--- title: Starbucks Adding Nitro Cold Brew Coffee to Menu description: Just in time to help stave off the summer heat, Starbucks is debuting a nitro cold brew. canonical: https://time.com/4352301/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-31T16:02:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:48.970Z og:title: Starbucks Is Adding a Nitro Cold Brew to Its Menu og:description: "Nitro Cold Brew will redefine the way you think about cold coffee" og:url: https://time.com/4352301/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee60fcd59e68fdce/6988959d2dce019a749e9495/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5534 og:image:height: 3113 og:image:alt: Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew_3 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Starbucks Is Adding a Nitro Cold Brew to Its Menu twitter:description: "Nitro Cold Brew will redefine the way you think about cold coffee" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee60fcd59e68fdce/6988959d2dce019a749e9495/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Starbucks Is Adding a Nitro Cold Brew to Its Menu > Sponsored content. 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Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 31, 2016 4:02 PM UTC Just in time to help stave off the summer heat, [Starbucks](http://time.com/4290598/starbucks-rewards-program/) is debuting a nitro cold brew. Following the success of last year’s [regular cold brew](http://time.com/4313915/starbucks-lawsuit-iced-coffee-ice/) — a move that increased sales of iced beverages by 20 percent, [reports _USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/05/31/nitro-cold-brew-launch-pits-starbucks-up-against-specialty-shops/85181626/) — the [coffee giant](http://time.com/4312478/wine-coffee-microbiome-health-study/) announced Tuesday that its newest drink will be sold in more than 500 stores by the end of summer, including locations in Seattle, Portland, New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. “Nitro Cold Brew will redefine the way you think about cold coffee, infusing Starbucks Cold Brew with nitrogen to deliver a smooth and creamy sweetness, plus the texture and body you’d expect from a draught beer,” a Starbucks spokesperson told TIME in a statement. **Read More:** [Starbucks’ Newest Drink Is Like an Ice Cream Cone Married a Frappuccino](http://time.com/4311108/starbucks-caramel-waffle-cone-frappuccino/) The on-tap coffee will be added to the menu alongside Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew — cold brew topped with house-made vanilla sweet cream. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4352301/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4352301/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew/"},"headline":"Starbucks Is Adding a Nitro Cold Brew to Its Menu","datePublished":"2016-05-31T16:02:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:48.970Z","description":"\"Nitro Cold Brew will redefine the way you think about cold coffee\"","url":"https://time.com/4352301/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Starbucks","Coffee"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee60fcd59e68fdce/6988959d2dce019a749e9495/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee60fcd59e68fdce/6988959d2dce019a749e9495/starbucks-nitro-cold-brew_3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew_3","caption":"Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew photographed at the Olive Way Starbucks store in Seattle. 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