Get red cups with festive drinks on Thursday
Set your alarms. Starbucks’ long-awaited Red Cup Day is Thursday.
The coffee chain is giving away free reusable red cups in limited editions to customers who order a handmade holiday or autumn drink in participating American stores on Thursday. The free part is available as long as the stock lasts.
Holiday drinks, which include Peppermint Mocha and Chestnut Praline Latte, returned to Starbucks on November 4 and were joined by the new Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte. In recent years, the free reusable cup distribution was held on the first day of the holiday menu.
This year̵[ads1]7;s reusable cup is made with 50% recycled content to honor the chain’s 50th anniversary, Starbucks said. It has a classic holiday red with playful swirls of sparkling ribbons that dance against a starry sky.
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Starbucks said the red cup is available no matter how you order, including mobile ordering and pickup, pickup in advance and through delivery at Uber Eats.
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The free cup is available with all handmade holiday or autumn drinks (hot, ice or mixed) including: Apple Crisp Macchiato, Caramel Brulee Latte, Chestnut Praline Latte, Hot Chocolate, Irish Cream Cold Brew, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, Peppermint Mocha, Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew , Pumpkin Spice Latte, Sugar Cookie Almond Milk Latte, toasted white hot chocolate and toasted white chocolate mocha.
Starbucks Christmas Blend-brewed coffee and Christmas Starbucks Reserve are excluded.
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In the early days of the pandemic, Starbucks temporarily restricted personal mugs. In June, after 15 months, the chain reintroduced mugs and brought back the discount of 10 cents reusable cups to “encourage customers to choose reusable and reduce disposable cups of cups”.
Free cups from Thursday’s giveaway are eligible for the discount.
The return of personal mugs in June came with changes, and Starbucks says they are “testing safe alternatives to allow personal reusable cups in drive-thru, but so far personal reusable cups are only accepted in stores.”
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