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Everybody’s Obsessed With the Purple Starbucks Drink That Has Been Taking Over Your Instagram Feed

As if we needed another reason to spend all of our money at Starbucks, they have given us yet another secret menu item that people are going crazy for.

Starbucks’ new “purple drink” is becoming the accessory that everyone must have on their Instagram feed. Earlier this month, people were seriously obsessing over the “pink drink” — a Strawberry Açai refresher with coconut milk instead of water. But I guess that just as orange is the new black, purple is the new pink these days.

The agreed-upon recipe, according to HelloGiggles and Seventeen, is passion tea, soy milk, vanilla syrup and blackberries. Cosmopolitan went even more in-depth and concluded that using coconut milk in place of soy milk will make the beverage taste better—But that writer was unable to get a drink that looked as purple as everybody’s Instagrams, so be wary that all this hype may be due to clever use of filters.

The jury is still out on the true formula for the perfectly-Grammable drink, but any way you have it made, it’s sure to be pretty and refreshing.

Abigail Miller is a freshman at the University of Florida. She is studying journalism and political science and hopes to become a political journalist. She writes for Spoon University, in addition to writing for Her Campus and is very involved in different clubs and activities on her school's campus. When she isn't writing or studying, she loves running, painting and drinking excessive amounts of coffee. Follow her on twitter and keep up with her latest articles! @abigailm_miller