Starbucks unveils Summer 2026 menu with tropical drinks, horchata favorites

SEATTLE — Starbucks is bringing a taste of summer to its menu next month, announcing a seasonal lineup that includes a new tropical drink, returning horchata-inspired beverages and a limited-edition merchandise collaboration.

The summer menu launches in Starbucks locations across the country on May 12.

The centerpiece of this year’s summer rollout is the Tropical Butterfly Refresher, a new drink blending passionfruit and guava flavors with mango-pineapple flavored pearls. The drink gets its distinctive purple color from butterfly pea flower infusion, which Starbucks says makes the beverage “just as beautiful as it is delicious.”

Customers who enjoyed last summer’s horchata offerings will find familiar options back on the menu. The Iced Horchata Shaken Espresso — made with Starbucks Blonde Espresso, horchata syrup, ice and oat milk — returns for a limited time, alongside a new Horchata Frappuccino blended beverage. The drinks draw on flavors from Mexican-style horchata, combining cinnamon, vanilla and toasted rice notes.

The Unicorn Cake Pop is making its seasonal return. The treat features vanilla cake mixed with confetti sprinkles, dipped in white chocolatey icing and decorated with a unicorn face design.

Starbucks is also debuting two new merchandise collections alongside the menu launch.

A “Road Trip” collection, themed around summer travel, includes mugs, tumblers, a canvas mini tote bag and a foldable picnic blanket.

Beginning May 19, the company will also roll out a limited-edition Miffy collaboration — a drinkware and lifestyle collection featuring the Dutch cartoon rabbit character — available at Starbucks locations in the U.S. and Canada. Additional details on that collection are expected to be released in May.

The summer menu will be available at participating Starbucks locations beginning May 12.