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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2020 - 02 - 20 - ID#f70ch5
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A cup of sugar and splash of tea (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by macaronica
Once I watched my partner get this kid a venti black tea and he asked for 16 pumps liquid cane. The kid was with his girlfriend and he was almost flaunting how much sugar he was about to consume as if it were coke. She confirmed 16, I watched her pump out 14, and he SENT IT BACK SAYING IT NEEDED 2 PUMPS MORE. Mind you, the kid was in the bathroom while she was making his drink so it’s not like he was counting, he just knew what it tasted like. Starbucks customers are truly a different breed
garycomehome1221 70 points 3y ago
There’s a lady at my store who gets a venti dark roast with “12 full pumps of classic”
shorty327 35 points 3y ago
I think people think that dark roast is more caffeinated but don’t like the taste of coffee so they add so much sugar
Lunatics_Apprentice 5 points 3y ago
That’s so funny cuz the dark actually has less caffeine because it’s roasted longer, and the blonde has more caffeine!
Beverice2 3 points 3y ago
Except when we brew blonde we use blonde scoops so the brew strength is weaker and blonde probably has the least caffeine because of it.
packers1503 1 points 3y ago
Is there such thing as a blonde iced coffee ?
rach_lizzy 4 points 3y ago
If the store you are visiting has a Clover you can order and iced blonde roast on it.
beccaboo2u 3 points 3y ago
You could get a blonde Americano and then iced.
Weathervanes 1 points 3y ago
It can be made as a pour over, so itll take longer as it isnt premade :)
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potterlyfe 51 points 3y ago
Oh that’s for amateurs. Lol I have a customer that gets daily a venti iced 11 pumps vanilla and 18 pumps white mocha with heavy whipping cream. I tried it once and almost vomited on the spot. Then I have a customer that gets a 16 pump frap roast coffee Frappuccino. She’s a chain smoker and all but admitted it’s hard for her to taste the coffee. In the 3 years I’ve worked there, it’s increased from 11-16 pumps.
bootrick 20 points 3y ago
Okay, you beat my old regular. She got 12 splenda and 12 pumps sugar free vanilla
spoopyboogie 29 points 3y ago
One of my old regulars at my last location used to get a trenta black iced tea lemonade with 45-50 pumps of liquid cane sugar
hufflepuffisonfleek 16 points 3y ago
I would not want to be the person pumping that out... I'm getting nightmares just thinking about it.
spoopyboogie 8 points 3y ago
I was usually the person he requested to make it because only I derived the sick pleasure of making his stomach turning, cavity inducing, sugary drink lol
GaggleGuy 11 points 3y ago
I think 32 pumps is just below the first black line yeah?
spoopyboogie 3 points 3y ago
Yes it is lol
hexsan91 2 points 3y ago
tacotwatt 26 points 3y ago
why not just take an adderall and a laxative
Slockss 19 points 3y ago
Lady at my store always orders a iced white mocha with 12 pumps. 12....
nkarriem 19 points 3y ago
We have a customer that gets a venti iced coffee with 21 pumps of classic and extra heavy cream.
macaronica [OP] 6 points 3y ago
GROSS
canigetaventiuh 12 points 3y ago
At my old store we had a lady who would order a black tea lemonade with 12 pumps in drive through. She sent it back enough times that we just started putting 18 in off the bat.
problematicbirds 10 points 3y ago
I thought I was overdoing it with three Equals in a venti iced coffee christ
coffeeslinger2000 3 points 3y ago
Literally me with my venti passion tea LOL I’m on a no extra sugar kick rn and even equal feels bad
_book_queen 10 points 3y ago
A guy at my old store would get a Trenta green iced tea with 32 pumps of classic. 32!!!!! FULL!!! Pumps!!!!
Stevekoala 10 points 3y ago
Back in Florida when we had the southern sweet tea which had a full pound of sugar already in it I had a partner who ordered it with no water and 12 pumps of classic
Alybear91 2 points 3y ago
Oh my god! That’s how we used to make the tea sweet tho, with a literal pound of sugar..
Stevekoala 2 points 3y ago
Yeah I remember the first time I made it at work and I was like asking how much I put in and my shift is like “the whole bag” and I’m just over here thinking “like damn that’s a lot of sugar”
dearDem 10 points 3y ago
Doctor at our hospital always gets a grande blonde, 6 pumps cinnamon dolce, 6 pumps hazelnut.
TheYesExpress 10 points 3y ago
My stomach just turned.
spicypotatogurl 9 points 3y ago
There's a regular at my store who at least once a day mobile orders a grande iced white mocha with 9 pumps white mocha and 3 or 4 sugar packets... FOR HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER (11 or 12 yrs old, maybe!!)
analiseh18 9 points 3y ago
the number of teenage girls that come through and get iced coffee with vanilla, toffee nut, AND classic makes me want to puke
pleasesurpriseme 3 points 3y ago
We get a ton of that but with classic, vanilla, and hazelnut 🤮
10000lizards 9 points 3y ago
just hours ago i had to make a venti iced americano with 20 pumps of classic. TWENTY
Hereloff 8 points 3y ago
Y'all I get sick drinking something that's just the regular recipe...these people disgust me 🤢
junekusama 8 points 3y ago
The old store I used to work at, we had a regular who every day got a Trenta green tea “AS SWEEEEET AS YOU CAN MAKE IT!” After getting it sent back for more twice cause it wasn’t sweet enough, one of our partners put 45 pumps of classic in it, she tasted it and said it was perfect.
So she came in
Every day
45 pumps of classic in her Trenta green tea
Honestly everyone at that store got their tea so sweet, we were low volume (~4K a day on a busy one) but our par for classic for one week was 15 bottles.
coffeeslinger2000 7 points 3y ago
This makes me really sad though. I’m cutting way back on my added sugar intake (not worrying about sugar in milk or fruit for example) and it’s so... disheartening to see people filling their bodies with this stuff :(
tragicalyhappy 7 points 3y ago
2 venti Breve lattes no foam 15 pumps SFVanilla each then he put like 15 packs of equal in each after his "workout"....
I have another guy who gets a 25 pump peppermint latte...
sass_mouth39 6 points 3y ago
25 peppermint??? Jesus why not just straight up mix vicks into your coffee at that point
audig96 7 points 3y ago
I thought the lady at my store that gets a venti iced chai with 12 pumps chai every morning was bad😬
coffeeslinger2000 6 points 3y ago
Our regulars who get extra chai pumps have taken to saying “four extra pumps” as if they’re aware of their sugar addiction and want to mask it istg
brit_666 4 points 3y ago
Grande iced chai with 11 pumps, 4 stevia , no ice (the chai literally goes up to the second black line. We don’t even count anymore, we just take the lid off and pour the chair in)
macaronica [OP] 3 points 3y ago
We have a regular that gets 12 chai too haha
Whagarble 2 points 3y ago
Customer here comes through and gets (4) 10 pump chai no water, and an extra short cup of chai.

Our chai par is 32.
cardawbal 7 points 3y ago
A have a girl that comes in my location almost everyday and gets a venti passion tango with no liquid cane but then adds 13 splenda and 10 pumps of raspberry and she’ll come back for at least two refills on the same day.
padminiyoni 6 points 3y ago
We used to have one guy get 25 pumps of classic in a venti black tea lemonade (years ago when hot bar pumps of classic was standard in iced teas) he would come through at like 6 am and get this and order it like with zero shame
Midnight-greetings 6 points 3y ago
Had a guy order something through mobile and it had 12 pumps of 2 different syrups, 8 pumps of sfv and 8 pumps sfcd with a few actual sugar packets in it. I believe it was espresso shots and like a splash of milk haha
P_2_P 6 points 3y ago
I had this woman come back to the handoff 3 times because her Strawberry açaí wasn’t sweet enough. It totaled out to 20 pumps of cane sugar in that venti cup.
a_wild_spoon_ 4 points 3y ago
Had a lady order a vanilla latte, she said she only wanted to taste the vanilla, as a joke i put 80 pumps of vanilla on the sticker, i later learned 80 pumps of vanilla fills up about 80% of a venti cup
TaiLovesHBK 3 points 3y ago
Oh, we have a customer that gets 35 pumps of LCs...no joke!! In fact, she used to get 25 and then added 10 more!!!! How these people don’t have diabetes and still have all their teeth, i’ll never know 🤷🏽‍♀️
dafergu 3 points 3y ago
I had a customer months ago order a latte with 9 honeys. This was before the honey blend so I couldn’t ever suggest that. 9 honeys is just a pain to deal with 😭
dalenakitty 3 points 3y ago
I had a regular complain about it didn't taste like there was milk in her ice coffee. Her order had 36 pumps of flavors so... There was maybe room for 2 oz of ice coffee and 4oz of milk? Of course you can't taste the milk, fool! Ya ordered a cup of syrup!
aggressivelyangry 2 points 3y ago
I have this customer that comes in multiple times a day and orders a venti nonfat hazelnut latte with 20 pumps. I don’t even understand the point in her getting nonfat at that point it’s like a syrup misto once the syrup and espresso is in it
ellenino89 2 points 3y ago
Ugh reminds me of this one weird kid that orders a tall ice coffee with milk, no ice and 15 freaking pumps of hazelnut. And he usually gets at least one refill, sometimes two. 15 pumps in a tall ice cup is literally 2/3s of the cup. And during happy hour he will usually order two venti salted caramel mocha frapps with three extra pumps of each syrup and drink them both in one sitting...
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I had a regular that would get 40 pumps in a iced venti caramel macchiato
HollowRibcage 2 points 3y ago
I mean there’s a regular at my store that gets a vanilla latte with « 15 pumps vanilla »

Édit: And another regular who every morning, gets a pike with 20 sugars
drubhub 2 points 3y ago
The worst I’ve had is a Trenta Green iced tea with 12 pumps of LCS
Whagarble 1 points 3y ago
Few things.

1) LCS is trash. Not sweet at all. Classic is the only option.

2) most LCS is pumped with CBS pumps... Which means half amounts anyhow.

3) I get trenta black no water, 15 pumps classic.

4) I'd probably get 20 if I knew I wouldn't get so judged by my partners. Lol
AdrielleFox24 1 points 3y ago
The worst I’ve seen are

- trenta decaf iced coffee, 15 pumps SF vanilla, extra soy, light ice

- venti Starbucks double shot on ice, 8 shots, 8 pumps white mocha, 8 pumps cinnamon dolce, half and half, extra ice
Thatsmypurseidku713 1 points 3y ago
I once had a little boy, couldn’t have been older than 10 at most order at the bar a venti blonde double shot on ice with two extra shots. He’d come in with his father and I assumed it was for his dad who was waiting at the table while his son ordered with me. I said, is your dad okay with 2 percent or does he want heavy cream? The kid poker faced replied “It’s for me.” I guess I couldn’t hide the shock on my face and he followed up his reply with “2% please, nothing is more important than staying awake.” Truly the most ominous experience I’ve ever had with a kid. 😅
excitable-kitten 1 points 3y ago
Had a customer who always ordered a venti coffee with 20 PACKETS of sugar. What a pain. Nicest lady.
yontytaw 1 points 3y ago
Lady used to come in for a trenta mango dragon fruit no water and 20 full pumps of classic.
spicypeacetea 1 points 3y ago
had a guy at the dorm starbucks i worked at get a white mocha with 13 pumps of vanilla
psychedelicmushys 1 points 3y ago
We have a woman who gets a venti iced chai latte with 16 pumps chai and light ice.
Meliodas666 1 points 3y ago
Try a venti strawberry açaí,no water, and 10-12 pumps classic depending on the day. She was 11 years old 🙄
brit_666 1 points 3y ago
“Can I get a skinny vanilla latte with 15 Splenda?” This girl comes in several times a week and always gets this drink
entropylizard2 1 points 3y ago
I knew someone who would get 16 packs of stevia in their trenta tea.
strudelcutie44277 1 points 3y ago
theres this guy who comes into my store a few times a week and gets a venti passion tea with 30 pumps of liquid cane...makes me want to puke every time
BoringBrittany 1 points 3y ago
We have a woman come in every day and get 15 pumps of liquid cane. Sometimes multiple times a day.
DisorderlyHum 1 points 3y ago
I made a trenta black iced tea with I think 12 pumps of liquid cane sugar and 14 splenda in it (I think, this was like a year ago)
FutureKnightMaybe -1 points 3y ago
I had one lady once get a passion fruit with 4 splendas 2 snl and 6 pumps classic.
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