Starbucks is selling these popular custom drinks on Facebook and Instagram

By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Starbucks knows that certain off-menu drinks dreamed up by its customers have become popular. So it’s trying out a way to let people order them more easily. The company started a limited test on Tuesday that lets customers order two custom beverages through Facebook or Instagram. Customers who see the images on the social media platforms can swipe to access a special Starbucks web-page, where they can place the order. Insider previously reported on the test. On the menu are two drinks: an Iced Matcha Latte with Chai, and the Pink Drink Remixed. The matcha-chai combination was popularized on TikTok earlier this year. “I recently discovered the best drink in the world,” TikToker Robin Swann, who has over 195,000 followers, said in a video. “Iced Matcha Latte with two pumps of chai, tastes like drinking the moon herself.” Later, singer Lizzo posted a video of herself sipping the drink, whispering “Try it.” Many people followed her advice. The Pink Drink Remixed isn’t a social media special. Instead, it’s a take on Starbucks’ Pink Drink, a Strawberry Acai beverage with a coconut milk base. The Pink Drink was popularized by customers who subbed coconut milk in…
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