Starbucks Red Cup Day 2025
on Nov 12, 2025
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Starbucks gifts a reusable, collectible red cup every year with a purchase of a holiday drink. Get all the essential info on how to get one this year!
Free Reusable Starbucks Red Cups
To celebrate the holiday season, Starbucks customers will be gifted a red reusable, collectible holiday cup for FREE with a purchase of a handcrafted fall or holiday drink.
This is offered once a year on one day in November.
This year, Red Cup Day is on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Red cups are plastic, reusable, grande sized cups for hot drinks. Only participating Starbucks will have the red cups and until supplies last. Quantities are limited so it’s better to get to a Starbucks location early in the day.
How to Get Red Cups
To get a free reusable red cup, order a handcrafted fall or holiday drink, in any size. It can be hot, iced, or a Frappuccino.
Orders can be made in-store, at the drive-thru, and on mobile orders.
To make sure the drink you order qualifies or if they have any red cups left, you can ask the Starbucks barista before ordering:
“Do you have any red cups left?”
Supplies are limited and every store gets a different number of cups so some stores will run of the red cups faster than others. Once they’re out, they’re out.
“Can I get a red cup with this drink?”
Holiday drinks, including pumpkin spice and regular hot chocolate can be ordered to get a red cup but it’s a good idea to double check with the barista to see if your drink qualifies.
NOTE: Please don’t yell at the baristas if they run out of red cups. Red Cup Day is a super busy day (as you can imagine) and they’re not the ones in control of how many red cups their store gets.
Holiday and Fall Handcrafted Drinks
Here are the drinks you can order to get the red cup.
Peppermint Mocha
Caramel Brulée Latte
Sugar Cookie Latte
Sugar Cookie Breve
Gingerbread Chai
Gingerbread Latte
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
White Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate
Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
Pumpkin Spice Latte
Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai
Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte
Pecan Oatmilk Cortado
Holiday and Fall Cold Foams
Protein Cold Foams.
Brewed coffee and tea are not included.
