REVIEW: Starbucks' NEW Drink Tastes Exactly Like My Childhood

Starbucks has a NEW summer drink on the menu for a limited time, and it seriously took us back to one of our favorite childhood memories.

Starbucks at Main Street Bakery in Magic Kingdom

Come with us to try out the NEW Summer-Berry Starbucks Refresher and find out why this is going to be our go-to drink for as long as it’s available.

Starbucks announced the new Summer-Berry Starbucks Refreshers, so we immediately went to Main Street Bakery (the Starbucks location in Magic Kingdom) to pick one up!

Summer Berry Refresher

The drink has a mix of berry flavors (specifically, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries), and it has raspberry-flavored pearls added in as well. Note that the pearls aren’t boba — they’re the little popping pearls that you sometimes find at frozen yogurt shops.

You can get a refresher with a base of water, lemonade, or coconut milk. The one that’s made with coconut milk is called the Summer Skies drink. We grabbed a grande water-based drink, and it was $6.99.

Yum!

We LOVED this drink. It’s exactly what it claims to be: refreshing! We really enjoyed it with the water base and thought it might not be quite as good with the lemonade base, as that would add more tartness and sweetness when the berry syrup and pearls are already bringing plenty of those flavors. However, if you’re looking for a really flavor-blasted drink, you might love the lemonade version!

Close-up on the pearls

When we first took a sip, we knew it reminded us of something nostalgic, but it took a couple more sips for it to sink in. This tastes very similar to Berry Kool-Aid! And we mean that as the highest compliment possible. It’s a grown-up version (not quite as sickly sweet), and we felt like we were kids again, sipping Kool-Aid in front of Cinderella Castle.

Our reporter said, “It is giving ‘My budget has grown up, but my soul has not.'” 😂

New refresher

UPDATE: Another DFB team member tried out this drink and said it reminded her of the blue Jolly Rancher, so that means it’s doing double duty with the nostalgia.

We can’t wait to try it with coconut milk, too! It seems like the creaminess will upgrade the flavor even more.

Make sure to head to Starbucks to grab this new refresher soon! Their announcement said that these drinks will only be available for a limited time (starting May 7th), but they didn’t specify how long exactly they’ll be on the menu. These are available in U.S. stores. If you’re in Disney World, you can pick one up at any of the Starbucks locations at the resort:

Main Street Bakery at Magic Kingdom
Creature Comforts at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Trolley Car Café at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Connections Café at EPCOT
Starbucks at Disney Springs West Side
Starbucks at Disney Springs Marketplace

Don’t forget about the other drinks and treats in Starbucks’ summer line-up, including the White Chocolate Macadamia Cream Cold Brew, the Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino, the Orange Cream Cake Pop, and the Pineapple Cloud Cake.

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