Starbucks Other Sips Menu USA

Other Sips is the catch-all: the handcrafted drinks with no coffee or tea in them, hot chocolate, lemonade, steamed milk and the crèmes, and the whole bottled case, water, sparkling, protein shakes, juice, soda and canned energy. It is the category for children, for evenings, and for the person in the group who does not want a coffee. 26 items across eight sections.

Hot Chocolate

The Hot Chocolate is mocha sauce steamed with milk under whipped cream, 370 calories and 25 mg of caffeine in a Grande, and the one hot drink sold in a Kids size at $3.25.

Lemonade

The Lemonade section is the plain Lemonade at 120 calories in a Grande, sold from Kids up to Trenta, and the Strawberry Lemonade. Both are caffeine free and the base for half the cold board.

Milk and Steamers

Milk & Steamers holds plain steamed and cold milk and two crèmes, a steamer being a latte with the espresso left out. The Vanilla Crème is 350 calories and the Kids Steamed Milk is the cheapest hot drink in the store at $2.95.

Water and Sparkling

Water & Sparkling: Ethos, DASANI and Waiākea still water, and Spindrift sparkling in two flavors at a few calories a can. A cup of filtered water is free in any size.

Protein and Milk

Protein & Milk: two Koia plant-based shakes at 20 g of protein and 3 g of sugar, and two Horizon organic milk boxes for children.

Juice

Juice: Evolution Fresh cold-pressed juices, two Sol-ti ginger and turmeric shots, and a Tree Top apple juice box. The full-size juices carry as much sugar as a Refresher.

Soda and Energy

Soda is Poppi prebiotic soda at 30 calories a can; Energy is the canned Starbucks Iced Energy at 160 mg of caffeine and 5 calories.

This category is where the kids' menu actually lives. Starbucks has no children's board, but four handcrafted drinks come in a Kids size at a lower temperature and a lower price, and the bottled case adds sealed milk, juice and fruit pouches.

The hot chocolate carries a little caffeine from cocoa; everything else on the list carries none. For a child who wants what the adults have, a crème Frappuccino is the other route.

• Vanilla Crème or a custom steamer for a hot evening drink.
• Lemonade in any size, or with a splash of Passion Tango tea.
• A Spindrift sparkling water with lunch.
• Poppi for a sweet fizzy drink at 5 g of sugar.
• A Koia shake as a dairy-free protein breakfast.
• A white hot chocolate, ordered with white mocha sauce, for chocolate with no cocoa caffeine.
• A Horizon chocolate milk box, which is not only for children; it is 150 calories and sealed.
• The Sol-ti ginger shot as a morning lift that has nothing to do with caffeine.
• Plain Cold Milk over ice with a pump of vanilla, the summer version of a steamer and one of the cheapest drinks on the board.

Other Sips has the cheapest drinks in the store and some of the most expensive per ounce. A Kids steamed milk is $2.95; a Sol-ti shot is $4.05 for two ounces. The bottled items are priced close to grocery, the handcrafted ones like any other Starbucks drink.

The heavy end is the crèmes and the hot chocolate: a Grande Hot Chocolate is 370 calories and a Grande Vanilla Crème 350, both with whipped cream. Among the bottles, the juices and the chocolate milk carry the most sugar and the protein shakes the least.

This is the category to know when you are ordering for someone who does not drink coffee. The Kids drinks are real and priced fairly, the steamers are a quiet way to get a warm sweet drink with no caffeine, and the bottled case has a low-sugar option for nearly every craving. The juices are the one trap; cold-pressed fruit is still sugar.

Bottled stock varies more than anything else on the menu, so a specific brand may be out at a small store. The section pages list what is declared for each item.