Starbucks Menu Prices 2026: Drinks, Sizes, Food & Cheapest Items

A Grande (16 oz) Pumpkin Spice Latte runs $6.45–$6.95 at most U.S. Starbucks locations as of May 2026. Tall (12 oz) is roughly $5.95 and Venti (20 oz hot / 24 oz iced) is $6.95–$7.45. California, NYC, Boston and Hawaii routinely run another 15–20% above these. Ordering it with oatmilk adds the standard non-dairy upcharge (~$0.80). The PSL returns to menus in late August each year and runs through early November.

The cheapest drinks on the menu are Tall (12 oz) brewed coffees and hot teas at around $3.25. Pike Place Roast, Featured Dark Roast and Decaf Pike Place all sit in this band; basic Teavana hot teas (Earl Grey, Mint Majesty, Peach Tranquility) match it. Below the drinks, a Plain Bagel ($2.95), a Cake Pop ($3.45) and an Avocado Spread ($2.45) are the cheapest things in the store. Free in-store refills on hot brewed coffee and tea are available to Starbucks Rewards members at the same store within the same visit.

Non-dairy milk substitutions (oatmilk, almondmilk, soymilk, coconutmilk) carry a typical upcharge of roughly $0.70 to $0.80 in most U.S. markets — about $0.80 in higher-cost regions and $0.70 in the rest of the country. Lactose-free dairy is charged the same as regular milk (no upcharge). Drinks that already include a non-dairy milk by recipe — the Honey Oatmilk Latte, the Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso, the Pink Drink, the Paradise Drink — carry no additional non-dairy charge.

They're sizes, not strength labels. Tall (12 oz) is the smallest size on the standard menu board. Grande (16 oz) is the default reference size for handcrafted drink pricing. Venti is 20 oz hot and 24 oz iced — iced is larger because the cup has to fit the ice. Espresso shots scale with size: Tall and Grande hot drinks both contain 2 shots; Venti hot adds a third shot; Venti iced still gets 2 shots (which is why iced Venti tastes weaker than the hot one for the same price gap). There's also a hidden Short (8 oz) for hot drinks (not on the board, but you can order it) and a Trenta (30 oz) available only on iced coffee, iced tea, cold brew and Refreshers.

Starbucks Rewards is a points-based loyalty program. You earn 1 Star per $1 when paying with cash or credit through the Starbucks app or a registered card, and 2 Stars per $1 when paying with a preloaded Starbucks Card balance. Redemption tiers in 2026: 25 Stars (a syrup, dairy substitute or extra espresso shot), 100 Stars (a hot brewed coffee, hot tea or bakery item), 200 Stars (a handcrafted drink, any size including a Grande Frappuccino or latte), 300 Stars (a hot breakfast sandwich or protein box) and 400 Stars (a packaged whole-bean coffee). Stars expire six months after the month earned.

Yes, by a clear margin. A Grande Caffè Latte at Starbucks is roughly $5.45 vs. a Medium McCafé Latte at McDonald's around $3.79 — about a $1.70 gap for an equivalent drink. Brewed coffee runs $3.45 (Tall, Starbucks) vs. $1.79 (Medium, McCafé). Cold brew runs $4.95 (Grande, Starbucks) vs. $3.49 (Medium, McCafé). Starbucks justifies the premium with the customization stack (syrups, milks, shots, foams), the in-store experience and the seasonal-drink lineup; McDonald's competes on price and drive-thru speed.

The PSL returns to U.S. Starbucks menus in late August every year — typically the third or fourth week, often a Tuesday — and runs through early November when the holiday red-cup lineup launches. The full fall lineup ships together: Pumpkin Spice Latte, Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew, Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte and the Apple Crisp Oatmilk Shaken Espresso. The PSL itself launched in 2003 and is the most successful seasonal beverage in U.S. retail; over 600 million have sold over its lifetime.

Grande Frappuccino pricing in 2026 runs $5.75 to $6.45 depending on the variant. The simplest — Strawberry Crème Frappuccino — is $5.75. Standard coffee Frappuccinos like Caramel, Mocha and Caffè Vanilla sit at $5.95. The premium builds — Java Chip Frappuccino, White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino, Chocolate Cookie Crumble — are $6.25–$6.45. Add-ons (extra shot, whip swap, drizzle, cookie crumble, non-dairy milk) stack on top. A Tall (12 oz) Frappuccino runs about $0.70 less; a Venti (24 oz, iced only) runs about $0.70 more.

Some customizations are free, some aren't. Free: swapping the milk for any 2%, whole, nonfat or lactose-free dairy; skipping whipped cream; adding or removing standard syrup pumps (within the recipe count); ordering it light, extra-blended or with extra ice. Charged: non-dairy milk (~$0.80), extra shot of espresso (~$0.95), extra syrup pumps beyond recipe (~$0.80 each for non-standard), adding Frappuccino chips or java chips, adding cold foam (~$0.95) or premium drizzles. Standard "secret menu" drinks — Cotton Candy, Butterbeer, S'mores — are usually combinations of these documented modifiers and will be priced by the sum of their parts.

A Caffè Misto (equal parts brewed coffee and steamed milk) is the cheapest milk-containing handcrafted drink — a Tall Misto runs about $3.75. A Tall Cappuccino sits around $4.45 and a Tall Caffè Latte around $4.75. Below the handcrafted line: a Tall Steamed Milk with a syrup pump is roughly $3.45–$3.95. If you're a Rewards member, redeeming 200 Stars for a free handcrafted drink (any size, any milk) is the strict cheapest path — the redemption ignores size and base-drink upcharges (though non-dairy milk surcharges still apply on free-drink redemptions).