Where the Caramel Frappuccino came from
Introduced 1995
The Frappuccino was created by George Howell's Coffee Connection, a coffee chain in eastern Massachusetts, and named by its marketing director Andrew Frank. Starbucks bought the Coffee Connection in 1994 and launched the drink under its own name in 1995.
- The name is a portmanteau of "frappé" — the New England term for a thick milkshake made with ice cream — and "cappuccino".
- By 2012 Starbucks was reporting annual Frappuccino sales of more than $2 billion.