When was frappuccino debut

Cold brew beverages have also shifted focus away from Frappuccinos, with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew and Cold Brew with Cascara Cold Foam — the sorts of iced-coffee drinks Evelyn Nielsen describes her friends ordering — making espresso and sugar feel more sophisticated.

Just last week, leaked documents revealed that a Tie-Dye Frappuccino will launch for a limited time in July. Whether or not the viral moment works, there will always be middle-schoolers wanting something sweet and vaguely adult — and some millennial-aged adults experiencing caramel-flavored nostalgia on a summer afternoon. This may be an indication of the nostalgia cycle collapsing on itself, but we might be a bit sentimental for Frappuccinos.

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Take a trip back two decades to the birth of the iconic summer beverage. In , Starbucks had just a handful of stores in Los Angeles and fewer than across the U. A couple of store managers and I felt there was a huge opportunity for Starbucks. Campion contacted one of her former California store managers, Dan Moore, who had recently moved up to Seattle to work on the operations team at Starbucks headquarters.

Later, the test moved to the busy store near the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, where they could get quick feedback from an ever-changing mix of customers.