What is Starbucks Red Cup Day 2024 and how to get a special holiday themed cup

As the holiday season approaches, Starbucks is launching its new range of Christmas themed drinks, with the Red Cup Day event giving coffee drinkers the chance to get the iconic Christmas cup.

When it comes to unique coffee orders or simply a coffee chain that is easily accessible, Starbucks is the go-to choice for many avid coffee drinkers. As the holiday season approaches, the coffee chain introduced many unique flavors and drinks to celebrate the festivities. 

As well as limited-time coffee flavors, Starbucks also hosts special seasonal events. One such event that Starbucks drinkers can look forward to is Red Cup Day.

The red cup – explained

The iconic red cup is a holiday-themed coffee cup that has become an emblem of the holiday season for millions of people. Introduced in 1997 in various jewel tones, Starbucks began using a distinct, now-iconic candy-apple red cup in 1999. Since then, the red cup has evolved into a powerful seasonal marker.

Every year, Starbucks releases a new design for the red cup, decorated with festive elements like snowflakes, wreaths, and sometimes even customer-designed artwork.

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This year, the lineup also includes a line of merchandise available to purchase, including color-changing hot cups, Stanley Tumblers, and ornament keychains.

The Red Cup’s annual debut has become a cherished tradition, alongside the release of their holiday menu, which is eagerly awaited by Starbucks fans, who see it as a signal that the festive season has officially begun.

When is Red Cup Day 2024?

The iconic Red Cup Day took place on Thursday, November 7, the same day that Starbucks introduced its Christmas Menu for 2024.

While there was no explicit call-out that Nov. 7 is Red Cup Day, we do know for a fact that it’s when Starbies officially releases its 2024 holiday menu and the debut of its festive drink and snack menu has coincided with the release of the red reusable cups in past years.

Starbucks Holiday menu 2024 revealed

As Red Cup Day always correlates with the release of the festive menu,

Several new drinks have been introduced to the menu

• Cran-Merry Orange Refresher includes flavors of sweet orange, tart cranberry, and warm spices, including notes of cardamom, cinnamon, and nutmeg, shaken with ice, water, and real cranberries. 
• Cran-Merry Orange Lemonade Refresher combines the Cran-Merry Orange Refresher shaken with ice, lemonade, and real cranberries.   
• Cran-Merry Drink features the Cran-Merry Refresher with creamy coconut milk poured over ice and real cranberries.   
• Peppermint Mocha features Starbucks Signature Espresso combined with steamed milk, mocha sauce, and peppermint-flavored syrup, and topped with whipped cream and dark chocolate curls.
• Caramel Brulée Latte has Starbucks Signature Espresso combined with steamed milk and rich caramel brulée sauce, topped with whipped cream and caramel brulée topping. This is available hot, iced, and as a Frappuccino blended beverage. 
• Chestnut Praline Latte features Starbucks Signature Espresso, steamed milk and flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices, topped with whipped cream and spiced praline crumbs. Available hot, iced and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.   
• Iced Sugar Cookie Almondmilk Latte features sugar cookie flavored syrup combined with Starbucks Blonde Espresso, ice, and almond milk, topped with red and green sprinkles. Available hot, iced, and as a Frappuccino blended beverage.   
• Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai combines warm chai spices, creamy oat milk, and ice, and is topped with nondairy gingerbread-flavored cold foam and a spice topping.  

They’re also introducing five new flavors of coldfoams, which perfectly complement Cold Brew or iced coffees. Customers can enjoy a variety of new and returning flavors this holiday season, which can be made non-dairy and added as a customization for an additional charge to give any drink a festive twist.  

The new holiday flavored cold foams include:

• New Gingerbread Cream Cold Foam: Sweet and deliciously spicy gingerbread flavors blended with Starbucks’ signature vanilla sweet cream.  
• Peppermint Chocolate Cream Cold Foam: Peppermint-flavored syrup and chocolate malt powder blended with Starbucks’ signature vanilla sweet cream.     
• Sugar Cookie Cream Cold Foam: Sugar cookie-flavored syrup blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.   
• Chestnut Praline Cream Cold Foam: Festive flavors of caramelized chestnuts and spices blended with Starbucks signature vanilla sweet cream.     
• Caramel Brulée Cream Cold Foam: Rich caramel brulée sauce blended with Starbucks’ signature vanilla sweet cream.  Not available as a non-dairy cold foam.  

If you’re someone who plans on drinking a lot of the holiday drinks this Christmas, you might want to see how you can get a Starbucks gold card to earn discounts and rewards on your orders.