New at Starbucks: Matcha Drinks, Kataifi Dessert, Zodiac Merchandise + More

(SPOT.ph) New year, new favorites to find at Starbucks—and you're bound to find a new favorite with these fresh and seasonal additions to the menu. Or, if you're still working on collecting the stickers to snag the Starbucks 2025 planner and tumblers (JICYMI, sticker-collecting has been extended until January 9), you've got more variety of menu items to choose from to help complete those cards.

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All the new Starbucks drinks, eats, and merchandise:

New drinks: Creamy Pure Matcha Latte, Vienna Creamy Latte, and Vienna Creamy Frappuccino

For matcha fans, Starbucks' new Creamy Pure Matcha Latte (P190/Tall, P205/Grande, P220/Venti) is a matcha drink topped with a crown of mascarpone cream and burnt caramel sugar powder. 

If you like coffee more than matcha, the Vienna Creamy, available as a Latte and a Frappuccino (P190/Tall, P205/Grande, P220/Venti), is an espresso-based beverage with whipped cream, vanilla mascarpone cream, chocolate drizzle, and topped with chocolate powder and caramelized burnt sugar. Sounds familiar? This drink was actually available last January 2024—exactly a year ago!

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New pastries and desserts: Chocolate Pistachio Dream Bar, Churro Crema Catalan, and more

Starting with the sweets, there's the Chocolate Pistachio Dream Bar (P155), a nod to the famous Dubai chocolate that was on every person's feed for a time. Starbucks' version has a fudgy chocolate base, followed by a layer of creamy pistachio paste and toasted kataifi, and topped with dark chocolate and chopped pistachio. 

There's also the Dark Chocolate Chia Pudding (P145) which is a plant-based snack made with dark chocolate, plant-based milk, and chia seeds; the Churro Crema Catalan (P80), a traditional dessert from Spain that's a fried dough tossed in cinnamon and sugar, and filled with a pastry cream with hints of zesty lemon; the Dark Mocha Cake (P195/slice, P1,945/whole) which has layers of mocha and banana cake, with added hazelnut mousse, crunchy roasted hazelnut, hardened and silky mocha ganache on the sides, and topped with drizzle of chocolate ganache; the Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake made with Belgian Chocolate (P325/slice, P3,245/whole), an elevated chocolate mousse cake that is sugar-free.

For the new savory eats, there's the Bacon Alfredo Rigatoni (P205) a pasta dish with alfredo sauce and smoked bacon; the Chicken Salad on Ciabatta Bread (P185), a ciabatta sandwich filled with chicken, celery, onions, and herbs combined with mayonnaise; the Croque Monsieur (P155), a classic French sandwich with ham, parmesan cheese, bechamel sauce; the Cheesy Liege Puffle (P165), a Belgian waffle with melted cheese inside; the Sourdough Bagel (P70), a classic bagel made with sourdough starter.

Returning on the menu are the My Valentine Doughnut (P105), perhaps a prelude to what's happening next month, and the Mango Cream Cheesecake (P255/slice, P2,545/whole), a tropical take on the well-loved dessert. The coffee beans highlighted for this release are the Starbucks Single-Origin Guatemala Casi Cielo, Starbucks Single-Origin Aged Sumatra, and Starbucks Reserve Sun-Dried Ethiopia Kayon Mountain.

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New merchandise: 2025 Zodiac

Starbucks always releases zodiac-themed merchandise when the year begins and because 2025 is the Year of the Snake, the new collection of merchandise has lotssssss of this reptile. Here's the full collection:

For more information, check out Starbucks' Facebook page.

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