Review: Peet's Coffee Fall Menu Delivers Big Flavors (And One Flop) - Tasting Table
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Peet's Coffee released a fall 2025 menu nationwide on August 21, returning seasonal staples and adding four new drinks and three warm sandwiches. The centerpiece is Popping Pearls, boba-inspired iced lattes available in matcha and vanilla that use coffee-filled pearls to deliver bursts of caffeine. Two new spiced drinks incorporate cardamom and citrus flavors. The Iced Vanilla Latte with Popping Pearls combines Madagascar vanilla syrup, cold milk, freshly pulled espresso, and a layer of white foam. A medium size costs $7.20 and contains about 250 calories when made with 2% milk. The Popping Pearls provide pronounced espresso flavor and a strong caffeine kick.
As the name suggests, this drink consists of Peet's classic Iced Vanilla Latte - Madagascar vanilla-flavored syrup, cold milk, freshly pulled espresso - with the addition of the new Popping Pearls, boba-style spheres filled with Peet's coffee. A layer of fresh, white foam finishes it off. A medium size costs $7.20 at my local Peet's and weighs in at 250 calories when made with 2% milk.
This taste test kicked off with a serious buzz. The first sip delivered a bold hit of caffeine and the unmistakable depth of Peet's coffee - that signature quality dark roast introduced by Albert Peet when he opened the first Peet's Coffee in Berkeley in 1961. The Popping Pearls are like little coffee grenades in your mouth that blow up with juicy espresso flavor.
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