--- ---  # Starbucks Is Going to Start Offering Coconut Milk ## Video: India's Endangered (Authentic) Coffee House [Watch (HLS stream): India's Endangered (Authentic) Coffee House](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XucqKVaV.m3u8) (3:16)  _Published 2009-11-26. In New Delhi, coffee franchises are crowding out the old standbys, but the India Coffee House hangs on with its bygone charms and low prices_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 5, 2015 4:47 PM UTC  An employee pours milk into a cardboard coffee cup inside a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in London, U.K., on Monday, June 9, 2014\. U.K. services companies' confidence rose to a record this quarter, indicating continued expansion in the largest part of the economy, the Confederation of British Industry said. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images An employee pours milk into a cardboard coffee cup inside a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in London, U.K., on Monday, June 9, 2014\. U.K. services companies' confidence rose to a record this quarter, indicating continued expansion in the largest part of the economy, the Confederation of British Industry said. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesJason Alden/Bloomberg—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 5, 2015 4:47 PM UTC Good news for all of you sticking to vegan or Paleo diets: Starbucks will soon begin offering a non-soy dairy alternative. Beginning Feb. 17, the coffee chain will serve coconut milk, according to a Starbucks [news release](http://news.starbucks.com/news/coconut-milk-available-in-u.s.-starbucks-stores-beginning-february-17). And it’s not just _any_ coconut milk, it’s “Starbucks Single Origin Sumatra Coconut Milk, a creamy, delicious alternative to dairy and soy for handcrafted beverages.” It’s certified vegan and, if you were wondering, made from coconuts from the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The new option will cost you an extra 60 cents, which is the same as soy milk, USA Today [reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/04/starbucks-fast-food-restaurants-coconut-milk/22862931/). Thousands of customers have been requesting an alternative to dairy and soy on MyStarbucksIdea.com, the company explained, so they are finally giving the people what they want. _Read TIME’s New Cover:_ [_Starbucks For America_](http://time.com/3696865/starbucks-for-america/) Starbucks Offers Coconut Milk as Non Dairy Vegan Alternative ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3695436/starbucks-coconut-milk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3695436/starbucks-coconut-milk/"},"headline":"Starbucks Is Going to Start Offering Coconut Milk","datePublished":"2015-02-05T16:47:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:31.627Z","description":"Finally, a non-soy dairy alternative","url":"https://time.com/3695436/starbucks-coconut-milk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8d8e8406d609c4b/69877d8ee53aba324a4d7657/450335998.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd8d8e8406d609c4b/69877d8ee53aba324a4d7657/450335998.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Starbucks milk","caption":"Operations Inside A Starbucks Corp. 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