Charlie Kirk supporters petition Starbucks to honor him by adding his signature drink to menus

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A campaign to memorialize Charlie Kirk through his favorite Starbucks drink has gained traction online following the conservative activist’s assassination.

A Change.org petition titled “Get Charlie Kirk’s Starbucks Order On Every Starbucks Menu” was launched on Sept 14, asking the coffee giant to add his signature beverage, a mint majesty tea with two honeys, to menus nationwide under the name “Kirk Special” or “The Charlie Kirk.”

Petition calls for a ‘Charlie Kirk Special’ on menus

The petition’s creator described Kirk’s murder as a loss that has left “millions of people around the world heartbroken, agonized and completely devastated.” They added: “To honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy, I and those who join me in signing this petition ask Starbucks to put Charlie Kirk’s order on their menus with the name ‘Kirk Special’ or 'The Charlie Kirk' or some other iteration containing his name.”

By Sept 17, the petition had collected a modest but growing number of signatures, with supporters leaving heartfelt comments in his honor. Supporters who signed the petition highlighted the symbolic value of Kirk’s go-to Starbucks drink.

“I’m signing in honor of Charlie Kirk. May his legacy of courage, conviction and love for this country continue to inspire others,” one supporter wrote.

Another noted that the drink had become an “iconic thing” for Kirk: “He always ordered the drink and kept it with him while debating, so it's like an iconic thing. It's important to not forget him and to remember something about him that he always ordered.”

The order came back into public attention after two Starbucks cups were spotted near Kirk just moments before he was fatally shot on Sept 10 during an event at Utah Valley University.

Starbucks responds after TikTok incident

Kirk himself once explained the significance of the drink in a resurfaced Turning Point USA video. When asked by a student about his constant Starbucks cup, he said: “I literally drink this for one reason, because I lose my voice very easily. It is literally just mint majesty tea with two honeys. And I drink like nine of them a day, otherwise, I lose my voice, so now you know the Starbucks order.”

The petition surfaced just as Starbucks faced criticism over a viral TikTok post from Yucaipa, California. In the video, a customer claimed her husband ordered a mint majesty tea under the name “Charlie Kirk” but was told by staff to “pick a different name” because “we don’t honor politics here.”

A customer told a Starbucks barista to put “Charlie Kirk” as the name on their order. The worker replied, “We can't do political names, but it didn't even ask for a name to begin with, so it will be $3.75, OK.” When the customer pressed again, asking if “Charlie Kirk” could be written on the cup, the barista explained that the printer wouldn’t generate it. “I could just write Charlie,” she offered.

After the customer insisted and questioned why, the barista finally said, “Because it’s political.” Frustrated, the customer ended the exchange: “I don't want it.”

In response, Starbucks told Fox News Digital that the company has no policy against writing Kirk’s name on cups and is “working to understand what took place in this store.”