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Healthiest Starbucks Drinks For Fall
healthy living

Starbucks Festive Fall Drinks: Which to Skip and Which to Sip

It's hard to resist the Fall-friendly drinks from Starbucks.
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It's hard to resist the Fall-friendly drinks from Starbucks. While steering clear of its pumpkin spice latte is essential for someone trying to cut back on sugar, there are plenty of other delicious drinks that toast the season. Check out which picks are best to skip and which you should have in your next order.


Instead of 16 oz. White Chocolate Mocha: Espresso with white-chocolate-flavored sauce and steamed milk, topped with sweetened whipped cream: 470 calories
Go For 16 oz. Skinny Vanilla Latte: Rich, full-bodied espresso blended with creamy steamed milk and vanilla syrup: 120 calories
Calories Saved 350

Instead of 16 oz. Caramel Apple Spice: Steamed, freshly pressed apple juice and cinnamon syrup. Topped with sweetened whipped cream and caramel drizzle: 360 calories
Go For 16 oz. Steamed Apple Juice: Freshly steamed 100-percent pressed apple juice (not from concentrate): 220 calories
Calories Saved 140

Keep reading for the Cinnamon Dolce and Pumpkin Spice Latte swaps.

Annie Leibovitz Reveals Next Two Vogue Covers
Victoria Beckham

Vogue's Next Cover Stars, Rodarte's New Collab, and J.Crew's Factory

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.
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Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Victoria Beckham isn't pregnant after all. So that's settled. [Vogue UK]

  • J.Crew has relaunched its outlet label Factory as a standalone retail concept with exclusive merchandise. "No outtakes, no leftovers, just more of what you want for less," reads a description on the brand-new website. [FabSugar]

  • Valentino was awarded the Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal by the French Ministry of Culture on Wednesday night. The designer said he got his Legion d'Honneur in 2006 "in the same reception room." [WWD]

  • Annie Leibovitz says she's photographed Rihanna and Anne Hathaway for "back-to-back" covers of Vogue. [Fashionista]

  • Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte's latest collaboration is a series of products — including a gift card — for Starbucks. [The Cut]
Via Ready Brew Pumpkin Spice Review
taste test

Taste-Off! Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte and Via Ready Brew

The signs of Fall are certainly approaching as Starbucks has reintroduced its seasonal Pumpkin Spice lattes.
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Via Ready Brew Pumpkin Spice Review

The signs of Fall are certainly approaching as Starbucks has reintroduced its seasonal Pumpkin Spice lattes. The crowds are flocking for a taste of this sweet, pumpkin-pie-like beverage, but the demand is high, the price is steep, and the lines are long. To bring the Fall flavors home (and at a more reasonable price), Starbucks Via Ready Brew has introduced a Pumpkin Spice instant coffee ($8 for six cups), and it only seemed natural that we would taste the two side by side to compare the flavors. Which one reigns supreme? The results may satisfy you or they may take you by complete surprise . . .

The Promise The Experience The Appearance and Scent The Taste Test The Results
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Starbucks Refreshers Review
taste test

Taste Test: Starbucks Refreshers

Starbucks has finally snuck its way into the energy drink market with Starbucks Refreshers, a new line of beverages that are sweetened with a blend of fruit juice and natural sweetener Stevia and caffeinated with green coffee extract, a natural (and flavorless) source of caffeine.
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Starbucks has finally snuck its way into the energy drink market with Starbucks Refreshers, a new line of beverages that are sweetened with a blend of fruit juice and natural sweetener Stevia and caffeinated with green coffee extract, a natural (and flavorless) source of caffeine. The Refreshers line includes handcrafted fruity beverages served over ice, on-the-go powdered VIA packets, and a carbonated, canned product.

We recently taste tested the Starbucks Refreshers Strawberry Lemonade ($2), Starbucks Refreshers Raspberry Pomegranate ($2), and Starbucks VIA Refreshers Cool Lime ($6). Take a look at what our tasters and the YumSugar editors had to say about Starbucks' latest venture into alternative energizing beverages.

See their ratings — and what we thought — when you read more.

Starbucks to Turn La Boulange Bakery Into National Chain
Food News

8 Delicious Ways Starbucks Has Tried to Take Over the World

The fast-casual restaurant industry's abuzz, thanks to an announcement today that Starbucks is acquiring San Francisco pastry chain La Boulange and has plans to turn it into a national chain.
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The fast-casual restaurant industry's abuzz, thanks to an announcement today that Starbucks is acquiring San Francisco pastry chain La Boulange and has plans to turn it into a national chain. With its hands in a number of retail segments, this news just takes Starbucks one step closer to world domination. Curious about the chain's other successful and not-so-successful pursuits? Keep reading to see what it's taken a stab at throughout the years.

Source (clockwise from top left): Starbucks, Getty, Sabrina Eldredge, and Flickr user Gary Soup

With Baked Pastries With Supermarket Ice Cream With Fresh-Pressed Juice With Custom Chocolate With Wine and Beer With Fruit Smoothies With Healthy Food Boxes
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Use a Gift Card to Save at Starbucks
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Reader Tip: Use a Gift Card to Save Money at Starbucks

If you're a regular Starbucks patron, reader danakscully64 has a tip on how you can save at your favorite coffee chain.
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If you're a regular Starbucks patron, reader danakscully64 has a tip on how you can save at your favorite coffee chain. She says:

"If you go to Starbucks even semiregularly, register a gift card. Once you use it five times, you move to green status, which means you get free syrup added and a free soy milk upgrade. It also gives free refills on brewed or iced coffee or tea during the same store visit, free tall (12-fluid-ounce) beverage with one pound of whole bean coffee purchase, and special exclusive offers and coupons. If you earn 30 stars in one year, you move to gold status where every 15 drinks gets you a free drink postcard. You just need 30 drinks a year to keep your gold status. The key is to do individual transactions for drinks to earn a star for each. The registered card brings my Venti Cinnamon Dolce Frappuccino down to about $4 (soy is free, and because they don't have a button for a CD Frapp, they ring it in as a Coffee Frappuccino, add CD, which makes the syrup free)."

What other ways do you save at Starbucks? Be sure to check out our list of $3 Starbucks drinks!
Source: Flickr user Marco Arment

Cheap Starbucks Drinks
budget tips

Bang For Your Buck: 7 Creative $3 Starbucks Concoctions

If you're looking to spend a little less at Starbucks, then there are plenty of cheaper options.
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If you're looking to spend a little less at Starbucks, then there are plenty of cheaper options. (We always love opportunities that make the most of our money.) But if you want something unique and aren't willing to splurge, then what? Well, you can still be daring and opt for creative options that aren't always advertised on the menu.

Here are a few awesome drinks shared with us by a Starbucks barista who wishes to stay anonymous.

Note: Prices are for tall-sized drinks. Prices and selection may differ in different geographic locations.

Minty Hot Chocolate Raspberry Passion Tea Lemonade Vanilla Bean Frappuccino Iced Coffee With Milk and Flavored Syrup Iced Vanilla Americano Caramel Apple Spice Strawberry Blend Lemonade
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Strawberry Frappuccino Has Dead Bugs Extract
consumerism

Brilliant or Baffling: Using Bugs to Color Strawberry Frappuccinos

New alert for Starbucks fans: your strawberry frappuccino has crushed insects in it.
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New alert for Starbucks fans: your strawberry frappuccino has crushed insects in it. The rose hue of the drink originates from cochineal extract, a key ingredient that is made from ground-up bugs. Before you start freaking out, this coloring agent is also actually commonly used in items like jams, meats, and alcoholic drinks and has been used for hundreds of years. Even the FDA says the extract is safe. Starbucks mentioned in its press release that its reason for using this ingredient is to help the firm "move away from artificial dyes."

So what do you think — is it a smart move for Starbucks to use the natural dye of dead bugs to color your strawberry frappuccino?

Starbucks's New Juice Store
Food News

Would You Be Into a Fresh Juice Store From Starbucks?

The pressed juice craze is showing no signs of slowing down.
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The pressed juice craze is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, it seems to be picking up speed and going even more mainstream with today's opening of Starbucks's first Evolution Fresh Juice Bar in Bellevue, WA. The new juice store promises fresh meals like salads, wraps, and soups alongside its cold-pressed juices. The store even boasts an "interactive juice wall" featuring digital illustrations of juices and smoothies being created. Although finding fresh-pressed juice isn't a challenge in San Francisco, we are happy to see that this healthy and delicious trend seems to be sticking — and spreading.

Starbucks Single Serving Coffeemaker
Food News

Single-Serving Coffeemakers: Friend or Foe?

The days of measuring out coffee grounds into a paper filter may be coming to an end, especially now that Starbucks is hopping on the single-serving coffeemaker bandwagon.
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The days of measuring out coffee grounds into a paper filter may be coming to an end, especially now that Starbucks is hopping on the single-serving coffeemaker bandwagon. While there are many conveniences of dropping a coffee pod into a machine and simply pressing a button, some of the romance associated with the morning cup of coffee has gone by the wayside. That said, we love our office Keurig. To take a look at some of the pros and cons of these high-tech java-makers and to share your opinion, just keep reading.