Starbucks - RTD Coffee, Refreshers with Coconut Water, Black Cherry Limeade, 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.

These were pretty good flavors. Nice for summer. A little expensive but ok for a treat.

I absolutely love that i can order this product. Tastes amazing!!

I have been drinking Strawberry Lemonade for years since my wife introduced me to it since it doesn't give me any bad crashes. This month when I received my monthly delivery I noticed an awful taste. My wife tried and she also noticed it. We tried a 2nd can the next day and it's the same. I figured maybe we received a bad batch but it seems the entire questions/answers is filled with people complaining. Why did they do this to a great product? First Trump, Then Corona, What next? Aliens. Update: January 7th, 2021 -- I received a box directly from the bottling company a few months ago and that tasted great. Then I recently received a subscription which I thought I cancelled and it tasted great. So I'm updating my review to reflect that it's once again back to tasting great again. Keep it up because so far so good.

Just like going to Starbucks

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

2025 Update It 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 09/2021 It’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 Review Item 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.

I don’t know what ingredient(s) are in this drink, but they taste disgusting. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone.