The coffee chain’s newest drink is the Cascara Latte, which combines espresso with steamed milk, cascara syrup and foam.
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"Cascara is Spanish for 'husk,' and we are taking the fruit of the coffee cherry to give our latte a subtle, lightly sweet flavor," said Erin Marinan of the Starbucks Beverage Research and Development team. "Cascara Latte has a nice dark brown sugar and maple flavor that is subtly sweet. As you look at the beverage from the top, it looks like a coffee bean."
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About once a year, coffee trees yield coffee cherries, according to Starbucks. The process for harvesting the cherries takes about nine months.
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The coffee chain will also offer the Smoke Butterscotch Latte again in January. The drink was first introduced in 2016, and combines espresso with smoked butterscotch sauce and steamed milk.
Starbucks has locations in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas.
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