Great news for those of you looking for more dairy alternatives for your coffees, Starbucks Canada is now serving coconut milk! After thousands of votes on websites like MyStarbucksIdea, tweets and barista requests, Starbucks has begun to serve Starbucks Single Origin Sumatra Coconut Milk in stores across the country as of September 8, 2015.
It’s already been an option in the US since February 2015, and has finally made its way to Canada. Coconut milk is just the latest addition in ways you can customize your drink, as Starbucks currently offers numerous options including soy milk, 2%, non-fat, whole milk, half-and-half and in some areas lactose-free milk. It’s great for any of you out there who are looking for vegan alternatives to milk, as the Single Origin Sumatra Coconut Milk is certified vegan! It’s also made from more than your regular coconut, as they use single-origin coconuts from the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Starbucks Single Origin Sumatra Coconut Milk was developed by Starbucks research and development team to accompany drinks such as their hot, iced and Frappuccino beverages and is said to have a rich and creamy taste. Will you be trying it in your morning coffee?
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While I commend Starbucks for taking dairy alternatives seriously, I think it’s prudent for consumers to understand what ingredients make up Starbucks’s “coconut milk” –
Ingredients: Water, coconut cream, cane sugar, tricalcium phosphate, coconut water concentrate, natural flavors, sea salt, carrageenan, gellan gum, corn dextrin, xanthan gum, guar gum, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin d2.
Thanks for letting us know, Sam. That’s gross… I’ll skip the selection myself given the composition….