If You Like Piña Coladas, You're Going To Lose It Over Starbucks' New Drink
Around this time of year, it's nearly impossible to log onto Facebook or Instagram without scrolling through people's vacation photos. And enduring the soul-sucking FOMO of realizing you're checking your phone from the luxury of your gray-walled cubicle while Harold in accounting secretly eats your sogged-out sub from the office fridge.
It's right about this time that you want to cue up Rupert Holmes and escape. Starbucks has clearly tapped into this desire with its latest effort to win your hard-earned dollars: a Piña Colada Tea Infusion, which hit stores (and the chain's permanent menu) this Monday.
Though the drink is alcohol-free, it mimics the classic cocktail with its creamy, fruity texture. The drink features a blend of black tea, coconut milk, and a "pineapple fruit and botanical blend." Each tall - AKA 12-ounce cup - will set you back 60 calories, making it a diet-saving alternative to the real deal. The 4.5-ounce cocktail is about 245 calories, according to the USDA, so you'd be knocking back about 700 cals if you went ounce-for-ounce.
Starbucks suggests customizing it by mixing it with any Teavana iced tea (like strawberry white tea, peach citrus black tea, or pineapple green tea), or going all Arnold Palmer and doing half-tea, half-lemonade.
Unfortunately, this drink won't transport you to Puerto Rico - the birthplace of the cocktail - the Bahamas, or even the Jersey Shore, but who knows, it may make you feel like you're closer to paradise. It's just the break you need so you don't rage blackout at good ol' Harold for stealing your lunch. He can't help it that you guys have the same initials and he really loves salami, okay?!
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