There’s no denying that most Starbucks lovers are synonymous with coffee lovers. While the popular chain serves up a wide variety of beverages on their impressively long menu, Starbucks is obviously known for its many craft coffee drinks, from Macchiatos to Frappuccinos.
Let’s be honest: many of us are in it for the caffeine. So if you frequent Starbucks for that morning cup of joe or the occasional afternoon pick-me-up, you may be interested to know which drinks on the menu will give you the biggest caffeine boost.
We’ve gathered a complete list, based on the current Starbucks menu, of all of the hot drinks and cold drinks available that come with the highest amount of caffeine. Check ‘em out, and get your buzz on.
Beverages with the highest caffeine on the Starbucks menu
There are plenty of beverages at Starbucks that will give you a substantial jolt, but what qualifies as a high amount of caffeine in the first place? The daily amount of caffeine that’s generally considered to be safe for adults is around 400 mg, which adds up to three or four standard 8-ounce cups of coffee. Anything past that, and you may get into too-much-caffeine territory.
For the purpose of this list, we’ve gathered all of the drinks on the Starbucks menu that clock in at 100 mg or greater in terms of caffeine content. Many drinks on the menu – like tea lattes, iced teas and Refreshers, and most Frappuccinos – you won’t see below, because although they do have caffeine they contain relatively lower amounts of it. To easily compare everything, the caffeine amounts for all beverages are indicated for the standard grande cup size at Starbucks, which is 16 ounces.
At Starbucks, the drinks with the most caffeine will be pure brewed coffee. The various blends and brews come with differing levels of caffeine, and the one that tops the list is Starbucks Featured Blonde Roast with 360 mg of caffeine per cup.
The runner up to that blonde roast? Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew, which packs more of a caffeine punch than regular cold brew at 280 mg for a grande size. Behind brewed coffee and cold brews will be some of Starbucks’ espresso-based drinks like Americanos and Iced Shaken Espressos, which range from 225 to 255 mg per cup.
One note: these beverages are based on the current Starbucks menu, and we’ve indicated which are seasonal drinks or those that tend to be more limited in availability. However, you can assume that most seasonal beverages that are rotated in have a similar caffeine level to their counterparts.
Below is the full list of every coffee beverage, hot and cold, available at Starbucks that includes 100 mg or more of caffeine in a grande size cup.
| Hot Drinks | Caffeine Amount [Grande] |
| Featured Blonde Roast | 360 mg |
| Medium-Roast Pike Place | 310 mg |
| Featured Dark Roast | 260 mg |
| Caffè Americano | 225 mg |
| Veranda Blend Clover Vertica | 195 mg |
| Featured Dark Roast Caffe Verona | 195 mg |
| Sumatra | 195 mg |
| Flat White | 195 mg |
| Caffè Mocha | 175 mg |
| Peppermint Mocha* | 175 mg |
| Oleato Caffè Latte with Oatmilk | 170 mg |
| Blonde Vanilla Latte | 170 mg |
| Gingerbread Latte* | 170 mg |
| Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte* | 170 mg |
| Espresso (Doppio) | 150 mg |
| Espresso Macchiato | 150 mg |
| Caffè Misto | 150 mg |
| Cappuccino | 150 mg |
| Honey Almondmilk Flat White | 150 mg |
| Caffè Latte | 150 mg |
| Cinnamon Dolce Latte | 150 mg |
| Pistachio Latte* | 150 mg |
| Caramel Brulée Latte* | 150 mg |
| Chestnut Praline Latte* | 150 mg |
| Caramel Macchiato | 150 mg |
| White Chocolate Mocha | 150 mg |
| Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha* | 150 mg |
| Starbucks Reserve® Latte | 135 mg |
| Starbucks Reserve® Dark Chocolate Mocha | 135 mg |
| Cold Drinks | Caffeine Amount [Grande] |
| Nitro Cold Brew | 280 mg |
| Vanilla Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew | 265 mg |
| Cinnamon Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew | 265 mg |
| Iced Hazelnut Oatmilk Shaken Espresso* | 255 mg |
| Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso | 255 mg |
| Oleato Golden Foam Iced Shaken Espresso with Toffeenut* | 255 mg |
| Iced Caffè Americano | 225 mg |
| Iced Shaken Espresso | 225 mg |
| Cold Brew | 205 mg |
| Iced Coffee with Milk | 125 mg |
| Iced Espresso | 150 mg |
| Cold Brew Coffee with Milk | 205 mg |
| Starbucks Reserve Cold Brew | 200 mg |
| Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew | 185 mg |
| Cinnamon Caramel Cream Cold Brew | 185 mg |
| Pistachio Cream Cold Brew* | 185 mg |
| Chocolate Cream Cold Brew | 185 mg |
| Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew | 185 mg |
| Chocolate Hazelnut Cookie Cold Brew* | 185 mg |
| Iced Caffè Mocha | 175 mg |
| Iced Blonde Vanilla Latte | 170 mg |
| Iced Gingerbread Latte* | 170 mg |
| Iced Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte* | 170 mg |
| Iced Coffee | 165 mg |
| Espresso Frappuccino | 155 mg |
| Iced Caramel Macchiato | 150 mg |
| Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White | 150 mg |
| Iced Caffè Latte | 150 mg |
| Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte | 150 mg |
| Iced Pistachio Latte* | 150 mg |
| Iced Caramel Brulée Latte* | 150 mg |
| Iced Chestnut Praline Latte* | 150 mg |
| Starbucks Reserve® Iced Latte | 135 mg |
| Starbucks Reserve® Dark Chocolate Mocha | 135 mg |
| Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino* | 110 mg |
| Java Chip Frappuccino | 105 mg |
| Caramel Frappuccino | 100 mg |
| Mocha Frappuccino | 100 mg |
| Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino* | 100 mg |
The drink at Starbucks that contains the most amount of caffeine is Starbucks Featured Blonde Roast brewed coffee. This coffee contains 180 mg of caffeine in a short size, 270 mg in a tall size, 360 in a grande size, and 475 mg in a venti size.
Yes, at Starbucks the Nitro Cold Brews technically have more caffeine than the regular cold brews on the menu. A standard grande sized Nitro Cold Brew comes in at 280 mg of caffeine, while the same size in a regular Cold Brew contains 205 mg.
It depends which Frappuccino you order – while some Starbucks Frappuccinos are made with no caffeine, most varieties on the menu come with some amount of caffeine since they’re made with espresso or coffee. The Frappuccinos with the most caffeine are the Espresso Frappuccino, which has 155 mg, the Java Chip Frappuccino, which has 105 mg, and the Caramel and Mocha Frappuccinos which each have 100 mg.
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