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Passion Tea with Heavy Cream? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by RangerFoxXIII
Yesterday we had a guest who ordered passion tea, with sugar-free cinnamon dulce and heavy cream.
Sounds gross but whatever. Fellow TM makes it, and a couple minutes later the guest comes back, complaining that the cream is getting chalky. I take one look, and immediately look at the passion tea ingredients. Citric acid. I tell her that's an ingredient and that can make milk curdle.
She insists she gets it at other Starbucks and that never happens. She says the milk must be expired. I assure her we check dates of all milk daily, and our HC is good until October. I grab the container and show her, and tell her it was opened only an hour earlier when making whipped cream. "Well you must've fucked it up somehow."
I offered her a refund as she storms out and she just snaps "forget it!"
Soooo... IS there a way to make this drink ignore the rules of science?
Sounds gross but whatever. Fellow TM makes it, and a couple minutes later the guest comes back, complaining that the cream is getting chalky. I take one look, and immediately look at the passion tea ingredients. Citric acid. I tell her that's an ingredient and that can make milk curdle.
She insists she gets it at other Starbucks and that never happens. She says the milk must be expired. I assure her we check dates of all milk daily, and our HC is good until October. I grab the container and show her, and tell her it was opened only an hour earlier when making whipped cream. "Well you must've fucked it up somehow."
I offered her a refund as she storms out and she just snaps "forget it!"
Soooo... IS there a way to make this drink ignore the rules of science?
bitchiato 5 points 3y ago
someone ordered this yesterday at my store too. not with the Cdulce but passion tea and coconut milk. honestly unless you put like maybe less HC it *might* help but if she orders it again recommend coconut milk instead.
derfmerf 11 points 3y ago
She’s ordering it with HC because that’s......keto
bitchiato 16 points 3y ago
ugh with the KETO SHIT. i’m so sick of this diet. I have a man who comes in for a grande vanilla (not sugar free. I repeat NOT sugar free) latte with 5!!! butters and soy. talks to me all the time about his it’s his keto diet blah blah blah like sir what you just ordered is not keto. it’s a sugary espresso with 5 fucking butters.
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Kaywin 3 points 3y ago
Gotta love people who jump on the fad train not actually understanding the text of what they're doing.
Source: Long-time keto fiend, keto has done great things for me. But I empathize about the weird drink. Honestly if/when I leave the company eventually I'm probably not gonna order butter coffee. As it is I opt to make it myself when I get it.
Source: Long-time keto fiend, keto has done great things for me. But I empathize about the weird drink. Honestly if/when I leave the company eventually I'm probably not gonna order butter coffee. As it is I opt to make it myself when I get it.
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derfmerf 2 points 3y ago
and the vanilla has sugar in it so... yall gettin fooled lmao
Kaywin 4 points 3y ago
I scratch my head bigtime at the people who drink literal pints of HC because "keto." Like, HWC is less lactose by volume, I'll give you that. But still 2tbsp approaches 1g carbs I think. 4tbsp is 1/4 cup, and a tall latte with HC is certainly more than that. So not only is it a buttload of calories (isn't that part of the point of the diet for most of the fadsters?) but you're also still getting functionally the lactose of a small glass of milk all in one go if you go any larger. I've had customers get a Venti like that.
derfmerf 2 points 3y ago
Yeah it is a really just an idk lol none of it makes sense and i dont think there could be a good way to do the keto diet
Kaywin 2 points 3y ago
The almond milk is ~okay~ (~5g net carbs per cup out of a recommended range of 25g~50g per day) and if you're like me and you get an unsweetened iced coffee, cold brew, or iced Americano with a tiny splash of heavy cream, it's great for keto. A little heavy cream goes a long way. IMO the folks at a lot of Starbucks, including my store, are a little heavy handed with the heavy cream/half-n-half, pouring it into these drinks as if they're the same as 2% or nonfat milk. The difference is huge.
RangerFoxXIII [OP] 2 points 3y ago
I think it might work with coconut milk, since it's not dairy and goes with the refreshers. Maybe if it was just a splash. That's how I would've made it, but I think the barista who made it did it as if it was a fruit infusion.
mon1411 4 points 3y ago
I drink the keto pink bismol drink alot (despite how disgusting it looks I like it) and our heavy cream never sepatates. Im in a test city though so maybe our passion doesnt have citric acid in i t?
RangerFoxXIII [OP] 6 points 3y ago
That's possible, but our working theory is that it's a different brand of milk, since we're Tarbucks.
xoxorandomxoxo 1 points 3y ago
What we do in our store is do less heavy cream so will make it passion tea to the tea line, heavy cream to the infusion line, then water to the water/juice line
RangerFoxXIII [OP] 2 points 3y ago
That's exactly what the woman who made it said she did. My TL tried making it too today, and it did the same thing.
What we think it is, is because we use different milk than company-owned Starbucks. We get our dairy directly from target, so it's Dairy Pure brand for half and half and heavy cream. Perhaps it's a difference in the homogenization process?
What we think it is, is because we use different milk than company-owned Starbucks. We get our dairy directly from target, so it's Dairy Pure brand for half and half and heavy cream. Perhaps it's a difference in the homogenization process?
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