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Starbucks’ Secret Menu

posted by Dan Filler

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Everyone has a different perspective on Starbucks. In a place like San Francisco, with a strong independent cafe culture, it’s seen as Corporate Joe. In Birmingham, though, Starbucks helped balloon the city’s tiny pre-existing cafe community. Enough cultural commentary. My main goal with this post is to alert interested Starbucks consumers to a few attractive menu items that have inexplicably been left off the menu. (I speak primarily for the Birmingham stores, but in my experience these items are generally available nationally.)

For for the frugal and/or low intenisty addict: the Short coffee. It’s served in the same cup as the kid’s hot chocolate. And you always thought that it was nonsensical that Starbuck’s small was called tall. It isn’t; they just don’t want to explain matters to you.

For cafe au lait lovers: the Misto. Cafe au lait fans will love the Misto because, well, it is a cafe au lait. Half cup of coffee, topped with steamed milk. Ask for it extra foamy.

For people who have strong coffee preferences: the French Press. They don’t tell you this, but for 3 or 4 bucks, they’ll serve you up a french press made of any coffee in stock. So when the coffee of the day is House, and you just gotta have Sumatra…it’s your choice. And you’ll have enough to share with a friend.

Take control of your Starbucks experience. Order off menu.


 February 25, 2006 at 9:53 pm   Posted in: Culture   Print This Post Print This Post

Responses (87)

  1. T - February 26, 2006 at 8:24 am

    Here’s some Starbuck’s cultural commentary:

    To feed my Pacific NW-bred addiction, I used to carry two good thermoses and a well-insulated cup for any fair-sized road trip, especially out west (I used to travel trans-nationally a few times a year, plus shorter – though still long – trips). THis is so that I could stock up on good coffee at a few known places en route (Coal Creek coffee co. in Laramie, WY and some little place that roasted their own beans in Lincoln, NE were my favorite finds). I had had to search out those places by divining rod, more or less.

    But now I can find a very good cup of coffee most anywhere: look for the exurbs of any medium-sized city and you’ll at least find a Barnes-and-Noble Starbuck’s, and generally a stand-alone. And like you noted, the independent cafes have grown to meet the society’s greater demand for and higher expectations of coffee. So there are more Coal Creeks to be found out there as well. But the biggest benefit are the Starbucks at the various midwestern turnpike plazas. Thank goodness they got the truckers addicted to a stronger, better brew.

    And that’s not even getting to the fact that I can now buy not only Starbuck’s, but locally produced high-quality coffee at the grocery store in my small, when I visit the family in my small southern hometown. JFG from the A&P had been the previous staple.

  2. Drive By Poster - February 26, 2006 at 10:49 am

    The “Short” also works for cappucino:

    See this Slate article: http://www.slate.com/id/2133754/?nav=ais

  3. Amy - February 26, 2006 at 3:36 pm

    I’ve been ordering mistos at Starbucks for over ten years, in cities large and small, all over the country. I’ve never seen them on the menu, and I’ve never encountered a Starbucks employee who didn’t know what they were. (I’d say they’re more like 3/4 coffee, 1/4 milk, whereas a cafe au lait is half and half.)

  4. Marisa - February 26, 2006 at 5:16 pm

    Having worked at a Starbucks for 4 years, I would just like to make one comment: Yes, you can order off menu, but please don’t correct or argue with the baristas when they convert your order into the Starbucks lingo. Even though they couldn’t care less what the drink is called, they have to use the official, market-tested Starbucks lingo.

  5. Jack - February 26, 2006 at 11:33 pm

    They will make you a Whopper with Cheese if you ask.

  6. Dan Filler - February 27, 2006 at 1:06 am

    I only wonder what the official Starbucks term for Whopper with Cheese would be. A Venti Grasso?

  7. Walton - March 6, 2006 at 12:40 pm

    In case any of you are cheap and like to drink Iced Lattes (which is essentially espresso and milk over ice) you might want to consider ordering a dopio on ice which is two shots of espresso on ice. Then add your own milk at the milke station in Starbucks and you just saved almost 2 dollars everytime you visit Starbucks which if you are my wife is multiple times a day.

  8. Khay - March 24, 2006 at 4:39 pm

    Cafe au lait is NOT made with steamed milk. It is made with scalded milk. Huge difference.

  9. Latinarab81 - April 6, 2006 at 6:17 pm

    If anyone has worked at Starbucks before..plz email me and would make a good deal for some info …thanxs!!

  10. Josiane Rheault - April 15, 2006 at 9:35 pm

    I would like menu Starbucs in french and English if possible! THANK YOU!

  11. Luu Meng - September 16, 2006 at 8:34 am

    Hi All,

    We love your Coffee was the best coffee in the world

    Luu meng

  12. Kerry Johns - October 6, 2006 at 1:36 pm

    They have a latte drink called “white elephant” is like a venti-venti drink or a big gulp from 7-11, its a cold frappicino drink that eventually becomes hot. It’s a “wow” and it works in every Starbucks, even in Europe!

  13. Cristie - October 25, 2006 at 11:05 pm

    I love my coffee, I go daily and my local starbucks guys even know my drink now. I’m a Quad, Venti, 3 pump toffee nut, non fat, no whip at 130 degrees…

  14. Syl - February 13, 2007 at 4:14 am

    Are there any special names for the drinks made with soy milk? Do ALL Starbucks carry soy milk? The 2 I go to do, but haven’t asked out of town.

  15. lili ming - February 13, 2007 at 7:04 pm

    Peet’s Coffee is much better than Starbucks!

  16. Arlo - February 15, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    You can also order a Tuxedo Mocha at Starbucks — half mocha, half white chocolate mocha. They’re AWESOME.

  17. Jim Stoney - February 19, 2007 at 12:25 am

    You can order a Caramel Appaccino which is basically a caramel capaccino with a hint of of apple. If you have ever had a caramel apple, yeah, it’s kinda like that.

  18. Danielle - February 21, 2007 at 3:36 am

    I’ve worked at a Starbucks in Canada, and was surprised to hear how ‘hush hush’ the short cup is in the states. People ask for it fairly regularly up here and it’s listed on menus and clearly visible on the counter.

    The soy dilemna, all you ask for is ‘Tall Soy Latte’ and bada bing, its made with soy. Nothing else needed.

    There’s no real ’secret’ stuff at Starbucks, just so many combinations it cant be kept track of.

    My favourite was a Toffee Nut Cappuchino, perfectly roasty.

  19. Jim Stoney - March 2, 2007 at 1:50 am

    Last summer, I vacationed in Riverside, CA and went to a Starbucks with my cousin. She introduced me to the best drink ever. Leche de Cocoa. It was awesome. You can get it hot or cold. It was very nostalgic.

  20. mindy - March 6, 2007 at 11:59 pm

    who “vacations” in River-tucky, CA??

  21. Kate - March 14, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    You can also order a Tuxedo Mocha at Starbucks — half mocha, half white chocolate mocha. They’re AWESOME.

    Posted by: Arlo at February 15, 2007 04:03 PM

    ————————–

    It’s Called a Zebra or a Black and White. i work at a Starbucks in Target.

    Some more awesome drinks to try-

    Passion Tea Lemonaid amde with apple juice instead of Lemonaide.

    Mocha with Ras. a.k.a. the “Truffle” as a frappe or hot!

    Vanillia Bean with Java chips – “Cookies n Cream”

    Favorite Frappe with Whip blended in it- makes it more ricker and creamier…just dont double blend it!

    Also i know a lot of people ask what a black/red eye is- All it is is the The Coffee of the Day/Drip of your choice with either 1 shot or 2 shots, just to enhance the flavor.

    I made one up by myself which my customers like and thats the Dalmation, which is White Chocolate and Java Chips, and i love it!

    Any comments? send them to Kateths@gmail.com

  22. lydia - April 5, 2007 at 3:11 am

    hey try the Zebra its white chocolate and dark chocolate hot or cold! its good!

  23. julian - April 11, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    has any1 heardof a gummie bear juice. its a passion ice tea with half the sweetener melon amd half of it rassberry. for example you could get a grande passion iced tea sweetened with 2 pumps melon ad 2 pumps rassberry. it tastes like melted gummie bears over ice. it is pretty good.

  24. denise - April 16, 2007 at 12:11 pm

    What about the lite frappachinos? Can you get anything different thats not on the menu?

  25. denise - April 16, 2007 at 12:11 pm

    What about the lite frappachinos? Can you get anything different thats not on the menu?

  26. Jahon - April 16, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    At starbucks their is a drink that’s not on the menu that we call a Captain Crunch. It’s a strawberry n creme with three shots toffee nut and 2 to 3 scoops of chocolate chips. It taste just like the berries in the cereal.

  27. Mike - May 18, 2007 at 12:22 am

    other lesser known beverages are the Red Eye and Black Eye. The Red Eye is a cup of coffee (your choice of size) with one shot of espresso added in. The Black Eye is with two shots of espresso. Good Morning!!!

  28. Elana Joy - May 23, 2007 at 12:11 am

    Hey! You can get ANY hot drink in a short size. (at least at the starbucks around the bay area)

  29. Elana Joy - May 23, 2007 at 12:11 am

    Hey! You can get ANY hot drink in a short size. (at least at the starbucks around the bay area)

  30. robyn - July 10, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    Anyone who actually orders their coffee at a certain temperature needs a hobby. George Carlin puts it perfectly:

    “The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole.”

    Just an FYI, the barisatas will mock you when you leave with your 1/2 decaf-2 pump-extra shot-1/4 pack of Splenda-no whip-soy-132 degree-sugar free mocha.

  31. Zman - July 22, 2007 at 12:35 am

    Try a drink called the “Chai Bomb” . Their Chai with a shot of espresso.

  32. Kasey W. - August 1, 2007 at 1:03 pm

    One of the best drink ever. Marble Mocha Macchiato: white chocolate, milk chocolate, esspresso, milk

  33. Sherwin - August 6, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    They have a latte drink called “white elephant” is like a venti-venti drink or a big gulp from 7-11, its a cold frappicino drink that eventually becomes hot. It’s a “wow” and it works in every Starbucks, even in Europe!

    Posted by: Kerry Johns at October 6, 2006 01:36 PM

    __________________________________________________

    i tried ordering the white elephant at to different starbucks in my area and both dont know what it is do u know what makes up a white elephant

  34. Lydia - August 7, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    okay is there any other drinks beside the zebra ? i keepm getting the same drink i want something different i usually get the passion tea lemonade or the white chocolate mocha with 5 shots and soymilk i get that hot or iced.. so yeah anysuggestions?

  35. sherri - October 5, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    Does anyone know what is in a “snickers”?

  36. paul - October 21, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    YOUR COFFEE IS OVER PRICED AND BITTER….IT……..SUCKS…SUCKS….SUCKS

  37. paul - October 21, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    YOUR COFFEE IS OVER PRICED AND BITTER….IT……..SUCKS…SUCKS….SUCKS

  38. jossmary - October 22, 2007 at 6:21 pm

    when i’m not in the mood for coffee, i order a strawberry apple juice frapp, with 2 shots of rasberry. it is so good, very refreshing! i call it R(asberry)A(apple)S(trawberry) medley.

  39. Dianne - October 24, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    venti passion tea lemonade with 2 pumps melon, 2 pumps rasp, 2 pumps orange is awesome (but be wary of the baristas making fun of you behind your back unless you actually work at starbucks =)

  40. Deiter - December 17, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    A sexy april. Cofee with chocolate lemonade and raspberry syrup.

  41. jonathan - April 23, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    I had this one drink it was called “winter wonderland” not a lot of people know it and i dunno what’s in it but it looked like a mix of caramel, vanilla bean, and peppermint. but there’s more in the drink.

  42. Tara - April 25, 2008 at 10:24 am

    7 pump triple venti mocha with whole milk and extra whip…yummmm

  43. jamama - May 4, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    a better name for a “chai bomb” is a “dirty chai”. and a better name for it than that is a “dirty hippie”

  44. Alyssa - May 16, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Hey I was wondering if you knew a starbucks drink called Chuck Norris? it has like white mocha, tofee nut, & hazel nut.

  45. celbee - May 23, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Some yummy and cheap drinks:

    Iced coffee with white mocha – delicious! Whipped cream on top for extra yum.

    Iced doppio with 1 pump hazelnut or 2 pumps honey syrup…add splash of half n half at the counter…mmm

  46. celbee - May 23, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Some yummy and cheap drinks:

    Iced coffee with white mocha – delicious! Whipped cream on top for extra yum.

    Iced doppio with 1 pump hazelnut or 2 pumps honey syrup…add splash of half n half at the counter…mmm

    PS I used to work at sbux and there is no such thing as a white elephant. Most of the other names listed don’t make any sense…just order what you want and they will make it – so don’t order a ‘zebra,’ just ask for a mocha with a mix of white and regular syrups…

  47. jamama - June 5, 2008 at 4:33 am

    um i work at starbucks too and everyone knows what a zebra/tux/mocha white mocha is

    but you’re right, there is no such thing as a white elephant

  48. Jason - June 21, 2008 at 2:17 am

    I’m boring as far as drinks go: black coffee. But I have really grown to love the Starbucks brew. Plus I will honestly say that I’ve never run into a rude barista, and quite frankly, I love it that they’re corporate!

  49. John - July 5, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    ok order this it is the latest to the secret menu it is a snickers frapp. Ask for it it is the best.

  50. John - July 5, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    ok order this it is the latest to the secret menu it is a snickers frapp. Ask for it it is the best.

  51. Adam Fred - July 22, 2008 at 11:45 pm

    Starbucks is a bloodsucking entity, which destroys small, independent coffee retailers, with its shareholder-driven, global business approach.

    What chance has a small retailer have against Starbucks, if one were to set up across the road, in any city in the world?

    Given that it is the small shops and cafes that truly make the personality of a city (take Paris for example), we should try and protect the endeavors of small business, not crush it with the might and pillage of a tsunami, which is what Starbucks and its ilk really is.

    Starbucks’ owner is also a major financier of the Israeli military machine.

    Adam

  52. Megan - August 4, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Does anyonelse have a Peet’s Coffee in their area?Or is it just Berkeley?

  53. Megan - August 4, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Does anyonelse have a Peet’s Coffee in their area?Or is it just Berkeley?

  54. Megan - August 4, 2008 at 12:01 am

    Does anyonelse have a Peet’s Coffee in their area?Or is it just Berkeley?

  55. megan - September 4, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    has one ever had a captain crunch??

  56. Sarah - November 9, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    I work at a Starbucks and I have never or seen any of my co-wokers mock someone for ordering a complex drink….where did you get that info from?

    And the issue with the small coffee business owners..make better coffee then.

    And there is no such thing as a white elephant.

    And yes, there are tons of Peet’s Coffee in my area and people are still packed into my Starbucks.

  57. Briana - December 29, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    I need to know how to make a snickers frapp.

  58. Ashley - January 27, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Can you get a zebra mocha with soy milk?

  59. Ashley - January 27, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Can you get a zebra mocha with soy milk?

  60. Ashley - January 27, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Can you get a zebra mocha with soy milk?

  61. Ashley - January 27, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Can you get a zebra mocha with soy milk?

  62. Starbuxdude - February 13, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    I work at Starbucks and there is nothing called a white elephant. For those who don’t like Starbucks coffee go drink your dirty mudd coffee at home. But for the jerks who will come in and order a white mocha with 10 shots, 1%, 5/7 of a splenda, then come back to complain…Your drink is stupid, you’re stupid, don’t talk slow because I can remember you know, and don’t act like you’re the ish because chances are you don’t have a degree and some partners including me will soon. But for those of you who are dope come in, smile, and we’ll get whatever you want. By the way when the jerks come in and leave a lot of us mimic you and call you creepy. And don’t say FRAPP…You don’t sound cool saying it, you sound dumb

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  64. bobo - June 25, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    I currently work at Starbucks and we share one simple rule on the bar: BITCHES AND ASSHOLES GET DECAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  65. Starbucks is the best - July 14, 2009 at 1:00 am

    is there really a drink called marble mocha machiato? just wondering

  66. Sashley - July 15, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    Yes there is such a drink called marble mocha macchiato…my friend was a Barista and she first told me about it. She said it’s awesome…I have yet to try it!

  67. Don Elder - August 5, 2009 at 4:23 am

    I’m a “Coffee Lover” from way, way, back!! My Personal Favorite?? Venti, 5 shot, breve’, latte. Also known as the “Killer Latte’”!! Good Stuff, ya’ll.

  68. Kelly Smith - August 5, 2009 at 4:44 am

    “BITCHES AND ASSHOLES GET DECAF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

    Hey bobo – so do pregnant women……. MORON

  69. Nicole - August 5, 2009 at 5:15 am

    um, kelly…he meant they get decaf even when they don’t ask for decaf…(cuz they’re bitches and assholes, see?)

  70. j fizzle - August 5, 2009 at 5:17 am

    im a barista at starbucks as well and i’ve worked at other coffee companies in the past, but i can honestly say that starbucks is by far the best one i’ve worked for. we’re VERY clean, friendly, and fast. so im sick of hearing how expensive and evil starbucks is by fuckin douchebag hippies that dont know what it means to hold a job. the reason why things are a little pricer is because you pay extra for us to treat you extra friendly (at least thats the way i look at it) and no, we dont make fun of people if they have a complicated drink, but we will however, if they are being total assholes. and the reason the other companies are going under is simple: survival of the fittest. starbucks didnt grow into a corporation overnight, it was just like any other new business, people liked it, and it grew.. end of story

  71. j fizzle - August 5, 2009 at 5:19 am

    and yes… bitches do get served decaf.
    like they deserve

  72. m - August 5, 2009 at 5:36 am

    I love Starbuck, I also love lots of other small coffee houses. I can get coffee at everywhere. It is not an all or nothing thing. It is possible to buy coffee at Starbucks, order a complicated drink, or not, be nice, smile say have a great day. Then if I want another cup of coffee and am somewhere else I will stop at (in Evanston ill) one of my favs the Itlian coffee house and do the same thing..no harm no foul.. You don’t all have to be so nasty… it is only coffee…

  73. Rhonda Lawrence - August 5, 2009 at 5:42 am

    People who think that must just be purely ignorant. Have you never heard of heart arrythmias? Caffeine aggravates my condition, so I drink DECAF, pure and simple. I am certainly no bitch.

  74. bostonmoonluva - August 5, 2009 at 5:44 am

    I have to say absolutely love starbucks. Being from new england … dunkin donuts is generally the way. I drive across two towns to get my venti iced chai latte! As for comments on how starbucks is putting other companies out of business….well when your good your good. It was once a small company and guess what…folks liked it…it grew by supply and demand…hello basic economics.

  75. Rhonda Lawrence - August 5, 2009 at 5:47 am

    And, by the way, if you meant you serve decaf to people who are rude “unbeknownst” to them, it really is great coffee, so why bother doing that? That’s just plain juvenile.

  76. jmeanne - August 5, 2009 at 11:28 am

    i LOVE starbucks, and the one that i go to almost every morning is the best!!! i have never seen anyone get mocked for ordering a drink even if it’s complicated!!1

    i order simple drinks: i think i do??

    venti mocha frappuccino-shot blended in and no whip or a grande or venti mocha breve no whip!!

    are these drinks complicated???

    *just wondering*
    do the ones that order decaf-is there a reason you want no caffiene?? are you just wanting the tast of coffee ??

  77. Madison - August 5, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    We’ve got a couple drinks we introduced earlier this summer that our regulars keep coming back for- the freckled redhead- a strawberry & cream frap with chocolate chips, and lemonberry dream- strawberry lemonade frap with a shot of cream base & whip cream.

  78. IMMABARISTA - September 4, 2009 at 3:09 pm

    I’ve worked at Starbucks for 2 years now (as a part time job). If you’ve noticed they have raised their prices recently. The drinks that went up in price are the ones that are the most complicated. The drink that went down are the easier ones to make. I work with many baristas who could careless if they make your drink right. Don’t be a jerk, you wont get what you ask for. Also quit complaining about how slow service is if your ordering a complicated drink!

  79. LD Barista - September 5, 2009 at 10:23 am

    I, too, am a barista at Starbucks. I do not think it is juvenile to give a person decaf instead of regular when they are being a douchbag. I can honestly tell you that the people who come in early in the morning who are mean just to be mean because they are unhappy with their own life, typically are the ones who are addicted to the caffiene and they need to learn not to bite the hand that feeds them.

    At my store:
    We like to make a “grasshopper.” Peppermint, white mocha green tea latte. If you do it as a frappuccino add the Java chips, yummy.

    We also make a Banana Split. A Strawberries and Cream frappuccino with a banana, java chips, a pump of white mocha and a pump of mocha.

    My favorite is, what I call, a Matcha Monkey Madness. Tall size whole milk in the Frappuccino blender, four scoops of Matcha powder, 2 scoops of protien powder, a banana and a Venti scoop of ice. My breakfast every morning.

    PS: If I could leave you with one word of advice. DO NOT stand on the other side of the counter and stare at the barista making your drink. We do not like being watched. It’s creepy, imagine if someone you didn’t know was standing over your shoulder watching you work. YOUR drink is not the most important drink to us. There is an order as to how things work at Starbucks. DEAL WITH IT!

  80. Kitty - September 18, 2009 at 12:24 am

    i worked at starbucks for a while, and my fave off-menu item was the “trinity”

    in a shot cup:
    1 pump each toffeenut and cinnamon dolce
    half and half
    espresso shot

    key is to layer them in that order (syrup on the bottom) and shoot it. the cold half and half keeps the espresso from burning, and all you taste is sweet, creamy deliciousness :)

    there’s also the dirty chai which is a chai latte with an espresso shot :)

  81. Zirphex - October 1, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    Anybody every order a Captain Crunch?
    it tastes just like the cereal.
    It’s somethin’ like a strawberries and cream with toffee nut.

    Then there’s also a drink called an Undertoe.
    I won’t tell you what it is, but it’s for somebody that needs energy.
    And don’t sip it.
    Just drink the whole thing.

  82. NorCalShift - October 9, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    as a shift supervisor at a NorCal high-volume Starbucks (aka: we’re busy) i can say this: working at Starbucks is a tough job. if youve ever stood back and watched the team of partners working behind the counter, you’ve noticed that they’re working very hard, and are doing the best they can. this cannot be said for all Starbucks, but applies to many ive been to in my area.
    we are expected to maintain the highest quality product while providing legendary service at top speed 100% of the time. in other words, we are expected to be perfect, and if you didnt know, nobody’s perfect! we make mistakes but, for the most part, we’re doing the best we can.
    we’ve all had a bad experience at a Starbucks. ive watched MY baristas treat customers very poorly. please understand that for some people, no amount of training or continued coaching will turn them into the stellar barista behind the counter that everyone expects. we cant fire these partners unless they do something to deserve it, so what do we do? the best we can with what we’ve got.
    there are a lot of haters out there, and, occasionally, i get extremely frustrated myself. but, during those times i remember this: its just coffee.

  83. Lexis Deeterson - December 1, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Those are some really great drinks. Though there this website

    http://deetfin.net/?page_id=965

    with some other really great secret Starbucks drinks.

    Btw, anyone remember Diedrich’s Coffee in Southern California. They had some great drinks. like the Mayan Mochas and all that jazz.

  84. Arielle - December 8, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    The “trinity” and the “undertoe” are basically the same thing. Maybe, minus the syrup or add a different flavor. Everyone i’ve made it for loves it, but they were right when they said don’t sip it. Just chug it down and you’ve got energy my friend. :)

  85. Teach - January 21, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    Wow. Starbucks funds the Israeli army? Whoda thunk it.
    That smacks of Proctor/Gamble having made a deal with the devil hence the crescent moon on their products. SNOPES.COM, people!!!! Check before smearing!

    It’s just coffee, as someone said, and if you don’t like Starbucks then Seattle’s Best, Peet’s, or whoever will happily make you a drink.

    Sometimes I get a decaf latte because I want the taste but don’t want to be up until the wee hours of the morning. Most of the time I get the caffeinated to help manage my migraines.

    And I can honestly say I’ve met more rude customers at Starbucks than rude barristas. Really, people–settle down and think about how you’re acting–we all want our coffee as quickly as possible but it’s not going to just glurg out of a machine like the vending machines in the library at the Univ of Idaho. Thank God for that. So take it easy, relax, enjoy your coffee and try to enjoy your day.

    (I need a grande skinny cinnamon dulce latte–stat.)

  86. ajason495 - January 21, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    I’m not super fond of coffee, but I love their mixed drinks. They used to have chantico, and I would order them all the time, but they discontinued them. So I get a hot chocolate, 5 pump, breve (sp?). Its amazing, I’m sure it has like 1000 calories, but I don’t care! They are true chocolate lovers drink.

  87. AmandaJade - January 26, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    try the captain crunch. its yummy, I get it everytime, tastes just like captain crunch cereal!

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