My first drink vs. my second.Gabbi Shaw/Insider
- In March 2021, Starbucks finally hopped on the oat milk train and started offering Oatly.
- To promote the addition, they created the Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso.
- I tried it from two different locations in New York, and I enjoyed it a lot.
I'm a huge oat milk fan and have been ever since 2017, when I tried my very first oat milk latte at an NYC coffee shop/nail salon hybrid, Chillhouse.
Since then, it's risen as one of the most popular dairy-alternative milks, easily reaching the level of almond or coconut milk. Oatly, an oat milk brand, even had a controversial Super Bowl commercial this year!
Over the last year, more and more local coffee shops and chains began offering oat milk. Dunkin' even announced an exclusive partnership with Planet Oat in August 2020. But one of the last holdouts was Starbucks - that is, until March 2020 when the coffee giant announced a new oat milk drink and a deal with Oatly.
As an oat milk lover, I had to try the new drink, the Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso. Here's what I thought.