Fancy coffee drinkers...what is the best fancy coffee drink?

Starbucks is good about letting you sample if they have some leftovers of a cold blended drink. But you might have to hang out awhile, waiting for someone to order it. There's a SB in my grocery store and they often mix up a small new beverage and then put it out as samples. Also, ask the barista for some ideas. They are usually very helpful.

Starbucks has a drink size Short which is 8oz.  Hot drinks only in that size.  I'm thinking they might have something even smaller now, I saw a tiny representation of a cup in the window of the Starbucks at Target, so you might check, maybe they have a 6oz. size that would be good for your purposes.

Do you like chocolate to go with the mint that you like?  Tell them you want a mocha mint or a mocha coffee with mint added or whatever.

All the drinks you listed start with an espresso base, if you don't like coffee flavor you won't want a straight espresso. 

A latte is espresso with steamed milk in it and a bit of steamed milk froth on top, so take that off your list.  A cappuccino is the same thing only with different amounts of milk.  Take that off your list.

Also, Starbucks is pretty well known for just their hot chocolate.  It is supposed to be quite good.  It comes standard with whipped cream on top.

They do make drinks to order, if it's not on the menu, tell them what you want and they will do it.

I think if you don't like coffee, you're not going to like any espresso's, or cappuccinos..You might like a latte, as it's steamed milk, more like a hot choc. I can't drink the coffee's at Starbucks or caribou, they are just too strong for me. I usually get a white choc hot chocolate.

I don't like hot drinks so I always go with a caramel frappacino.

My kids don't care for coffee flavor, so they have ordered Starbucks Frappuccinos without espresso. My DD especially likes the Caramel Ribbon Frap without espresso. I bet you could get a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino made that way.

My personal favorite at Starbucks is a white chocolate mocha with caramel added. It's definitely sweet and comes with whipped cream - isn't very coffee-flavored. You could try a grande size made with only one shot of espresso instead of two.

Lastly, if you want to try some coffee drinks without SB prices, McDonald's drinks are quite good and are a bit cheaper.

Well, I love coffee, so I'm happy with almost anything. For a fall frou-frou coffee, I am happy with the pumpkin spice latte, so can't help you there!

My dd's favourite one that comes out for Christmas season is the peppermint white chocolate latte. I've had a couple of those and they are pretty darned good!

To each her own, but I think McDonald's iced coffee drinks just taste toxic.  Not just that I didn't like it but drank it all anyhow-- we actually dumped two of them because neither of us liked it.  I felt like there was a chemical residue on my tongue afterwards, and I would rather die of dehydration before I ever tried another one of their iced coffee drinks, that's how much I would NOT recommend McD's.

Kiki, I usually get vanilla lattes, but SO likes to have an iced white chocolate mocha. We usually get venti, which gets 3 shots of espresso when iced, so he orders it with two shots instead. Cuts down on the bitterness. If you just want a grande, order it with one shot instead of two.  He used to just drink chai because, like you, he doesn't like the coffee taste. I don't recall how it is that he even tried a white mocha-- must have been samples or something.

For a non-coffee drink, I like an iced green tea latte or green tea latte frappuccino (that will have whipped cream). Tasty when you get past the green color. (It's very, very green.)  You can also get a chai latte or chai frappuccino, which will have a little more of a fall taste since it has all those spices.

Thanks for posting this. I don't like coffee but really been wanting to try the fancy drinks as well.

I am not a PSL fan, so I opt for the salted caramel mocha. I am drinking them iced right now because it so hot here. My favorite of the holiday drinks is the eggnog latte.

I usually drink iced coffee though.

Peppermint mocha.

I get mine with skim milk and whip cream. Go figure. 

(It's only listed at Starbucks at Christmas time, but you can always ask for it.)