Making its debut in Canada first this week, the new Kiwi Starfruit Starbucks Refreshers Iced Beverage is lightly caffeinated and full of tropical kiwi and starfruit flavour, then shaken with ice.
A feast for the eyes thanks to its bright green hue, the drink’s pop of colour comes from a blend of fruit juice, green coffee extract and kiwi fruit inclusions mixed with water.
Imagine it like the dragonfruit refreshers or the other berry refreshers but with kiwi. The drinks can also be customized with lemonade or coconut beverage in place of water.
Kiwi Starfruit Starbucks Refresher Taste Test
We ordered a grande with coconut beverage. On the menu, you’ll see it as ‘Star Drink’. It has the starfruit and kiwi flavoured juice and real kiwi fruit pieces added to coconut beverage and shaken with ice.
The coconut beverage really throws it off and looks like it curdles in the drink. We are really not a fan of the coconut beverage at all. If you want to try the Kiwi Starfruit Starbucks Refresher, skip the coconut beverage.
If I was to have it again, I would just add lemonade to it.
Other non-dairy beverages
The Kiwi Starfruit Starbucks Refreshers is the latest non-dairy beverage to join Starbucks summer lineup, which includes:
- Cold Brew or Nitro Cold Brew with Cinnamon Almond Foam
- Three iced coconutmilk drinks:
2 Comments
If they used coconut water, it would probably be better. Coconut milk makes it look like the cheese foam BBT 😅 I guess they forgot kiwi is acidic so it curdles any form of “milk” 😅
i got the kiwi star fruit refresher today and it was horrible. i usually love the refreshers and have tried them all but the kiwi one no exaggeration tasted like gasoline w a fruit aftertaste. i’ve never been more disappointed in a drink then i was today