This list has all the best low-caffeine Starbucks drinks you can order, from iced drinks to hot teas and coffees. No matter what you're looking for, it has everything on the Starbucks menu under 40mg of caffeine, with plenty of zero-caffeine options, too!
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The Best Low Caffeine and Caffeine Free Drinks at Starbucks
Finding low caffeine drinks at the world's most famous coffee shop is easier than you think! Starbucks may be famous for their coffee, but they have no shortage of delicious drinks that are low caffeine or totally caffeine free. And if you're stumped on what to order, this list has everything you need to know!
The nutritional details here are for a tall serving size. For anything above zero caffeine, you can expect about 5mg more when sizing up to a grande or double the caffeine when going up to a venti. While I've laid out all the details here, a good rule of thumb is to avoid anything with coffee, matcha, and chai, as these are high in caffeine.
Now, let's not waste another second and get right into the good stuff!
1. White Hot Chocolate - 0mg
This delicious warming drink features steamed milk sweetened with white chocolate mocha sauce and finished with a cap of whipped cream. Unlike chocolate solids, cocoa butter is naturally caffeine-free, so you can enjoy the white hot chocolate and the peppermint white hot chocolate for zero caffeine.
2. Strawberry Crème Frappuccino - 0mg
A quintessential Starbucks classic, the creme frappuccinos are made with milk blended with ice and flavored syrup, then topped with whipped cream. To keep it completely caffeine-free, avoid ones made with chai, matcha, or chocolate. That still leaves you with tons of great frappes to choose from, including sugar cookie almond milk, strawberry creme, peppermint white chocolate, and more.
3. Vanilla Crème - 0mg
The creme steamers are basically a warm version of the creme frappuccinos, made with steamed 2% milk, syrup, and a whipped cream topping. This one is made with vanilla syrup, but they also have cremes made with chestnut praline, pistachio, and caramel brulee.
4. Lemonade - 0mg
Nothing says summer like a cool glass of this sweet and citrusy Starbucks lemonade. Not only is it a great caffeine-free drink, but it's also a little lower in sugar than many of the sweetened drinks on this list.
5. Blended Strawberry Lemonade - 0mg
I love this option as a zero-caffeine alternative to the frozen strawberry acai lemonade refresher, which contains up to 80 mg of caffeine. It's made with a blend of strawberry puree, lemonade, and ice for a sweet, fruity, and refreshing beverage that's perfect for warmer weather.
6. Iced Passion Tango Tea - 0mg
Most iced drinks on the Starbucks menu have some caffeine, whether naturally occurring or added, but this fruity herbal tea is an exception. As a bonus, this vibrant blend of hibiscus, lemongrass, and apple is completely sugar-free, too. You can also opt for the iced passion tango tea lemonade, which has just 8 grams of added sugar for a tall.
7. Mint Majesty Tea - 0mg
If you're craving a caffeine-free hot tea, this minty herbal tea is a great choice. It's a thirst-quenching infusion of spearmint, peppermint, and lemon verbena with zero caffeine, sugar, carbs, or calories.
8. Steamed Milk - 0mg
A warm cup of milk with a frothy foam topping can be incredibly comforting and satisfying and makes a fantastic pairing for any of the Starbucks pastries, too. You can have your steamed milk made with any kind of milk, including skim, 2%, soy, almond, and coconut milk.
9. Caramel Apple Spice - 0mg
This fall and winter favorite stars steamed apple juice sweetened with cinnamon dolce syrup, whipped cream topping, and a drizzle of caramel sauce. If you want to cut down on the sugar, you can order it with just one pump of syrup instead of three. Alternatively, you can also order the steamed apple juice on its own.
10. Emperor's Clouds & Mist Tea - 8mg
This smoky, slightly sweet green tea variant brings a similar grassy and refreshing flavor as regular green tea but with less natural caffeine. The short and tall size cups use one tea bag while the grande and venti sizes use two, so you can expect up to 16mg of caffeine for the latter. For a sweeter option, the honey citrus mint tea has the same amount of caffeine.
11. Decaffeinated Coffee - 20mg
If you love the taste of Starbucks coffee but not the caffeine, you're in luck. Starbucks offers Decaf Pike Place Roast for brewed coffee and espresso shots. It's not completely caffeine-free but offers significantly lower amounts than the regular kind, so you can enjoy favorites like cappuccino, lattes, and americanos for a fraction of the kick. To stay at 20mg or less, don't go above a tall and stick to drinks with one shot of decaf espresso at the most.
12. Hot Chocolate - 20mg
Chocolate naturally comes with a bit of caffeine, but much less than you can expect from a cup of coffee or even a chai tea latte. A tall cup of hot chocolate or peppermint hot chocolate has about 20mg of caffeine, though you can opt for a short size to cut it down to 15mg.
13. Iced Black Tea - 20mg
The iced shaken black tea has about half the caffeine as the hot black tea, with a rich and naturally lightly sweet flavor. You can also get an iced black tea lemonade or sweeten it with your favorite flavored syrups. Order up to a grande for just 25mg of caffeine, but the caffeine jumps to double for a venti.
14. Iced Green Tea - 20mg
As far as iced shaken green teas go, you can get a tall green tea, green tea lemonade, peach green tea, and peach green tea lemonade, all for just 20mg of caffeine, with the lemonade and peach blended iced drinks being slightly higher in sugar.
15. Starbucks Refreshers - 35mg
The Starbucks refresher drinks contain added green coffee extract, so they aren't completely caffeine-free. That said, they only contain a fraction of what you can expect from regular coffee; there's just enough here to perk you up without causing too much of a crash.
Almost all these refreshing drinks, including the coconut milk blended, lemonade, and frozen versions, will have the same amount of caffeine for a tall size, with the exception of the frozen pineapple passionfruit lemonade, which has 5mg more.
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