Starbucks marks the start of winter with its all-time favorite Toffee Nut Latte

Press release

Published November 17th, 2015 - 10:57 GMT

Toffee nut latte

Winter is back and so is Starbucks’ festive red cup that brings warmth to customers every year, especially when filled with Starbucks’ all-time favorite Toffee Nut Latte.

The Toffee Nut Latte's rich, buttery flavour of sweet toffee is combined with warm toasted nuts and blended with Starbucks' smooth espresso and velvety steamed milk, topped with whipped cream and toffee nut sprinkles.

The Starbucks red cup has become Starbucks’ winter trademark that customers look forward to every year. With the unique flavour associated to this season, winter is only complete when the red festive cup appears.

Rana Shaheen, regional communications and CSR manager of Starbucks Coffee MENA, said: “We look forward to celebrating this beautiful season with our customers every year. It’s a magical time that brings with it lots of hope, dreams and future plans, and Starbucks couldn’t imagine it without the signature red cup. We are delighted to bring back the Toffee Nut latte and we hope our customers enjoy drinking it as much as we enjoy making it for them.”

Starbucks’ winter offerings are always completed with a masterpiece: the Holiday Blend. The dark roasted coffee, with a blend of lively Latin American coffees and smooth Asia/Pacific coffees, including rare, aged Indonesian beans, is a unique blend that is anticipated by customers and partners alike each year.

Stay warm and enjoy your favorite winter season drink in your red cup today - and don’t forget to take along the perfect Holiday Blend.

Background Information

Starbucks Coffee Company

Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world.

As the premier vendor of the finest coffee, Starbucks is focused on delivering the best experience to every customer at each of its locations around the world, including Kuwait, KSA, UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain & Oman in the Middle East region

Starcbucks work with many communities, and is committed to providing the Starbucks Experience while respecting the local customs and tastes of each country it operates in. It is also committed to hiring locally, currently providing nearly 2700 jobs for more than 30 nationalities including Arab nationals in over 300 operating stores in the region.

Starbucks stores have been operating in the Middle East since 1999 through a licensing agreement with trading partner and licensee MH Alshaya WLL, a private Kuwait family business.