REVIEW: We Have a WARNING About the NEW "Swicy" Starbucks Drinks

We’ve got some spicy 🌶️ news for all you heat lovers out there! 🥵

Main Street Bakery (aka Starbucks)

If you enjoy burning your mouth off, sweating bullets, and crying while your taste buds melt off, then get ready for some new summer drinks from the one and only Starbucks! Starbucks has been teasing us for DAYS about new spicy arrivals coming soon, and they FINALLY dropped. We ran our tails off to the nearest Starbucks (which happened to be in Disney World, of course) to find out just how “spicy” these new drinks could actually be.

Starbucks announced that three new drinks and a fancy cold foam would be available for a limited time starting on April 16th. These drinks would feature the coffee house’s new Spicy Chili Powder Blend. They shared that they would be “swicy”, sweet and spicy, with “no chill.”

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The new drinks include the popular lemonade refreshers! You can get a Spicy Dragonfruit Lemonade Refresher, Spicy Pineapple Passionfruit Lemonade Refresher, or Spicy Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Refresher (as if these drink names weren’t already long enough 😳). You can also get Spicy Cream Cold Foam added as a customization to any beverage!

When we got to the Main Street Bakery in Magic Kingdom, we opted for the Spicy Strawberry Açaí Lemonade Refresher!

Mmm… let’s get spicy!

The deep red of the drink certainly had our mouths watering at the expectation of the spice! We actually found out from the Cast Members that you can customize the level of spiciness of your drink. You can ask for light, regular, or extra spice powder to be added to your drink.

We got regular spice

We dove head first into our drink while being a bit scared. Luckily, the spice doesn’t hit you in the mouth immediately. It’s a slow, creeping spice that sneaks up on you the more you drink. It’s not outrageously spicy, but it’s certainly there — kinda sits at the back of your throat instead of hitting you with a POW! Starbucks was clearly onto something with this “swicy” thing because the sweetness of the lemonade with the spice of the powder went really well together!

It’s a slow burn

It’s a unique drink that we likely wouldn’t find anywhere else. You’ll want to be in a spicy mood before drinking it. We’re not sure what the light spice is like, but it is certainly there with the regular amount of powder. The more we drank, the hotter our mouths got. A grande (medium) was enough for us (maybe even too much spice at the regular level), but heat fans could probably handle more. If you don’t like spicy things at all, we’re not sure you’ll want to try this (or may just start with a tall).

It’s a tad spicy…

Overall, it’s a fun treat that might get you sweating! Starbucks has shared that it will only be around for a limited time, so be sure to get there soon to try them out. The price of each drink may vary by location, so check out the Starbucks app for details!

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