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Honey Citrus Mint Tea (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by philosopher_cat_lady
Baristas, please do not call the Honey Citrus Mint Tea a "Medicine Ball" or "Cold Buster." This is against Starbucks policy. Those are not the names of the drink, and we are not allowed to claim that a drink treats or cures an illness. People should be staying home and isolating if they're sick. Do not encourage them to come to Starbucks to order this drink by calling it something it's not.
[deleted] 23 points 2y ago
I get so mad when I hear some of our partners call it the medicine ball. Most are good about it, but we still have those few no matter how many times I tell them *still* say medicine ball.
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 7 points 2y ago
It's a weird name when you think about it
Tomato_96 16 points 2y ago
Are people stupid enough to think a drink is medicine lol
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 14 points 2y ago
Yes
meloscav 10 points 2y ago
I always verbally correct them and I’ve had people firmly say medicine ball and I always have to be like “yes ma’am, a honey citrus mint tea.”
Fit_Willingness1229 9 points 2y ago
i love the drink as a partner. but i like it for the FLAVOR. and it makes me feel better when i’m sick bc the warmth soothes my throat. i hate how many visibly sick ppl i see ordering this shit on the daily. expecting to be cured.
Fit_Willingness1229 7 points 2y ago
i agree with you. our tea isnt a secret. and it’s not science. like? warm some lemonade up in the microwave idgaf. don’t come maskless and bitchy through my drive thru and expect me to fix you.
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 6 points 2y ago
It's delicious. Green tea is good for your immune system, and honey soothes a sore throat. Honey also kills germs. But these are things you can buy and store at home in the case that you become sick in the future. Or you can have groceries delivered contactless or have a friend bring you things you need to treat your cold symptoms contactless. These people are selfish to an incredible degree. And if anyone is not aware that there is no cure for the common cold or for COVID-19, they are inexcusably ignorant.
XxTRUEPINOYxX 8 points 2y ago
My first week as a partner someone said medicine ball I was like we don’t got that, and they got mad at my ass and had to explain it. I told them don’t need to be rude I’m new. They were embarrassed
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 2 points 2y ago
That's on the customer for not knowing the real name of the drink
FelicityCecilia 6 points 2y ago
Medicine ball is just kinda what its called though. Even at other coffee and tea places. And if the customer is dumb enough to think ANYTHING from starbs is actually medicine... thats on them. Just my thoughts
meloscav 7 points 2y ago
The problem is when they come in on the verge of death and infect us.
FelicityCecilia 6 points 2y ago
Agreed! Dont go to starbs or any store if you’re sick!!! In fact, fuck you for doing that!!! Ugh entitlement
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 3 points 2y ago
One of the Starbucks in my city just got a partner test positive for COVID today. My manager let us know so that we can be prepared for maybe having more customers who can't go to that location
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 3 points 2y ago
Yeah, I get your point. But I feel like calling it a medicine ball subtlely implies to the customer that I think it's reasonable to call a tea drink something that makes a cold better. It doesn't make a cold better. The only thing that makes a cold better is time.
Anxious_Database 3 points 2y ago
Plus the problem is Sbux does not want to get in legal trouble for calling something medicine when it’s not. So official company policy HAS to be that we absolutely do not call it medicine ball.
FelicityCecilia 1 points 2y ago
Thats fair we do have a lot of wealthy karens who can and would jump on the opportunity to get richer from a lawsuit.
medicinexx 3 points 2y ago
i 1000% agree, but even the fucking recipe card says that it’s ‘otherwise know as the medicine ball’. 🥲 but yes, stay the fuck home if you are sick!!! herb water will NOT HEAL YOU
PMA_ALL_DAY138 2 points 2y ago
The only time I call it anything other than the Honey Citrus Mint Tea, is when this one female cop comes through my drive thru, cause the first time she came through she accidentally called it the BALL MEDICINE tea, which made my entire team burst into laughter. When she got to the window, I told her I was never going to let her live that down. And to this day, I still haven’t.
RareFlea 2 points 2y ago
There's so much sugar in the lemonade anyways that you're just gonna feel better if you make your own honey and mint tea.
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Oh, right, another thing it does is numb the throat with the mint
aubriesage 2 points 2y ago
i’ve only ever called it a medicine ball. no one at my store calls it the honey citrus mint tea. i don’t really see the big deal lol, people would make time to go to starbucks on the verge of death anyway. the sad truth of it
_cockgobblin_ 4 points 2y ago
we can’t claim a drink has medicine it it
aubriesage 1 points 2y ago
idk about you but i’ve never claimed that it has medicine in it. i think people know there isn’t any in it, and if they do then they’re actually idiotic.
_cockgobblin_ 3 points 2y ago
i’ve literally had multiple people ask me what medicine we put in it. people are fucking stupid and it’s terrifying so pls maybe just call it a tea?
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Yeah, it's a legal liability thing. I guess I personally don't want to do anything that may encourage a sick person to come to my store. ::shrugs::
Khaleesisdragons 2 points 2y ago
Agreed... so much easier than saying “oh do you mean the honey citrus mint tea?”
Imnewtoit 1 points 2y ago
Interesting, so does the weighted ball at the gym that people use to work out with contain medicine since it is called a Medicine Ball?
philosopher_cat_lady [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Another weird name for an object
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