While You're Waiting for the PSL, Don't Miss the 4 Latest Drinks to Hit the Starbucks Summer Menu

Since May, Starbucks has launched more than a dozen seasonal and secret menu drinks and snacks, from Blended Refreshers to the return of the S'mores Frappuccino. With so many options available—and endless ways to customize said drinks—which ones are worth trying out? I've sampled them all to bring you my top picks. Here's what to try the next time you need a lil' treat.

• What's In It: strawberry and acaí flavors are blended with ice, coconutmilk and freeze-dried strawberries, mirroring the classic Pink Drink
• Price: $5.95

It's honestly...fine? I've never found the Pink Drink to be all that exciting, and this blended take offers a mellow, strawberry flavor but ultimately isn't that memorable. It, along with the other Blended Refreshers, just hit cafés nationwide.

Like traditional Refreshers, the blended versions can be made with coconutmilk or lemonade and adjusted to provide zero caffeine, light (aka standard) caffeine or an extra 105mg per grande, if you request it as an Energy Refresher.

• What's In It: vanilla confetti cake, white-chocolatey icing
• Price: $3.45

You may not be able to get the unicorn Frappuccino, but anyone jonesing for a dose of 2016-era nostalgia (or who has a toddler to pacify while indulging in an afternoon pick-me-up), you can order a unicorn cake pop. It's made with a vanilla confetti cake base, covered in "white-chocolatey" icing, which is every bit as sweet as you'd expect.

• What's In It: cold brew topped with Orange Cream cold foam
• Price: $5.45

Citrus with coffee?! It's not as random as you might think. Coffee beans can have citrusy or fruity notes—and mazagran, which is like a lemony, sweetened iced coffee, has been around since the 1840s. Here, the orange creates a brighter, more refreshing flavor, enhancing those citrus notes in the coffee, though it's a bit overpowered by the creaminess of the cold foam. The orange isn't so strong here, and while tasty, it wasn't all that memorable.

Still, I'd choose it over the Orange Cream Frappuccino or Orange Cream Chai, simply because the others are a bit too intense unless you're a big oranges-and-cream fan.

• What’s In It: A combination of strawberry, coconut and açaí flavors, hand-shaken with blue spirulina and your choice of lemonade or coconut milk
• Price (grande): $6.45

Don't let this ocean-blue drink fool you—while coconut is in the name, the coconut flavor is milder than expected. It's actually more berry-forward, thanks to the addition of strawberry and açaí flavors. Together, it creates a fruity-yet-crisp drink that's ideal for cooling off on balmy days.

When you order, you'll get to choose whether your drink is made with coconut milk (which makes it smoother and milder) or lemonade (my preference, as it adds a nice little bit of tartness).

You can also choose your level of caffeine and B vitamins. (The standard is "light caffeine," which adds 50mg per grande, or you can opt for an Energy Refresher, which adds 125mg for a grande. I opted for caffeine-free.)

• What’s In It: A guava-passionfruit Refresher base, served over ice (and with coconutmilk or lemonade, if desired), and mango-pineapple pearls
• Price (grande): $6.45

I'll be honest: It's hard not to be delighted when the barista hands you this drink. It's so vibrant that it catches you off-guard, but what surprised me even more was the balance of flavors, which vary in intensity depending on how you drink it.

This Refresher is best sipped with a straw—and swirled, at the risk of muddling those layers of color. Otherwise, your first sip will be Butterfly Pea Flower-heavy and a bit bland overall. Grab a straw, however, and your senses will wake up, fast, even if you opt for the caffeine-free version of the drink. The guava and passionfruit offers a fruit punch-like sweetness, which is only amplified the second you pop a mango-pineapple flavored pearl.

And, like the Blue Coconut Refresher, you can customize your level of caffeine and B vitamins, and enjoy it with lemonade or coconutmilk.

• What's In It: popcorn dusted with white cheddar cheese powder and protein isolate
• Price: $2.95

After bringing Khloud's Sweet and Salty Protein Popcorn to stores at the start of the year, Starbucks is expanding its partnership with the addition of the white cheddar flavor. Which, honestly, is the best Khloud flavor out there (and I've tried them all). Truffle and White Cheddar may be a close second...but it's really the sharp white cheddar that makes this snack stand out.

Psst: To promote the launch, Khloud founder Khloe Kardashian surprised fans at an LA Starbucks—and announced on Instagram Stories that the brand would be giving away 300 Starbucks Rewards points to 10,000 people so they could try a grande Tropical Butterfly Refresher and single-serving White Cheddar Protein Popcorn for free. If you want in, you'll have to check out her Stories and act fast (though Stories are only up for 24 hours, something tells me this giveaway will be scooped up even faster).

• What’s In It: Iced matcha with mango flavoring and blue spirulina, topped with toasted coconut cold foam
• Price (grande): $6.45

I am not a matcha person—normally, the grassy notes are just too much for me. But this? This drink converted me. The mango notes soften the vegetal nature of the drink without making it taste overly sweet. Combine that with the frothy, roasty-yet-tropical notes of the toasted coconut cold foam, and you've got a drink that feels like a treat in and of itself. It's the type of bev you sip as you go on a walk through the park, taking in the dappled light through the trees; relaxing and filling, all at once. Or, you know, use to fuel a rapid-fire catch-up with a friend, curled up in one of the chain's leather chairs. Either works.

• What’s In It: Mango and dragonfruit flavoring is blended with lemonade, ice and freeze-dried dragonfruit pieces
• Price (grande): $5.95

Consider this the boldest blended drink in the lineup (which includes Matcha Lemonade and Mango Strawberry Lemonade, in addition to the two others that made the cut in my ranking). The magenta hue is attention-grabbing, and the tropical, fruity flavor is equally pronounced. It's intense enough that you can order a tall and feel totally satisfied by your last sip.

• What's In It: iced matcha sweetened with classic syrup and topped with Orange Cream cold foam
• Price: $6.25

I've spent all summer insisting I'm not a matcha person, and at every turn, Starbucks keeps introducing me to new riffs on the drink to convert me. Turns out that orange is an excellent complement to matcha's grassier notes, and with the cold foam cream, it's even more reminiscent of a sophisticated take on fruity marshmallows...in liquid form (less sweet, yet strangely nostalgic).

• What’s In It: Cold brew sweetened with marshmallow syrup and topped with Marshmallow Cream Cold Foam, a drizzle of milk chocolate-flavored sauce and crumbled graham cracker bits
• Price (grande): $5.45

While I haven't gotten to try the Iced S'mores Chai, I did get my hands on an early sip of the S'mores Cold Brew and—wow. It's far less sweet than the S'mores Frappuccino, but it still has the essence of the classic campfire treat. The chocolate tastes a bit richer—slightly bitterer—than the OG frozen drink, and the coffee flavor is stronger. As a cold brew fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this take.

Pro tip: Give the cold brew a light swirl to infuse the marshmallow cold foam into the entire beverage.

• What’s In It: Passionfruit and guava flavors blended with ice and lemonade, with mango-pineapple popping pearls
• Price (grande): $5.95

Yes, the name is a mouthful, but it's worth fumbling through. Imagine a lighter, fruitier take on pink lemonade. Guava and passionfruit balance out the lemonade's tartness without overpowering it. One sip, and I felt like I was savoring an Italian ice on the boardwalk, salt air breezing past me...even though I was standing in a 95-degree parking lot.

• What’s In It: Iced shaken espresso topped with blue coconut cold foam
• Price (grande): $5.70

Classic iced coffee drinkers, this one's for you. Most of Starbucks's recent launches have turned up the flavor (and color) to 11—to the point that you don't really taste the espresso flavor in the espresso-based drinks. Not so with this one. While bold in presentation, the blue coconut cold foam is pretty subtle, flavor-wise, adding a hint of tropical sweetness to the full-bodied espresso. As it swirls into the drink, it creates a very creamy texture, resulting in a sip that feels luxurious but not like liquid candy.

Now through July 19, you can order it directly in the app. After that, you'll have to customize the creation yourself—provided blue coconut cold foam is still available—by adding it to an iced shaken espresso.

• What’s In It: coffee, milk, ice and vanilla syrup blended and served atop marshmallow-flavored whipped cream and milk chocolate-flavored sauce, which is finished with more marshmallow-flavored whip, a chocolate sauce drizzle and graham cracker bits
• Price (grande): $6.25

If you can't decide whether to opt for a milkshake or a jolt of caffeine, this is the way to go. The S'mores Frappuccino tastes just like you remember it: rich cocoa flavor with a marshmallow finish and the light crunch of graham cracker bits. It's best in small doses—a tall is plenty in my book—and makes me crave something salty to offset its intensity.

• What’s In It: blonde espresso, horchata-flavored syrup, oat milk, ice
• Price (grande): $5.95

"This drink is super fall-coded to me, but tasty enough to sip in the summertime, too," PureWow contributor and former food editor Taryn Pire says. "I love the color and gentler, roasty notes of the blonde espresso; it makes for a smoother overall flavor, rather than a bold, bitter taste at the forefront. The espresso’s warm earthiness plays beautifully with the spices in the horchata flavoring."

When she first tried it last year, she was most impressed with the syrup, which had the cinnamon-meets-vanilla notes you'd expect, but there was also a distinct, "rice milk-inspired sweetness." It had a subtle nuttiness and a starchy, silky mouthfeel.

This year, Starbucks is expanding on its popularity, offering the drink as a Frappuccino as well. If you plan on ordering it, Pire has one suggestion: "To amp up the cinnamon notes, add a pump of Cinnamon Dolce syrup." You heard it here first.