StarbucksRefreshers with Coconut Water, Strawberry Lemonade, 12 fl Oz. Cans (12 Pack)

Problem: I wanted a quick, grab-and-go drink for my mornings, but I don't fancy coffee, and most energy drinks taste too artificial to me, or have that weird stevia aftertaste. Enter, Starbucks Refreshers. Light and fruity, slightly carbonated for funsies, and not a boatload of sugar or caffeine. I like all the flavours in the variety pack. They are, as named, very "refreshing", ha. They are just a bit pricey I think but it's not too bad, and considering the alternatives I still think they're a great deal. They seem to be becoming more and more difficult to procure lately and that has me worried. There's simply no replacement. Everything, everything else is either way too much sugar/high fructose corn syrup or is stevia and tastes gross to me.So let's talk about the stevia. I'm pretty sensitive to this ingredient because I hate it LOL. So much so that I'd rather have straight unsweetened products than anything with stevia in it most of the time (read: all of the time). These do use mostly actual sugar and don't have that typical "stevia extract" ingredient, and so I don't taste stevia in them. Big win. However, they do still have rebaudioside-a in them, which is from the stevia plant leaf, BUT somehow it's nigh undetectable as long as the drinks are about room temperature or colder. And I'm talking "undetectable" as in I seriously don't notice it, not that I notice it a lil bit and can ignore it like I do with other drinks that have this ingredient. I only qualify with "nigh" because if I really try I can taste that familiar aftertaste, just a bit, but even then it's negligible. So this gets a solid pass from me, and I've been enjoying these things for years.Every now and then I try a new drink of similar niche...but I always end up coming back to Starbucks Refreshers. For years and years now. Real sugar, real fruit juice, low calorie, and refreshing as promised...There's just no beating them. I hope to enjoy them for many more years to come.

Great price for this brand and has a good taste.

2025 UpdateIt saddens me that Amazon is the only place I can locate my #1 absolute favorite drink. There’s nothing else available on the market that even compares to the canned Starbucks Refreshers. The ingredients are unique: Coconut water, fruit juice and a small amount of sugar. Green coffee extract and B vitamin’s are the “energy source.” There’s something about it that hydrates me in a way that nothing else can, even other drinks that contain coconut water. The original formulation also contained Ginseng. Sweetness is derived from a small portion of fruit juice, primarily white grape, with the other types varying by flavor.Peach Passion Fruit is my go-to. The Strawberry Lemonade used to be my favorite among the 3 currently available flavors but sometime in 2021, something changed. Now the Strawberry Lemonade tastes as if it’s been laced with Robitussin cough syrup. The Black Cherry Lime is tolerable when super cold, but it’s definitely not “great.” But I love this drink so much that I will take the Cherry or Strawberry when the Peach isn’t available.UPDATE 09/2021It’s a gamble every time I order. I hesitate to even complain because this is literally the only source I can acquire them from now! In my opinion, canned Starbucks Refreshers are the PERFECT drink. Ideal ratio of calories, caffeine, sugar and hydration. Nothing else compares. One by one, every source to buy has become unavailable. Safeway, Circle K, Q-T… Now I can’t even find them at an actual Starbucks. Anyways, sometimes they come funky. As if someone poured cough syrup in them. It’s very distressing. Please keep making them available and provide them how they’re suppose to be.Old ReviewItem brought in immediately after delivery. It’s NOT expired. This case has a distinct, overwhelmingly atrocious syrup flavor. I will still give it a full 5 stars because it’s normally the best drink ever made and I will not contribute to any action that decreases its popularity and therefore my future access to it. Plus, Amazon was super cool in replacing it.

Flavors sounded great, but didn’t live the way they tasted

Still my favorite. I am so sad that I can’t find these anywhere else.

As I said, the cherry flavor is so bad that it tastes like herbal medicine. IDK how Starbucks has managed to do that but STAY AWAY from this flavor. Peach and strawberry are very refreshing tho

Since high school Ive been dedicated to this particular beverage (I don't drink coffee) and was absolutely crushed when suddenly I couldn't get these in store anymore (this and some other products ><)!Everyone told me they made the same drink behind the bar and to just order that but for me it just wasn't quite the same.Eventually it occurred to me I could probably snag some online and I was right! And not only that but I could dump sums of cash and get whole cases all to myself!Cases just don't seem to last like they used to because I Have these things coming in every month! And Im still thirsty.ITs not overly strong, its not flooding your nose with bubbles like sodas can, but its not a cup of boring water.An excellent alternative to a soda or alcoholic beverage or even plain water that is just the right amount of flavor, bubbles and size. No weird bad lingering aftertaste or offputting smell when sniffed right from the can, this refreshing refresher is the perfect summer time sipper!

I love these but the last shipment came and every cam was completely damaged and even leaking through the box. The delivery guy had to see it and feel it. I couldn’t save 1 can and these cost a lot. I’m on food stamps, which I am trying to save the little I have left. $30 for nothing but a mess and had to clean it up and mop? Make that make sense? Going to file all of these with the BBB and consumer complaints as well as my ATTORNEY GENERAL THROUGH THE DOJ, WHO TAKES THIS VERY SEIOUS. IF ANYONE HAD INVESTMENTS I WOUKD HIGHKY RECOMMEND PULLING OUT BASAP!