--- title: Starbucks New Drinks: Pistachio Rose Mocha for Winter, description: But it's only available in Europe, Africa and the Middle East canonical: https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-02T17:09:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:42.579Z og:title: Check Out Starbucks' Delightful New International Beverages og:description: Including the Pistachio-Rose Mocha og:url: https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Check Out Starbucks' Delightful New International Beverages twitter:description: Including the Pistachio-Rose Mocha twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Starbucks' Latest Creation Is a Pistachio and Rose Mocha > Sponsored content. 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Most of these are new twists on the chain’s classic beverages — like the burnt caramel latte and the chestnut macchiato — but one in particular stands out as an entirely new creation: the pistachio and rose mocha.  Starbucks The new drink is “made with mocha sauce and a rose and pistachio syrup, swirled with steamed milk and rich espresso” and “finished with pistachio and rose whipped cream and pistachio crumbs,” according to a Starbucks [news release](https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-where-in-the-world-winter-2016). It’s available in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Here’s a look at a few of the other new beverages. A strawberry red velvet mocha, available in the Asia Pacific region:  Starbucks A cookie latte, available in China:  Starbucks And a summer berry Frappuccino, available in Australia and New Zealand, where it’s currently the hottest season of the year:  Starbucks ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/"},"headline":"Starbucks' Latest Creation Is a Pistachio and Rose Mocha","datePublished":"2016-02-02T17:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:42.579Z","description":"But it's only available in Europe, Africa and the Middle East","url":"https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4204294/starbucks-pistachio-rose-mocha-winter-drinks/","name":"Starbucks' Latest Creation Is a Pistachio and Rose Mocha"}}]}] ```