New on the Starbucks Fall Drinks 2021 menu is the Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato.
The Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato offers comfort to the core with layered flavours of apple and brown sugar melding like the filling of a gooey apple pie in harmony with espresso, steamed milk and a caramelized-spiced-apple drizzle for a nostalgic autumn pick-me-up.
Available in hot or iced.
Release Date
Available at Starbucks stores across Canada and the U.S. starting Tuesday, August 24 for a limited time, while supplies last.
Development History
Building on the popularity of pumpkin flavour, the Starbucks team’s inspiration for an apple beverage started with the idea of the fall harvest.
Pumpkins are popular, but it was clear that apples were another prominent flavour that the team wanted to explore as they started concepting a new fall flavour.
In spring 2020, the team began testing and tasting a bushel of apple-flavoured favourites, including apple maple syrup, apple cider donuts, and a variety of apple pies, cakes, and crisps.
While fruit and coffee are a new territory for Starbucks, the flavours complement each other well, with the creaminess of the milk balancing the espresso for a nostalgic autumn pick-me-up.
Creating an ingredient with a spicy baked apple flavour was crucial to be able to bridge an autumn red apple to espresso.
Consider how well a delicious slice of warm apple pie pairs with a cup of coffee or how well the combination of Starbucks roasty signature espresso pairs with warm spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg.
When the team was testing, people loved the baked apple flavour.
he Apple Crisp Macchiato pulls inspiration from a wide variety of red apple flavours available in the fall season, including apple puree in the caramelized apple drizzle.
The Apple Crisp Macchiato even smells like fall, with an aroma like fresh-baked apple crisp.
For the final recipe, the team landed on a macchiato (which means “marked” in Italian), made with steamed milk marked with Starbucks signature espresso.
As a finishing touch, the beverage is “marked” again with a cross-hatch of caramelized-spiced-apple drizzle, resembling the lattice on top of a pie.
For the name, the team chose “apple crisp” for the beverage’s more apple-forward taste, and its brown sugar and cinnamon topping.
If the hot version is like warm apple pie, the iced version is like apple pie à la mode, with the warm flavours of apple and brown sugar combined with milk and ice, and also topped with apple caramel drizzle.
Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato Calories & Nutritional Information
HOT Apple Crisp Macchiato
For a Short:
- Serving Size: 236 mL
- Calories: 140
- Total Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg
- Sodium: 115 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 23 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 21 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Caffeine: 75 mg
For a Tall:
- Serving Size: 354 mL
- Calories: 220
- Total Fat: 4.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
- Sodium: 200 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 0 g
- Dietary Fiber: 35 g
- Sugars: 0 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Caffeine: 75 mg
For a Grande:
- Serving Size: 473 mL
- Calories: 300
- Total Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
- Sodium: 280 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 47 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 45 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Caffeine: 150 mg
For a Venti
- Serving Size: 591 mL
- Calories: 370
- Total Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
- Sodium: 360 mg
- Total Carbohydrates: 57 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0 g
- Sugars: 55 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Caffeine: 150 mg
Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato Price
Please check your local Starbucks menu to find out the most accurate pricing. Here is a sampling of prices.
HOT Apple Crisp Macchiato
Based on Vancouver, BC (Davie & Thurlow location) pricing.
- Short: $4.85 CDN
- Tall: $4.95 CDN
- Grande: $5.45 CDN
- Venti: $5.65 CDN
Based on Calgary, AB (The Core location) pricing.
- Short: $4.85 CDN
- Tall: $4.95 CDN
- Grande: $5.65 CDN
- Venti: $5.95 CDN
Based on Toronto, ON (Bay & Dundas location) pricing.
- Short: $4.55 CDN
- Tall: $4.65 CDN
- Grande: $5.25 CDN
- Venti: $5.65 CDN
Standard Recipe
HOT Apple Crisp Macchiato
Short:
- 1 pump Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
- 2% milk, steamed hot
- Spiced Drizzle Topping
- 1 Espresso Shots
Tall:
- 2 pumps Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
- 2% milk, steamed hot
- Spiced Drizzle Topping
- 1 Espresso Shots
Grande:
- 3 pumps Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
- 2% milk, steamed hot
- Spiced Drizzle Topping
- 2 Espresso Shots
Venti:
- 4 pumps Apple Brown Sugar Syrup
- 2% milk, steamed hot
- Spiced Drizzle Topping
- 2 Espresso Shots
Review
Coming soon.