This summer, food and drink brands are stepping up with a wave of new launches, giving consumers more fresh, seasonal choices to try.
Dunkin’ is beefing up its iced-coffee lineup for the season with two standout launches: the Sparkling Americano and the Giant Bucket.
Dunkin’ has regularly refreshed its summer menu with seasonal coffees and drinks. This year, it’s targeting iced-coffee fans with a fizzy coffee option and a shareable, large-format pour that’s built for groups—or for when you’re feeling indulgent.
Launching on the 3rd, the Sparkling Americano adds carbonation to a classic Americano so you get bright, bubbly refreshment alongside bold coffee flavor. The Giant Bucket, first tested in April at the concept store ‘Dunkin’ Wonders,’ will roll out nationwide based on customer feedback. It holds about 1.4L (roughly four times a small coffee, about 47 fl oz) and is available in Dunkin’ Espresso, Ice Blend, or Decaf Blend.
Dunkin’ is also running summer promos: from the 4th–7th, customers who pay for an Americano in-store with Naver Pay QR can get special offers, and from the 8th–14th, paying with Happy Point app points earns discounts on iced Americanos. The brand has also added a UK-made vitamin C ‘Vita Slush,’ a peach-flavored ‘Giant Bucket Peach,’ the Coolata, and a single-serve ‘Cup Bingsu’ designed for solo enjoyment.
Twosome Place has strengthened its summer menu with two tropical frappes that tap into the ‘sober curious’ movement—perfect for fans who want cocktail vibes without the alcohol.
The new Pina Colada Frappe and Golden Medalist Frappe blend crowd-pleasing fruit flavors—pineapple, raspberry, and banana—with crushed ice for a sweet, cooling treat. Both drinks come in resort-inspired hues and are finished with nata de coco (coconut jelly) for a satisfying, chewy contrast.
The Pina Colada Frappe riffs on the tropical classic, pairing juicy pineapple sweetness with creamy coconut. The Golden Medalist Frappe layers raspberry notes with banana’s mellow sweetness. Both are nonalcoholic and will be available at Twosome Place locations nationwide.
Hollys is launching three seasonal watermelon items starting on the 2nd under the ‘ICE & NICE – SUMMER WATERMELON’ concept. The lineup highlights peak-season watermelon’s sweet flavor and crunchy texture across drinks and desserts—after all, last year Hollys sold 180,000 cups of fresh watermelon juice within a month.
The star, Fresh Watermelon Juice, blends whole watermelon to preserve its bright, fresh flavor and adds watermelon cubes for a crisp bite. ‘Abakchu’ mixes peach iced tea with pureed watermelon and a watermelon topping, balancing the tea’s sweetness with watermelon’s cool finish.
Fresh Watermelon Hwachae uses a condensed-milk base and layers in watermelon, peach, mango, and strawberry—ideal for customers who want a ready-to-enjoy mix of fruit and drink. Ahead of summer, Hollys also introduced three Hallicino beverages and five bingsu varieties, re-released the Dark Forest Hallicino, and rolled out cup bingsu options using ingredients like tomato and apple-cider vinegar.
Tizen launched Kombucha Blueberry—a lightly carbonated, sweet-tart blueberry option—exclusively at Lotte Mart. Made with U.S.-grown blueberry concentrate powder, it aims to deliver authentic berry flavor with kombucha’s refreshing fizz.
Tizen Kombucha Blueberry comes in single-stick powder packets that contain 0 g sugar and 15 kcal per stick. Each stick includes 12 probiotic strains plus prebiotics and dissolves easily in cold water, making it a low-calorie, soda-alternative pick with a gentle carbonation profile.
The packaging uses a holographic design inspired by Korean aesthetics, and TWICE’s Jeongyeon—Tizen’s kombucha ambassador this year—fronts the campaign. Tizen pairs each TWICE member with a different kombucha flavor across its packaging. With this launch, the brand’s powdered-stick kombucha lineup grows to 17 flavors, including lemon, peach, pineapple, maesil (plum), strawberry-kiwi, and yogurt.
HiteJinro is adding a lemon flavor to the Japanese RTD brand Hyoketsu that it distributes in Korea. After introducing Hyoketsu’s Momo (peach) flavor to the Korean market last year, the company has expanded the lineup with Hyoketsu Lemon, which highlights bright lemon juice flavor.
Hyoketsu Lemon is made using Hyoketsu’s freeze-extraction method, which cold-extracts fruit and uses only the clarified juice. It’s 5.3% ABV and will be sold in 500ml cans (about 16.9 fl oz). HiteJinro will also switch the existing Hyoketsu Momo from 330ml cans to 500ml cans.
As the kickoff for Hyoketsu’s 25th-anniversary global campaign, HiteJinro will run a popup store in Korea from June 19–28 at the Kirin Ichiban Premium Beer Bar cruise dock in Yeouido Hangang Park. The popup is open weekdays from 5 p.m.–10 p.m. and weekends from 5 p.m.–11 p.m. Visitors can experience ‘ICE MAGIC,’ where pouring Hyoketsu from a special refrigerated unit turns the liquid into a slushy, sample Morinaga ice-cream pairings, explore photo zones, and enjoy dancer performances.
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