Mislabeled Stores

[forsyth]

Having worked at one, I can tell you this. Starbucks is not a coffee shop. it is a sugary steamed milk junk food shop.

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[kalifla.livejournal.com]

I fucking love their sugar delivery vehicles.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

"sugar delivery vehicles" is a good way to put it.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Seriously. And they put whipped cream* on goddamned everything.

I ordered a spiced apple cider once. They put whipped cream on it. Whipped cream on HOT APPLE JUICE. I would never have thought to order appl juice "no whip". Whipped cream is NOT SOMETHING YOU PUT ON APPLE JUICE. I've never ordered OJ but I wouldn't be surprised if they sprayed whipped cream on that too.

*Not actual whipped cream, of course, but a sweetened petroleum product that tastes like the floor of a high school chemistry lab.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Actually, at least at the one I work at, we make the whipped cream with real cream, plus vanilla syrup, and a CO2 cartridge.

And the whipped cream and caramel sauce on the spiced apple cider taste good!

Now, at the B&N cafe that sells Starbucks coffee, they use canned whipped cream, which is sometimes real cream and sometimes corn starch.

[raanab.livejournal.com]

I just mourn the passing of the starbucks in the store I work in, only place I could get a chai latte at my preferred strength (Mainly due to the people who worked it who just used the concentrate out of the box instead of mixing it like I was lead to believe they should.

I miss my spicy drink, as opposed to hot soy milk with a hint of spice to it.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

Have you tried asking for it without water? They can make it that way, just with milk on top of the concentrate.

That or just ask for an extra pump or two of chai. The basic recipe needs at least 1 extra pump to taste right, IMO.

[raanab.livejournal.com]

Would the extra pump or so get it to the oh, inch or so of straight from the carton chai that I got? If so I'll have to try that. Although, I don't think I've tried another starbucks for chais, just Cosi, and that was disappointing.

Also wish it didn't take so long to explain to the starbucks people out here, or at least at the mall store. the concept of a hot mint mocha

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

What size do you get? The small gets 3 pumps, the medium 4 and the large 5. Iced larges get 6. And do you get it hot or cold? Six pumps is getting close to an inch or so, I think.

Without the water, it's just the concentrate and milk.

You can also buy boxed concentrate from Starbucks and grocery stores for like $1 more than you can get a chai made at Starbucks. Then you can mix it however you want.

[raanab.livejournal.com]

I get the big one generally, and with what you're saying I'll have to try them to see what they're like made normally. The people who made them for me normally made it seem like they were doing something pretty far off from what the book said, and haven't actually tried it at a different starbucks yet, so next time I want to sit down in a comfy chair on lunch I'll check it out.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

The book is "X pumps, water to the eyes on the label, milk and foam."

Lots of people get them with no water and extra pumps where I work.

Also, what problem do they have with the phrase "Hot peppermint mocha"? It's just a mocha with peppermint sauce in it. Or are you using the new mint chocolate thing? Either way it's just adding a syrup to a drink.

[raanab.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I am using the terminology from a different chain, but I keep getting confused looks when I ask for a mint mocha, some from when acme had starbucks, and once at the new one by work. They get confused at the cash register and sometimes when making it, just want a mocha with mint flavoring and the ones that get confused keep looking for it in the book/register code for something other then the add flavoring fee