the Iced Peppermint Mocha and the Iced Gingerbread Latte layer a flavoured sauce into that same iced base.

Starbucks Happy Hour Frappuccino Prices

Caramel Ribbon Crunch adds a crunchy topping over dark caramel sauce. Pistachio Frappuccino carries a salted brittle topping, and the two peppermint builds fold peppermint syrup into a mocha base. Coffee Frappuccino keeps the shortest ingredient list of the line, and the lowest calorie count with it. Mocha Cookie Crumble sits at the other end of that range.

Starbucks Happy Hour Cold Brew and Iced Coffee

Cold Brew steeps coarse grounds in cool water for hours rather than pulling them under pressure. A plain grande therefore carries almost no calories at all. Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew floats a house cream on top, and the salted caramel and chocolate versions swap the flavour under it. Nitro Cold Brew pours from a tap under nitrogen and arrives without ice.

Starbucks Happy Hour Refreshers and Iced Tea

Refreshers build on green coffee extract and freeze-dried fruit. Pink Drink swaps the water for coconutmilk, and Dragon Drink runs mango and dragonfruit through the same base. Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Refresher and Mango Dragonfruit Lemonade Refresher take lemonade instead of water. Iced Black Tea and Iced Green Tea carry no calories at all, while their lemonade versions add only a few.

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