--- title: Starbucks Offering 10 Oz Mini Frappuccino description: For now, it's only available through July 6 canonical: https://time.com/3853862/starbucks-mini-frappuccino/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-11T16:17:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:28.691Z og:title: Starbucks Is Now Offering a Mini Frappuccino og:description: To help you justify your indulgence og:url: https://time.com/3853862/starbucks-mini-frappuccino/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt379bfd98d44093eb/6987ef38e53aba543f4dbc3d/mini_frappuccino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Mini_Frappuccino og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Starbucks Is Now Offering a Mini Frappuccino twitter:description: To help you justify your indulgence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt379bfd98d44093eb/6987ef38e53aba543f4dbc3d/mini_frappuccino.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Starbucks Is Now Offering a Mini Frappuccino to Help Justify Your Indulgence > Sponsored content. 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Here's why 3 out of 5 experts said yes._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2015 4:17 PM UTC  Starbucks by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2015 4:17 PM UTC Lately it seems like Starbucks really wants you to have a _ton_ of options when it comes to Frappuccinos. There’s the new [S’mores Frap](http://time.com/3826709/starbucks-smores-frappuccino/), which comes with or without [a cookie straw](http://time.com/3837947/starbucks-smores-frappuccino-cookie-straw/), and the beloved [birthday cake Frap](http://time.com/3758908/starbucks-birthday-cake-frap/). The latest in Frap news is not a new flavor, but a new size: a mini 10-ounce option. (For comparison’s sake, a “tall” size is 12 ounces.) The petite size will be available now through July 6, the Associated Press [reports](http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/starbucks-hopes-mini-frappuccino-tempts-customers-30950308). Starbucks [began testing](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/09/16/starbucks-frappuccino-fast-food-restaurants/15727699/) the new size — which we’ll now refer to as the Babyfrap — last September in select markets. A Starbucks spokesperson said the Babyfrap managed to attract new customers while also getting existing customers to return more often. Mostly, we think people will go for it because it’s pretty cute. Look at it! 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