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Starbucks Offering Free Refreshers Drink From Noon to 3 p.m. Today

The coffee chain has a new energy drink that looks and tastes nothing like coffee and it is available in Fenton for free.

 

It's not Red Bull. Not Amp. Not Monster.

But there's a new summer drink from Starbucks that apparently packs a punch.

Refreshers is a drink that is a "thirst-quenching pick-me-up that packs a boost of natural energy from green coffee extract but looks and tastes nothing like coffee," says Starbucks.

On Friday, July 13 from 12 to 3 p.m., you can get a free 12-ounce, hand-crafted shaken Refresher, one per customer. It comes in two flavors: Cool Lime, with real lime, and Very Berry Hibiscus, with whole raspberries.

The Refreshers is available in Fenton at the Starbucks inside Target and VG's on Silver Parkway.

The new drink is combined with real fruit juice, B and C vitamins and ginseng. It's a low-calorie drink, in addition to the hand-crafted version, comes canned in three flavors and in the VIA five-pack.

Freshly harvested green coffee beans are typically heated and roasted to bring out the signature dark colors and bold flavors coffee is famous for, according to a Starbucks press release.

But now, it is using an process to pull the naturally occurring caffeine and other good stuff from 100 percent green Arabica coffee beans before they are roasted.

The result is green coffee extract, which Starbucks says has all of the natural energy from coffee, but with none of the coffee flavor.

Have you had a Refresher yet? Let us know what you think.

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Yeah or nay on Refreshers? Tell us in the comments.

Jane Webber

12:25 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

I had one the other day the raspberry hisbiscus which I paid for... the 12 ounce only has like 70 calories... I asked... and it is DELCIOUS!!!! going to get my free one today!!!

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Jason Alexander

3:54 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

I just got my free one from Starbucks at VGS. I'm impressed. Not too sweet and it gave me a little boost!

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