Comments on: Starbucks’ Secret Menu

By: NorCalShift

NorCalShift — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:30:30 +0000

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.

By: Zirphex

Zirphex — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:43:20 +0000

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.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:24:02 +0000

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

By: LD Barista

LD Barista — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:23:02 +0000

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!

By: IMMABARISTA

IMMABARISTA — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:09:29 +0000

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!

By: Madison

Madison — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:17:05 +0000

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.

By: jmeanne

jmeanne — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:28:49 +0000

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 ??

By: Rhonda Lawrence

Rhonda Lawrence — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:47:14 +0000

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.

By: bostonmoonluva

bostonmoonluva — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:44:47 +0000

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.

By: Rhonda Lawrence

Rhonda Lawrence — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:42:42 +0000

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.

By: m

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:36:43 +0000

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…

By: j fizzle

j fizzle — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:19:11 +0000

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

By: j fizzle

j fizzle — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:17:54 +0000

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

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:15:34 +0000

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

By: Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:44:27 +0000

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

Hey bobo – so do pregnant women……. MORON

By: Don Elder

Don Elder — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:23:53 +0000

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.

By: Sashley

Sashley — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:54:52 +0000

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!

By: Starbucks is the best

Starbucks is the best — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:42 +0000

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

By: bobo

bobo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:24:31 +0000

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

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Concurring Opinions Starbucks 39 Secret Menu | Best Eye Cream — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:50:18 +0000

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