Last Updated on June 17, 2024 by brewthatcoffee
The Starbucks brown sugar drinks are just as delicious as they sound. Here is a ranked list of the best drinks from the regular and secret menus.
Ah, smell that coffee! Not much can beat the smell of Starbucks first thing in the morning. Adding brown sugar syrup to a Starbucks drink gives it a light sweetness that takes it to the next level.
If you love brown sugar drinks, you’ll find a fantastic selection on the regular menu. But if you have some tricks up your sleeve, you can also indulge in a few heavenly creations from the “secret menu.”
15 Best Starbucks Brown Sugar Drinks Including Secret Menu
When it comes to brown sugar drinks at Starbucks, there are delicious options for everyone, including coffees, teas, and cold beverages. Adding brown sugar syrup to your regular beverage will certainly satisfy the sugar craving if you’re a sweet tooth.
If you’re unfamiliar with the “secret menu,” there isn’t one. It’s the term people use to describe the creations customers devise by fancying up drinks from the regular menu.
1. Bourbon Brown Sugar Cold Brew
For a Cold Brew, Starbucks baristas steep coarsely ground coffee in cool water for 20 hours before use. It is usually served unsweetened, but the brown sugar syrup will take away some of the brew’s bitter taste for this secret menu drink.
To modify this already creative secret menu treat, consider adding some toffee bits on top.
2. Iced Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso
This brown sugar drink is a firm favorite amongst Starbucks customers. Starbucks makes shaken espressos by mixing the ingredients in a cocktail shaker, which makes it very creamy.
Baristas shake up a mix of oat milk, ice, 3 shots of espresso, and 4 pumps of brown sugar. After decanting it, they sprinkle the top with cinnamon powder, a perfect complement to the brown sugar flavor.
To modify this drink, customers can adjust the number of espresso shots, choose different toppings, milk types, and how many pumps of flavors they want.
3. Brown Sugar Caffe Mocha
Coffee and chocolate are a heavenly combination, and a Brown Sugar Caffe Mocha is the perfect treat on a cold winter’s day.
Baristas combine steamed 2% milk with 2 shots of espresso, 4 pumps of mocha sauce, and in this case, 2 pumps of brown sugar syrup. Then they top it with whipped cream.
To customize this delicious comfort drink, customers can choose their milk types and add extra shots of espresso and additional pumps of their chosen syrups.
4. Hocus Pocus Latte
Here’s a spooky Halloween treat from the secret menu.
Clients can further customize their drinks by choosing other milk variations, syrups, and toppings.
5. Brown Sugar Cappucino
Cappuccinos consist of a combination of espresso shots, steamed milk, and creamy foam on top.
Customers can select their milk preferences, the number of espresso shots, extra flavors, and toppings.
6. Matcha Tea Latte With Brown Sugar
Matcha Tea Lattes are on the Starbucks regular menu. It’s a combination of matcha tea and steamed milk.
Starbucks uses whole milk for the Matcha Latte, but customers can select their preferred milk options and toppings. You could add the vanilla sweet cream cold foam to take it up a notch.
7. Hot Chocolate With Brown Sugar
It’s hard to beat a good hot chocolate drink in winter, but adding some brown sugar syrup to your Starbucks drink will take it to the next level. The classic hot chocolate on the regular menu contains steamed milk, vanilla syrup, and mocha sauce.
Customers can modify the drink by altering the milk type, syrup, and topping options.
8. Iced London Fog Latte With Brown Sugar
Customers can alter their orders by changing their milk types and syrups.
9. Caramel Macchiato With Brown Sugar
You will find the delicious Caramel Macchiato on the Starbucks regular menu. They use 2 shots of their Signature Espresso Roast, steamed 2% milk, 3 pumps of vanilla syrup, and some caramel drizzle.
To modify this drink, customers can add their choice of extra flavors, different kinds of milk, and toppings.
10. Cookie Butter Chai
This secret menu drink is a delicious comfort drink when summer approaches.
To customize this treat, add some extra toppings like cinnamon dolce sprinkles.
11. Oatmeal Cookie Latte
An Oatmeal Cookie Latte is also a secret menu item.
To ramp up the flavor even more, add some oat milk foam and drizzle some chocolate sauce on top.
12. Strawberry Cobbler Refresher
What a glorious quencher on a hot summer day!
Customers can customize this further by choosing extra toppings or drizzling some strawberry syrup on top.
13. Brown Sugar Flat White
Sometimes customers want a straightforward hot drink with no frills. The Brown Sugar Flat White is an extension of the Flat White on the regular menu.
To modify this drink, customers can choose different milk options and add flavored syrups.
14. Strawberry Shortcake Latte
The Strawberry Shortcake Latte is a liquid dessert from the secret menu.
To modify this strawberry wonder, consider exchanging the vanilla sweet cream cold foam for whipped cream for a more decadent finish.
15. Brown Sugar And Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew
Customers can also choose a variety of toppings, drizzles, cold foams, or add whipped cream.
Ways To Customize Your Starbucks Drinks
Do you realize that there are more than 170 000 possible drink combinations that you could order at Starbucks? But how do you fathom which flavors go together?
Syrup Flavors That Pair Well With Brown Sugar
Brown sugar has a subtly sweet flavor that pairs well with so many Starbucks syrups. Some of these include:
- Vanilla Syrup pairs well with almost any drink and flavor, including brown sugar.
- Cinnamon Dolce Syrup and brown sugar make the perfect “sugar and spice and all things nice” combination.
- The Classic Syrup is another all-rounder that goes well with brown sugar and any number of other Starbucks creations because it sweetens but doesn’t add any flavor.
- Caramel Syrup is a good brown sugar partner in Macchiatos, Frappuccinos, Cold Brews, and more.
- Hazelnut Syrup goes well with brown sugar and Toffee Nut Syrup in espressos and lattes.
- Toffee Nut Syrup has an underlying flavor similar to brown sugar.
Customizing Your Drinks With Toppings
At Starbucks, the sky is the limit for customizing your drinks. You can add any topping to any beverage. If it usually comes with a topping, you won’t have to pay extra for it, but when customizing a drink with a topping that doesn’t usually accompany it, it will cost you a little more. And if you get carried away, it could cost you much more!
Some of the most popular and sometimes addictive Starbucks toppings are:
- Whipped cream
- Caramel Drizzle
- Cookie Crumbles
- Mocha Drizzle
- Caramel Crunchies
- Cinnamon Dolce
- Pumpkins Spice Powder
- Vanilla Powder
- Chocolate Powder
- Chocolate Curls
- Caramel Brulee Topping
Your Choice Of Milk Options To Customize Your Starbucks Drink
There are milk options for everyone at Starbucks. If you’re happy with dairy, you can still choose between whole milk, non-fat, 2% milk, cream, half and half, heavy cream, and vanilla sweet cream.
But if you prefer a plant-based option, these are the variations you can use to substitute for dairy at no extra cost:
- Almond
- Coconut
- Soy
- Oat
Starbucks Brown Sugar Drinks FAQs
Starbucks Brown Sugar drinks are gaining traction on the menu. Here are some FAQs to tell you a little more about them.
Final Thoughts
Starbucks brown sugar syrup pairs well with nearly all flavors on the regular menu, and customers can use it to make divine creations on the secret menu too. The brown sugar drinks listed here are only a few of the infinite possibilities of using this syrup in your regular cup of Joe. So, go ahead and experiment. You will be amazed at the cravings you might induce.
Resources
https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2015/fact-sheet-starbucks-cold-brew/