Starbucks Drinks
Sep 07
Liz and I went drove through Starbucks last weekend. It’s a real treat when we get to go because there’s not one in our little town. We’ve got two McDonalds, two Subways, a billion churches, and zero coffee shops.
My go-to drink is a caramel macchiato. It’s a coffee drink that tastes like coffee. I like that.
Liz usually gets a peppermint white mocha, which doesn’t taste like coffee at all- more like a hot chocolate/toothpaste mashup.
But now it’s fall, which means she, along with a billion other Americans, is celebrating the return of the fabled pumpkin spice latte.
It’s like a mythical creature, only appearing during certain seasons, for limited times, and it can only be seen by those who believe in magic, or something.
Man, does she love that thing. She tried to name our first son “Pumpkin Spice Hollier.” She’s got a custom license plate that reads P$L4LIFE, and a tattoo of Tweety Bird drinking one.
People love this thing. I’ve tasted it and thought it was pretty heinous. Tastes like pumpkin. And spice. I want my coffee to taste like coffee.
Call me crazy.
“You’re crazy.”
Stop that. You know I can’t hear you, right?
Anywho. Question of the day:
What’s your standard order at Starbucks? Be specific. Size, flavor, directions, extras? What’s your drink?
And for funsies, everybody who comments will be entered for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card. HUZZAH!
PUMPKIN SPICE!!! tall- or ill be awake for days… would love to win the gift card, but send your wife to deliver and we can go together and delight in this flavor heaven on earth together!!
She’d love that.
Man, I’m a sucker for blog giveaways. Maybe part of the reason is that I seem to win 96% of the time!
Anywho, my standard Starbucks drink is a tall, black decaf. If it’s a special day I’ll ask for it as a pour-over.
What’s a pour over?
It’s a method they use to make coffee on the spot. So instead of getting whatever’s been sitting in the pot for who knows how long, you can get a fresh cup of coffee.
Grande white chocolate mocha nonfat milk no whip. Or grande mocha frappucino light. All depends on my mood…well and the temperature.
That’s a lot of words.
I’m easy: Venti Pike Place. Black.
Wife is difficult: Venti mocha coffee light no whip frappucino.
Jared, I just have to say I am so glad that I am not the only one in the world who has not jumped on the PSL bandwagon! I am so not a fan…
I, like you, am a caramel macchiato person. Despite the fact that it means “marked on top”, I actually get it upside-down so the espresso is on the bottom and it mixes together. (Thank you, Justin Lee for teaching me that order!) So the official go-to is:
Non-fat Upside-down CM with an extra shot
ps- getting Americano w/ Caramel with room to add milk is almost as good and about $3 cheaper
oh, grande or tall on the CM. The extra shot makes it the perfect balance of not too sweet.
I didn’t realize “upside down” was a thing you could do.
Life.
Changed.
Its rough fixing my.Coffee. First you tear the packet of sugar left to right (makes it sweeter ) Then you pour coffee. ahhhhhhhhh mission complete.
My left or yours?
Google “The secret menu of Starbucks.” you’re welcome.
My non-seasonal fave is a grande white chocolate mocha with raspberry. Once the pumpkin comes back my favorite is a pumpkin chai latte. It’s infinity times better than the pumpkin spice latte. TRUST.
After I have this baby, in t minus 72 hours I’ll try to convince my husband I need a pumpkin spice latte, non fat. I’ll have a tall please!
It’s NOT coffee Jared. It’s a latte. And it’s GLORIOUS, the cold weather equivalent to how awesome caramel frappucinos are in the summer.
Venti caramel frappachino no whip.
Keep your mother farting gift card, I’ve already got a Mark McGuire rookie card so I’m doing alright.
I’m not a fan of the PSL either, so all the hype this week is something I just don’t get. Glad I’m not alone in this.
The coffee-flavor ratio in a venti caramel macchiato is perfection. But my favorite coffee to order is an iced grande soy marbled mocha macchiato upside down, with whip.
Grande Sumatra blend with just a little room for a dash of whole milk and half a packet of sweetener.
I’m in trouble when I go to Starbucks. I have several go-to drinks, and most of them I don’t even know how to make because Todd did all those special “barista” things that make them super difficult!
Iced: Venti quad nonfat no-whip iced mocha.
Tea: Pumpkin chai latte, either iced or or hot. (fall) or a iced coconut chai in the summer.
Winter: Venti quad nonfat no-whip peppermint mocha
Spring/Summer/no coffee: Passion tea lemonade
Favorite specialty: Cinnamon spice undertoe, ristretto. YOU MUST TRY. Favorite syrup on bottom, cold milk on top of that, and then two shots (pulled ristretto (early)) poured over a spoon on top of the milk. You drink it fast and you get the hot bitter espresso, the cold milk and then the sweet at the finish. You need caffeine in your system fast? This is the way to go.
My drink is a hot quad venti white mocha with whip. It costs $6.00. I don’t get it very often.
Today, I got (not by choice) a triple nonfat 2 pump mocha cappuccino. Blech!
Yikes- not even close.
Coffee is stupid, so I get Hot Chocolate. Whatever the big one is.
Winter months: Skinny hazelnut latte with soy milk.
Summer months: Venti iced coffee with nonfat milk and 2 splendas
HAHAHA!
Grande soy sugar free vanilla cafe misto.
It tastes like a vanilla latte, but it’s half the price. BOOM.
Tall nonfat cafe misto with 1 pump toffee, mocha, caramel. It’s a turtle.
I am a Starbucks junkie, but despise anything with coffee. I think I can taste it at 3 parts per million. So my drink is a venti, 8-pump chai, non-fat milk, no water, 190 degrees. Yes, I even say the degrees. “Extra hot” does not come close to the tongue scorching I prefer.
I think 8 pumps of anything should require signing a waiver.
My standard order is usually either an caramel macchiato with extra caramel and soy milk or an iced chai tea latte with soy milk. Each one tall.
Was truly laughing out loud when you described that drink as a mythical creature. I’d heard so much about it until I finally tried it for the first time last fall. LIFE-CHANGING. Except…not really.
I’m a simple man. Whenever I hit up Starbucks, I get a tall iced coffee with milk. 2%. Sweetened. Done.