When taste tester Brinton Parker tried the new Birthday Cake Frappuccino, she only had lackluster things to say about it. "Compared to the festive promotional images that Starbucks has been circulating, my drink was pretty pathetic. I'm unsure if my Starbucks location had simply run out of the raspberry-infused whipped cream promised on the menu, but the Frappuccino I received looked more plain than a glass of milk. The blended vanilla bean and hazelnut portion of the drink was everything that the ads promised, but the overall effect was more along the lines of melted vanilla soft serve than birthday cake. Even in the chilly weather, my entire Frappuccino was melted within two minutes — sipping the celebratory beverage felt more like I was drinking liquid disappointment."
