--- title: Starbucks Unveils Cherry Blossom Frappuccino description: Starbucks introduces Cherry Blossom Frappuccino for limited time only. canonical: https://time.com/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-15T14:16:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:56.213Z og:title: Starbucks Is Selling a Cherry Blossom Frappuccino og:description: But for less than a week og:url: https://time.com/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17768fb8a13a20c8/69888af5e20a878adaa8ff6e/starbucks-cherry-blossom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: starbucks-cherry-blossom og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Starbucks Is Selling a Cherry Blossom Frappuccino twitter:description: But for less than a week twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17768fb8a13a20c8/69888af5e20a878adaa8ff6e/starbucks-cherry-blossom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Starbucks Is Selling a Cherry Blossom Frappuccino  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 2:16 PM UTC  Starbucks  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 15, 2016 2:16 PM UTC Starbucks is kicking off springtime by offering a cherry blossom Frappuccino in U.S. stores between March 15 and March 20, which is the first day of spring. The blended beverage contains “sweet strawberries and cream, striped with white chocolate sauce and matcha drizzle and topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of matcha,” [according to a news release](http://Sakura Blossom & Strawberry Frappuccino and Sakura Blossom & Strawberry Latte since 2010). Until Tuesday, cherry blossom-themed drinks had only been sold at the coffee chain’s Japanese stores, which have offered a “Sakura Blossom & Strawberry Frappuccino” and a “Sakura Blossom & Strawberry Latte” since 2010. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/"},"headline":"Starbucks Is Selling a Cherry Blossom Frappuccino","datePublished":"2016-03-15T14:16:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:56.213Z","description":"For less than a week","url":"https://time.com/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17768fb8a13a20c8/69888af5e20a878adaa8ff6e/starbucks-cherry-blossom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17768fb8a13a20c8/69888af5e20a878adaa8ff6e/starbucks-cherry-blossom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"starbucks-cherry-blossom","caption":"","creditText":"Starbucks","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4258950/starbucks-cherry-blossom-frappuccino/","name":"Starbucks Is Selling a Cherry Blossom Frappuccino"}}]}] ```