What's included. Starbucks® signature cold brew sweetened with vanilla syrup, topped with a silky, pistachio cream cold foam and finished with salted brown-buttery sprinkles for a sweet treat to start up any winter day.

Sweet pistachio flavor blended with milk and ice, then finished with whipped cream and a salted brown-buttery topping: an icy-smooth, creamy treat to keep you refreshed in the new year.

Subtle, salty and sweet But the real star of this new drink has to be the salted brown buttery sprinkles. The salty sprinkles are the first thing you taste when you take a sip, and they they provide a welcome salty contrast to the sweet, nutty cold brew.

January 3 Starbucks is welcoming the new year with the launch of its winter menu, starting Tuesday, January 3. Among the items is the debuting Pistachio Cream Cold Brew, along with returning favorites.

That means a small Pistachio Cream Cold Brew is within our suggested calorie and sodium parameters for a drink or dessert, but folks who are eating a heart-healthy or diabetes-friendly diet may want to watch out for the saturated fat and sugar content.

While the Pistachio Cream Cold Brew offers the “ultra-smooth combination of pistachio cream cold foam” atop Starbucks' cold brew coffee, the Pistachio Latte combines the chain's “signature espresso, steamed milk and flavors of sweet pistachio with top notes of brown butter,” Batingan notes.

The flavor balance between the pistachios and ice cream is perfect. Pistachios are packed with flavor, and the density and consistency of them is perfect throughout the pint. The pistachios being lightly roasted makes it unique and stand out. Ice cream itself tastes excellent, full of flavor.

How to make Pistachio Ice Cream: Add ½ cup pistachios and ¾ cup sugar to a food processor and process until finely chopped and blended. Add evaporated milk and cream to a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in the pistachio mixture.

Conclusion. I love the pistachio flavor and the sweetness of the vanilla syrup, and think the brown butter crumble adds a great touch of flavor. There's a stronger, more distinct flavor here than in many of Starbucks' other recent additions, like the Chocolate Cream Cold Brew.

The Pistachio Latte, which first launched in the winter of 2021, features Starbucks' signature espresso paired with pistachio-infused milk and a salted brown-butter topping.

The new, handcrafted Pistachio Cream Cold Brew begins with Starbucks Cold Brew, sweetens it with vanilla syrup, and tops it with “silky pistachio cream cold foam and salted brown buttery sprinkles,” the brand says in a press release sent to Food Network.

Cold brew coffee - made by steeping coffee grounds in cold water for typically an entire day - is just as healthy as regular coffee, according to nutrition expert Frank Hu of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.