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Celebrate Starbucks Red Cup Day 2025 tomorrow with holiday drinks

The 2025 Starbucks Red Cup Day starts November 13

By Emily Caldwell Nov 12, 2025 6:31 AM

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Starbucks’ Red Cup day marks the start of the true holiday season — a fan favorite that fans wait for all year long. Starting tomorrow, November 13, 2025, you can get your hands on a red cup when you purchase any Grande (16-ounce) size handcrafted holiday or fall beverage. Beverage orders can be hot, iced, or blended to receive a full cup (at participating stores, while supplies last). A few holiday drink orders to grab a Starbucks Red Cup include fan-favorites like the Peppermint Mocha, Sugar Cookie Latte, and Pecan Oatmilk Cortado.

This year’s 2025 Red Cup is made with 95 percent recycled material and features a hand-drawn illustration by Starbucks designer Yvonne Chan. Chan says the design was inspired by the “little moment of magic you feel when you step into a Starbucks from the cold outside”. The 2025 Red Cup includes a hand-drawn sketch that is designed to capture the feeling of something crafted by one person for another. Once you get your hands on a Starbucks Red Cup this season, you can also bring your cup back for future orders and receive a small 10-cent discount on your order as a way to encourage coffee drinkers to help our environment by using reusable cups.

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Starbucks Red Cups are available in participating stores as well as for some orders through DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub. In past years, cups sold out pretty quickly, so get to Starbucks early on Thursday if you want to grab the 2025 Starbucks Red Cup for yourself.

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