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New York Post
13-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Starbucks prices are so high now, there's one drink in the app that costs nearly $45
Inflation has come for everything: your rent, groceries, therapist bill — and, yes, even your daily Starbucks order. Over the past decade, Starbucks prices have climbed an insane 39%, according to The Takeout, outpacing even the national inflation rate, which comes in at a whopping 31%. That Mocha Frappuccino you drank all summer long? It's up 32%. Your cozy Chai Tea Latte is up 30%. Even a medium latte is now $4.45 (it was $3.65 in 2014). 3 Starbucks prices have spiked 39% over the past decade. Ned Snowman – And yet, despite the price hikes and CEO Brian Niccol tightening rewards to give each purchase even less bang for your buck, brand loyalists aren't budging and are even digging deeper into their wallets. For some Starbucks aficionados, that means paying $45 for their daily caffeine boost. The $44.97 Venti Matcha Crème Frappuccino is the most expensive option on the customizable menu, built by someone with a thirst for chaos and a tolerance for 12 espresso and 12 affogato-style shots. 3 The most expensive Starbucks drink costs a whopping $45. ozmen – Let's break it down. To start, you'll need a Venti Matcha Crème Frappuccino ($6.25) as your base. From there, add on: 12 espresso shots: $15 12 affogato-style shots: $15 Mocha & dark caramel sauces: $1.60 Caramel drizzle: 60 cents Frappuccino chips + chai: $1.60 Caramel crunch topping: 50 cents Vanilla bean & chocolate malt powder (4 scoops each): $1 Whipped cream: Free (thank goodness) 3 Hot drinks tended to cost less than their frozen counterparts. jetcityimage – Total before tax: $41.55. Factor in tax, and you're looking at $44.97 for a beverage that is pricier than a doctor's visit co-pay. Customizing your drink at Starbucks is a game of strategy. Espresso shots and cold foams are the most expensive upgrades, coming in at $1.25, while syrups and drizzles range from 60 cents to 80 cents each. Cold foam can't be added to Frappuccinos, while affogato shots are Frappuccino-only. Interestingly, hot drinks don't even come close to matching the price of frappuccinos. The most expensive hot drink one could build — a Matcha Latte — topped out at $40.37. Will it taste good? Who's to say? Will your stomach forgive you? Perhaps not.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Ohio sees surge in psychedelic mushroom products marketed as candy
More psychedelic mushrooms are appearing on store shelves, tripling in one year. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] 'They look like candy you would get at a candy store,' Attorney General Dave Yost said. Some of the candy bars confiscated by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations are labeled 'Mocha Frappuccino' and 'Fruity Pebbles,' CBS-affiliate WBNS reported. 'It's not just magic mushrooms anymore. We are seeing the active ingredients Psilocyn incorporated into other things to appeal to kids, chocolate bars, candies,' Yost said. TRENDING STORIES: Officers investigating robbery at Riverside gas station School bus driver accused of running stop sign placed on leave 'It's really weird;' Man finds human remains while replacing porch on Greene County property, BCI has not seen these types of chocolate bars before 2023. In 2023, BCI reported finding 21 pounds of magic mushrooms. In 2024, there were 65 pounds reported. 'I'm especially concerned because we are seeing more and more marketing, not just with Psilocyn, but also with the Cannabinoid 8 and the various derived hemp products that we are seeing marketed in candy form, unregulated,' Yost said. Yost says the illegal candy bars are on store shelves in gas stations and vape shops— all places where your child can get them. BCI has collected 150 items containing mushrooms already this year. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
