Menu examples include the Mocha Crème, Caramel Crème, Vanilla Bean Crème, and Strawberries and Crème Frappuccino. Crème Ī coffee-free base was created to make a drink called a Frappuccino Blended Crème. Mocha Frappuccino bottles for sale at Starbucks The following is a list of the typical versions available of each type of Frappuccino. The recipe today consists of brewed coffee, ice, and other additives such as milk, sugar, flavored syrups, and whipped cream. The recipe is derived from a fusion of various cold drinks, including the "coffee frap" (similar to iced coffee) and the "frappe" (blended ice cream, syrup, and milk), with the Italian cappuccino.
In 2012, Starbucks had annual Frappuccino sales of over $2 billion. The drink, with a different recipe, was introduced under the Starbucks name in 1995. When Starbucks purchased the Coffee Connection in 1994, they gained the rights to use, make, market, and sell the Frappuccino drink. The original Frappuccino drink was developed, named, trademarked and sold by George Howell's Eastern Massachusetts coffee shop chain the Coffee Connection, and created by then-employee Andrew Frank. In the Boston area, a " frappe" (pronounced / f r æ p/ and spelled without the accent) is a thick milkshake with ice cream, derived from the French word frappé. Frappuccino is a portmanteau of "frappe", the New England name from the French lait frappé, a milkshake with ice cream, and cappuccino, an espresso coffee with frothed milk.