(NEXSTAR) — Do you frequently add a syrup or some matcha to your Starbucks order? If so, changes being rolled out by the national coffee chain could impact you.
Billed as an opportunity to improve value for customers while standardizing pricing, Starbucks is changing how you’ll be charged for syrups, sauces, and matchas. Under the new process, you can add classic syrup to any drink for free. In pre-flavored beverages, you can add or swap out any sauce or syrup without any charge.
However, the way you are charged for adding multiple syrups and sauces to a Starbucks drink is changing. Now, you will be charged once for such a modifier rather than being charged for each.
Starbucks not charging for additional flavor pumps anymore
If you add any combination, including limited-time syrups and sauces, to an unflavored beverage, you will be charged 80 cents. There is no charge for additional flavor pumps. The price to add certain additional products to your drinks, however, is rising.
To add Chai concentrate, it’s 80 cents per addition. For dried fruit, it’s 50 cents per scoop. Adding Matcha powder to a non-Matcha drink is $1 per scoop.
Adding an additional scoop of Matcha to a Matcha beverage will be treated just like adding an extra shot of espresso to a drink: by adding an extra scoop to a Grande Matcha Latte, for example, you would be charged for the price of a Venti Matcha Latte.
Starbucks testing new app feature
Starbucks is also currently testing a feature in its app that shows pricing updates as you place your order and make any modifications. This marks the latest change Starbucks has made since naming Brian Niccol as head of the company in September.
That includes the end of its olive oil-infused line, the removal of an extra fee for non-dairy milks, the return of the Sharpie and the condiment bar, the reversal of its open door policy, and free refills for some “for here” orders.
In March, Starbucks removed more than a dozen drinks from its menu as part of its effort to trim its offerings by about 30%.
