Since launching earlier this year, Pokémon Go has already gotten people into stores, restaurants, and cafés to capture Pokémon and earn other perks. After discovering hints that Pokémon Go may someday offer perks at specific, promoted locations, app data miners have long suspected that this was only the beginning.

Their suspicions were proven by a leak from Starbucks employees on Tuesday. The leak confirms that the coffee chain will launch a Pokémon Go promotion across the United States starting Thursday, December 8. The news, posted on Reddit and reported by TheNextWeb, came in the form of an internal document describing the promotion, including Starbucks' upcoming, limited-time Pokémon-themed beverage.

Most, but not all, Starbucks stores and cafés will become officially designated locations in Pokémon Go beginning this Thursday, either as the game's loot-loaded Pokéstops or its competitive gyms. According to the leaked internal documents, the update will also usher in new characters, though how many or which kinds is not specified. This may also mark the full launch of Go's "gen 2" patch, which could usher in as many as 100 new Pokémon characters, if rumors are to be believed.

The game, in kind, will alert players that they can order the new Frappuccino Pokémon Go Blended Creme beverage, which appears to be a Frappuccino loaded with raspberry syrup. (No, it's not listed as "Razz Berry" syrup.) Game players will not receive a discount on this beverage, no matter how many razz berries they have in their inventory, while customers who don't play the game will be allowed to order the drink if they want.

The biggest bummer, in my opinion: Starbucks staffers have been instructed NOT to create any signage, inside or outdoors, to let customers know about the promotion. Sorry, but the world would be a better place if Starbucks let its armies of bored, art-school college kids draw chalk-émon sipping on coffee drinks. (Plus, come on, the pun opportunities! Ventisaur! Frappucharmander! And surely some better ones!)