Starbucks releases hot baked apple lattes and Frappuccinos for Christmas
It's starting to smell a lot like Christmas in Japan.
Starbucks on Thursday released its latest festive flavour in the country, baked apple, in the form of a hot latte and a Frappuccino ice-blended drink.
Baked apple joins the Starbucks Japan Christmas line up of gingerbread and pecan nut drinks.
According to Starbucks Japan's blog, the hot baked latte is made with warm apple juice, and contains bits of caramelised apple and brown sugar and butter.
Sounds amazing.
This is Starbucks' pecan nut latte:
Christmas is a relatively new but already pretty big tradition in Japan, and Starbucks is capitalising on both the festive spirit and its big fanbase in the country.
Earlier this year, the coffee company introduced "Starbucks Evenings" in Tokyo, bringing cocktails, wine and beer together with cheese boards and tarts to pair with the alcoholic tipples.
Cheers!
Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band
