Saving at Starbucks

There are tons of ways to hack Starbucks for free drinks. Here are just a few of them:

• Get free in-store refills on drip coffee or tea using the Starbucks app.

• Get a free Starbucks drink on your birthday every year.

• Earn Star points towards free drinks with every purchase via the Starbucks Rewards program.

• Earn extra stars on Starbucks star days.

To order from the Starbucks secret menu, you don’t have to give a special passcode to your barista. The secret menu is really just a way of ordering your drinks to make them cheaper. Here are our favorite Starbucks secret menu drinks.

Starbucks fall cups are released in waves starting at the end of August, with the last wave usually being released mid-October.

The Starbucks Medicine Ball used to be a secret menu item, which required some creative ordering. But as of 2017, it’s an official menu item you can just ask your barista for outright.

Starbucks manipulates its language a little bit to make drink sizes confusing. Here are the Starbucks drink sizes from smallest to largest:

• Short: 8 fl oz

• Tall: 12 fl oz

• Grande: 16 fl oz

• Venti: 20 fl oz for hot drinks, 24 fl oz for cold drinks

• Trenta: 31 fl oz, but it’s available for cold drinks only