11-02-2025
Craving chocolate before Valentine's Day? Starbucks offering 2 new options. Florida locations
Valentine's Day will be here before you know it but if you just can't wait to satisfy that chocolate craving, Starbucks has just the drink for you.
Make that two drinks.
The coffee chain announced it was celebrating Valentine's Day with two new beverages. The drinks are available now and while supplies last.
The two new drinks Starbucks has brought out for Valentine's Day 2025 are:
: The Starbucks Cold Brew is sweetened with vanilla syrup and topped with a silky, chocolaty hazelnut cream cold foam and chocolate cookie crumble. It "makes for a perfect chocolaty-hazelnut pick-me-up."
Starbucks blends strawberry puree and Frappuccino chips with milk and ice, layers on top of a splash of strawberry puree and finishes with vanilla whipped cream and mocha drizzle to "deliver a frosty, delicious treat inspired by our love of chocolate-covered strawberries."
:
Tall: 180 calories
Grande: 230 calories
Venti: 260 calories
Trenta: 290 caloriesTall: 300 calories
Grande: 420 calories
Venti: 530 calories
Starbucks launched its line of Valentine's Day drinkware Jan. 3. It's available while supplies last.
Prices and sizes include:
Valentine's Day Cold Cup (24 oz.): A cold cup featuring pixelated heart patterns. $22.95
Pink Floral Cold Cup with Straw Topper (24 oz.): A pink, flower-patterned cold cup and matching straw topper. $24.95
Hot Pink Heart Tumbler with Charm (12 oz.): A pixelated heart tumbler, featuring a vibrant hot pink color with glossy finish, complete with a matching heart-shaped charm. $27.95
Valentine's Day Tumbler (16 oz.): A bursting heart tumbler featuring a Valentine's themed motif. Available exclusively at select Starbucks licensed store locations in the U.S., including Starbucks stores inside grocery stores, airports, hospitals. $14.95
There were 892 Starbucks in Florida as of April 2024, the third most in any state, according to The top five states are:
California: 3,117
Texas: 1,409
Florida: 892
Washington: 736
New York: 715
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Starbucks recently announced plans to cut some items food and beverages from its menu.
Other changes include a return of the condiment bar and extending free refills to in-house customers.
Starbucks will begin to "optimize" its menu offerings in the coming months, resulting in a 30% reduction in both beverage and food items by the end of the 2025 fiscal year, which is June 30, 2025.
There's no word yet on what food or drinks would be cut.
Starbucks announced in January the company would be reversing its open-door policy, effective Jan. 27 at all of the chain's more than 11,000 locations in North America.
The chain's new code of conduct, which will be posted at U.S. locations, also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of outside alcohol, smoking, vaping, drug use and panhandling.
Contributing: Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY; C. A. Bridges, USA Today Network-Florida
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Starbucks Valentine's Day drinks, cups, tumblers. Florida locations
