It’s summertime and at Starbucks that means it’s time for refresher drinks. The drinks that scream summer to me are the Pineapple and Strawberry Refresher. I hadn’t heard about the strawberry refresher until I saw it on the menu one day and thought to myself “That sounds like a drink I would like to have.” I heard about the pineapple refresher from one of my friends. I like to have pineapple every now and then so I thought to myself, “I should see if I like this drink more.”

The drink I get often is the Strawberry Refresher. At first when I started to get the Strawberry Refresher, I would get it how it comes with the scoop of strawberries included without changing the drink up. Then as time went on, I thought, “You should add something else to it.” So, I added lemonade to it. Then I decided to change it up by not getting the scoop of strawberries. I didn’t like how the strawberries taste if you accidentally swallowed them. To me the strawberries taste slimy. The aftertaste of the Strawberry refresher is really good. The strawberry leaves a really good taste after you finish drinking it. I think that this is due to the lemonade being in the drink. The lemonade just adds something extra to the drink.

I tried the new Pineapple Refresher. I got it the same way I got the Strawberry Refresher with just different ingredients. I thought the pineapples in the drink would also taste slimy. So, I decided to cut those out. I got it with lemonade so that way I could really compare it. When I took a drink of it, I instantly got more lemonade than pineapple. The lemonade overpowered the pineapple. If I had gotten it with just pineapple that would’ve changed the taste of the refresher itself. Like when I want a refresher from Starbucks I would get the Strawberry Refresher any day.

Personally, I enjoyed the strawberry refresher more. Mainly because I like the way strawberry and lemonade pair together. The Pineapple and Lemonade combination didn’t do it for me. When it’s a hot day and I want a drink to cool me off I would go with the Strawberry Lemonade Refresher instantly.