Starbucks is bringing its olive oil-infused coffee to a few U.S. locations this week

After launching olive oil-infused java successful Italy, Starbucks is bringing its Oleato enactment stateside, starting Thursday.

The upscale Reserve Roasteries and prime Reserve cafes successful New York, Chicago and Seattle volition merchantability the drinks first, arsenic good arsenic the archetypal Starbucks determination successful Pike Place Market. Then, connected Monday, customers astatine 550 locations crossed Seattle and Los Angeles volition beryllium capable to bargain the drinks.

The enactment launched successful astir 2 twelve Italian cafes successful February. Former CEO Howard Schultz, who stepped down connected Monday, went to Italy this summer, wherever helium witnessed Sicilians drinking olive lipid arsenic a regular ritual. He, too, began drinking olive lipid alongside his regular java and decided that Starbucks should effort to premix the 2 together.

Oleato means "with oil" successful Italian, according to Starbucks.

The archetypal Oleato lineup of drinks infuses olive lipid into Starbucks' Caffé Latte, Iced Shaken Espresso and acold foam. The Partanna olive lipid is steamed with oat beverage for the latte, shaken successful the iced espresso portion and infused successful vanilla saccharine pick foam to make the "golden" foam that tops acold brews.

Starbucks hasn't shared immoderate details connected however palmy the enactment is successful Italy, but aboriginal reviews successful the U.S. property were mostly negative. CNN Business said the olive lipid "felt similar excessively much," portion the New Yorker said the portion "tasted similar a ample spoonful of olive lipid successful coffee."

The java elephantine plans to bring the Oleato drinks to Japan, the Middle East and the United Kingdom aboriginal this year.