2 min read- Starbucks is reportedly launching a Harry Potter-themed Honeydukes menu in parts of Southeast Asia.
- The lineup appears to include three “Bursting Bonbons” drinks and Bearista plushies dressed in Hogwarts-inspired sweaters and scarves.
- Fans in the comments are already complaining that U.S. Starbucks never gets the fun stuff, and are begging for a proper butterbeer moment.
Starbucks is usually good for a secret-menu drink or a limited-edition specialty cup, but it rarely goes full-on pop culture in the way people actually want. A Glinda Bearista? A red, white, and blue Captain America Frappuccino? I’ve been ready. But now it seems the coffee giant is working its magic on a new Harry Potter-themed menu—with a few catches.
According to an Instagram post from @snackolator, Starbucks is dropping a new Honeydukes menu in Southeast Asia next week, with rumors that the rollout could hit other countries later this year as well. And naturally, U.S. fans are already wondering why they never get the fun stuff.
The post shows three themed drinks: a Honeydukes Bursting Bonbons Coffee Frappuccino, a Honeydukes Bursting Bonbons Latte, and a Honeydukes Bursting Bonbons Frozen Tea. From the look of them, the “bursting bonbons” seem to have more of a boba-with-a-candy-pop feel with a tingly, playful twist.
The lineup also appears to include Bearista plushies dressed in tiny sweaters and scarves inspired by the Hogwarts houses, which is exactly the kind of branded nonsense people love. Think Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff energy in teddy-bear form.
Once people saw the drinks and the bear merch together, the comments quickly turned into a full chorus of “why not us?”
“WHY DO WE NEVER GET NICE THINGS HERE!?!?” one person wrote. Another added, “US Starbucks lacking ☹️.” A third went straight for the larger corporate complaint: “Never understand why these companies don’t bring these items to their biggest markets 🤦.”
Others used the moment to pivot into another fantasy: a real Starbucks butterbeer. “Just give us a proper butterbeer like @universalorlando,” one commenter wrote, while another said they’d settle for butterscotch syrup and a butterbeer cold foam.
For now, this looks like a not-us problem. But if Starbucks ever does bring a Harry Potter lineup stateside, people are clearly ready.