Starbucks Coffee & Espresso Menu USA

Coffee and espresso is the largest category on the Starbucks board and the one the company is named for. It splits cleanly in two: the hot side, from a cup of brewed coffee through lattes, cappuccinos, mochas and the small ristretto drinks, and the cold side, where cold brew, iced coffee, shaken espresso and the iced lattes have overtaken hot at most US stores. Every drink is built on one of two things, brewed coffee or an espresso shot, and everything else on the panel is milk, syrup and topping.

Here is how the 74 items in the category break down by section. Each section has its own page with every size and every figure.

The hot side runs from the simplest order in the store to some of the sweetest. Brewed coffee is a blonde, medium or dark roast poured from the urn; the espresso drinks start with shots pulled to order and differ mainly in how much milk goes in and how it is textured.

Brewed coffee and the Americano

Brewed Coffee is the cheapest and lightest coffee in the store: a Grande Medium Roast - Pike Place Roast is 5 calories, 315 mg of caffeine and $4.15. The Americano is espresso and hot water for people who want the shot's flavor in a full cup, at 15 calories.

• Why choose them: near zero calories, the most caffeine per dollar, and refills for Rewards members.

Latte, cappuccino and flat white

The three milk drinks. The Latte is mostly steamed milk and comes in plain and a dozen flavored builds; the Cappuccino is foam heavy and lighter; the Flat White is ristretto shots and whole milk for a stronger, rounder cup. A Grande plain latte is 190 calories, the cappuccino 140, the flat white 170.

• Why choose them: the drinks that take flavor, milk swaps and seasonal syrups; the latte section alone has more items than most categories.

Mocha and macchiato

The Mocha adds mocha or white chocolate sauce and whipped cream, so it reads as a dessert at 370 calories. The Macchiato section holds two very different drinks, the tiny Espresso Macchiato and the layered Caramel Macchiato that most people mean.

• Why choose them: chocolate or caramel with real espresso behind it.

Cortado, espresso shots and the Traveler

The small drinks: the Cortado is three ristretto shots cut with a little milk in an 8 oz cup, the Espresso Shot is the shot itself, and the Coffee Traveler is 96 oz of brewed coffee in a box for a group at $22.05.

Cold coffee is where Starbucks has grown fastest, and the sections here are the reason. Cold brew and iced coffee come from a batch; the iced espresso drinks are shots pulled fresh and poured over ice.

Cold brew, nitro and iced coffee

Cold Brew is steeped 20 hours and smooth, 5 calories and 205 mg in a Grande, with a dozen cold foam versions on top of the plain one. Nitro Cold Brew is the same coffee on nitrogen tap with no ice, the most caffeine on the board at 280 mg. Iced Coffee is hot-brewed and chilled, cheaper and sharper at $4.95.

• Why choose them: black, cold and strong, with the Trenta size for the plain builds.

Shaken espresso

The Iced Shaken Espresso shakes Blonde shots with syrup and ice and floats milk on top. The Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso at 150 calories and 255 mg is the drink that made the section.

Iced latte, mocha, macchiato and flat white

The iced versions of the hot milk drinks, each with its own section: Iced Latte with a dozen builds, Iced Mocha with three, Iced Macchiato for the Iced Caramel Macchiato, and the Iced Flat White. The Iced Espresso and Iced Americano are the black options with fresh shots.

Starbucks sets prices per store and publishes no national list, so the figures on this site are pickup prices read from Starbucks (Northgate Way & I-5), Seattle. A brewed coffee is the floor, an Americano sits a little above it, a plain latte roughly a dollar above that, and flavored, cold foam and protein builds climb from there. The cheapest and most expensive items in the category are a long way apart.

Sizes step up by roughly forty to sixty cents each at the reference store, nondairy milk adds about seventy cents, and an extra shot about a dollar. The item pages list the price for every size the store sells.

Caffeine in this category is set by the coffee, not the size of the drink. Brewed coffee and cold brew carry the most; espresso drinks carry a fixed amount per shot, so a Venti latte with two shots has less caffeine than a Tall brewed coffee. Here are the reference points in a Grande.

The coffee itself is close to nothing. Every calorie in this category comes from milk, syrup, sauce, whipped cream and cold foam, which is why a black coffee and a flavored latte with the same caffeine can be three hundred calories apart. The lightest and heaviest builds show the range.

At the other end sit the whipped and cold-foam builds: a Grande Iced Dubai Chocolate Mocha is 470 calories with 57 g of sugar, and the Iced Vanilla Protein Cream Shaken Espresso is 410. The calorie calculator totals a drink and a pastry together.

Black coffee, cold brew, espresso and Americanos contain nothing but coffee and water. Every milk drink contains dairy unless swapped, and the whipped cream, caramel drizzle and most cold foams stay dairy even when the milk is changed. The pistachio and Dubai chocolate builds carry tree nuts. Steam wands, shakers and blenders are shared through the day, so a serious allergy is worth mentioning at the counter; the allergen guide covers every item.

The coffee and espresso menu rewards knowing what you want. If it is caffeine, brewed coffee and cold brew give the most for the least. If it is a milk drink, the plain latte, cappuccino and flat white are the honest ones and everything flavored is a treat. If it is a cold drink with real coffee taste, the shaken espresso is the section that has earned its popularity.

Prices and availability change by store, so check the app before a special trip, and use the section pages here to compare sizes before you order.