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So what iced drinks are good at Starbucks?

17 years ago

I am not a coffee or tea drinker..in fact i hate them but i LOVE Moolattes from the dairy queen. I cannot have anything cold due to neuropathy from chemo so of course tonight i found copycat recipes for moolattes and blizzards and i was drooling..so anyway it got me to thinking i always see people walking around with starbucks iced drinks, and they look so good but i have never tried them. I went on the website tonight and the Frappucino blended drinks look very good, especially the strawberry one, but it doesn't look like it has any coffee in it..so when i can dirnk cold stuff again..what do you recommend, or do Moolattes beat anything they have?

How about Cold stone creamery.. i haven't tried any of their smoothies either but they sure look darn good!

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golfergrrl
17 years ago
I like the iced mocha latte from Starbuck's.
I have never had a Moolatte.
Cold Stone Creamery ice cream is marvelous, so I'd imagine their smoothies are too. I don't drink smoothies.
mtnwomanbc
17 years ago
Ohhh....the taste of a caramel frappucino on a hot summer day!!! They also make a killer choc-peppermint version in the winter, either cold or hot.
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Vickey__MN
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Since you don't like coffee, I guess the Java Chip is good (I think that's what it's called), no coffee ---ya, even though it's called Java.

Now if you liked coffee....Vente Iced Coffee with 4 pumps of white cocoa..YUM YUM (Grande 3 pumps, Tall 2 Pumps)...to die for.

Also ask the barrista, they can give great suggestions, they experiment all the time.

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17 years ago
The only good iced drink Starbucks ever made was something they made for ONE summer a year and a half ago! It was like drinking a peach slurpy. No coffee in it at all. I think it was tea and juice. I can't stand frozen coffee drinks so I can't help you with that. I get instant heartburn from the sugary coffee iced goo they (and Tim Hortons) puts in a cup.
naughtykitty
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I really like their green tea lemonade and the strawberry lemonade. Both made even better if you get them blended! Yum!

I'm not much of a coffee drinker either.
phyllis__mn
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If you get to a Panera's in the summertime, get their caramel mocha iced something or other....can't recall the exact name, but it's great.
linda_in_iowa
17 years ago
All the Starbucks frappucinos are to die for in the summer.
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evatx
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The only iced coffee I've had at Starbucks was a frappucino last summer in Mexico. It was wonderful!
stephmc72
17 years ago
I dont much care for iced drinks but the Caramel Frappucino at Starbucks is really good, but it does have coffee in it.

Nordstrom makes a banana mocha iced drink (blended) that is soooooooo yummy. I want one right now!!
danihoney
17 years ago
For me, and I don't know why, the Starbucks Iced coffees and fraps give me the WORST brain freeze headache I've ever had. Two sips and BAM!! I grew up on Slurpee's and Icees and don't have any problem with them, but the one's from 'bucks I just can't do.

I do LOVE their green tea lemonade when it's hot. I don't think I'll try it blended though.
minnie_tx
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I buy (once in a while) the four bottle pack of Starbucks coffee at my walmart, Drink either hot or cold. I like to make a quart at a time of Gen Foods International French Vanilla Cafe I use the decaffinated kind. I have one cup hot and then cool down and keep the rest in the fridge. Then I can take a swig anytime I want or heat it up again.

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