You Don't Have to Choose Between Coffee and Beer: Starbucks Combines 'Em

You know those situations where you're not sure whether to meet your friends for coffee or beer? Well, Starbucks just solved that conundrum for you with their new Espresso Cloud IPA cocktail. Available on the Starbucks evening menu at a variety of locations nationwide, the inventive new beverage is like an elevated sake bomb, but with espresso instead of sake.

To create the Espresso Cloud IPA, Starbucks coffee innovator Justin Burns-Beach dollops espresso-orange-vanilla foam (made by shaking espresso and other flavorful ingredients with ice) on top of an IPA, then serves a shot of the same espresso alongside the beer. He then suggests pouring the espresso shot into the beer-foam beverage to create a layered cocktail that is equal parts flavorful and beautiful.

The Espresso Cloud IPA joins other alcoholic Starbucks inventions like the Red Wine Fraggino high atop the list of reasons why we approve of the company's foray into the boozy world. Yum!