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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 02 - 03 - ID#lbwqfs
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I’m curious! What area is your store, and what’s the most/least popular thing you guys sell? I’ll start: I’m in Kansas and we go through white mocha like it’s nothing, and we sell a kiwi starfruit maybe once or twice a week lol (self.starbucksbaristas)
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Edit: I just want corporate to read this thread and see why the kiwi starfruit was a waste of time and money 👀
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Western PA- iced caramel macchiatos, strawberry refreshers, white mochas, and caramel fraps are most popular.

Least popular: kiwi lol and plain lattes.
darthtinmay 8 points 2y ago
Texas! (Houston area)

Most popular (there’s so many...)
- Iced white mocha, vscf, extra caramel drizzle
- Iced triple espresso, 3 pumps white mocha, with light cream, in a venti cup
- Caramel fraps
- iced caramel macchiatos
- mango dragon fruit or strawberry açaí with lemonade
- pink drinks
- iced matcha latte

Least popular:
- Americanos
- cappuccinos
- blended strawberry lemonade
- London fog
- English breakfast Latte
- matcha lemonade
dudekaylasucks 1 points 2y ago
Houston is sleeping on the London fog latte.
occamysRazor 6 points 2y ago
On the coast of SC! Most popular: obviously the iced white monstrosity, strawberry açai with heavy cream and vanilla (🤢), extra hot chai lattes! Least popular: hazelnut anything, very berry hibiscus, kiwi starfruit!
interyx 3 points 2y ago
I'm in the Myrtle Beach market. Lately it's been sweet cream cold foam out the ass on literally everything: iced lattes, iced coffees, **frappuccinos** which makes me so mad every time.

And of course pink drinks, dragon drinks, caramel macchiatos...

We threw out all our kiwi starfruit, it just didn't sell at all.
occamysRazor 2 points 2y ago
Unfortunately we have ONE customer that comes by once a week to get one so my SM won't pull the plug 💀
existentialmacchiato 6 points 2y ago
illinois! most popular - iced white mochas, strawberry acai, caramel ribbon crunch; honey oat milk latte is weirdly common. least popular - kiwi starfruit, passion tea, pineapple matcha
FairMaidenRiverMouth 2 points 2y ago
Chicago here, pretty much the same except we also get a lot of A and CM.
TheFriendlyFeminist 5 points 2y ago
Upstate New York: right now it’s that damn tiktok iced white mocha sweet cream foam extra caramel drizzle drink is the most popular. I feel like the kiwi star fruit is pretty rare and the guava passion fruit drink is uncommon as well
cherycoffee 5 points 2y ago
north florida here!
non-stop iced caramel macchiatoes :) and carmel crunches
least popular- kiwi starfruit and pineapple matcha
redloh9 4 points 2y ago
Minneapolis-
We do a lot of pink drinks and caramel macchiatos.

We do not do a lot of kiwis. Or passion fruit drinks.
jae459 4 points 2y ago
Arizona (East valley). Most popular: iced/hot caramel macchiatos, green and black tea, iced chias, all frap, all variations of mango and strawberry refreshers, and anything with white mocha.

Least popular: cappuccinos, anything with regular/nonfat cold foam, the almond milk cold foam cold brews, blended strawberry lemonade, and dark/blonde hot coffees.
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jae459 3 points 2y ago
Oh fun! I rarely meet people from the area here! I’ve worked as a borrowed partner in the majority of my district and tbh they are all like that. Literally Christmas day I swear we had as much if not more cold bev than espresso bar drinks. Only when I was at one of the stores where most people were older and retired was it slightly different but those are rare gems and have a whole host of other issue lol.
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jae459 1 points 2y ago
Yesss! Honestly the community keeps it interesting! Annoying as hell at time but worth it. I’m with ya on the cold bar. SO many Frappuccino’s. First year my store was open we were told our summer would be slow. By the end of it my SM declared us to be a “Frappuccino store”
kitsustar17 1 points 2y ago
Also from the same area. Not sure about you but we go through keg after keg of cold brew. And oddly enough we get quite a few almond milk foams (probably just because of the neighborhood my store is in.)
jae459 1 points 2y ago
Oh my goodness so many kegs! God the amount of cold brew is insane. We have 6 cold brew toddys (technically 7 but we use one for sweet cream) and honestly I think like 9 or 10 kegs. Over the past few weeks (since the start of the new year really) almond foams are more popular but nothing will be near the VSCCF
LordSpock 3 points 2y ago
Paris - France here, usually refreshers and caramel machiatos, but we're actually closed for months now bc of covid ofc, so maybe it's gonna be different after we reopen.
BatWeary 3 points 2y ago
Ohio here!

Most popular:
- iced WM with vsccf, xtra caramel drizzle
- caramel fraps, extra drizzle
- caramel crunch, extra drizzle

-iced matcha with soy, vsscf, xtra caramel drizzle (and sometimes raspberry)

-mango dragonfruit w/ lemonade with WM and passion tea poured on top (this one legit tastes like dirty gym socks i gag every time)

-all frappuccinos. please save us.

-cheese danish (i know this isn’t a drink but dear god we easily go through 3-4 boxes a day, if not more)

-honey citrus mint

-strawberry açaí/with lemonade and with water

-white mocha.

-vsc cold brew

-salted caramel cold brew has been popular lately

-CHAI. people order it so much i hate making them now. we go through at least 4 backups a day (1 backup=6 boxes of chai concentrate...)

-vanilla sweet cream cold foam.

Least popular:
-anything kiwi

-cinnamon almond milk cold brew (i try to sell this beauty so bad😭)

-dark cocoa almond milk cold brew (i try selling this beaut as well😭)

everything else is just kind of in the middle lol

edit; formatting was weird
kreborn17 2 points 2y ago
Ohio here, accurate
Allison_82 3 points 2y ago
North Georgia! White mocha’s and caramel macchiato‘s are definitely super popular, I can’t remember the last time I sold a pineapple matcha or a “violet drink”
This part added after reading other comments: I also forgot about the tea lattes like London Fog, only our supervisor orders those 😂
Donald26069 3 points 2y ago
Low country South Carolina/ Hot White Mochas, Caramel Fraps and Pink Drinks are the most popular. Our least would probably be the kiwi refresher and the Pineapple Matcha is NEVER SOLD (More for me 😁)
bumpinpumpkin468 3 points 2y ago
Upstate South Carolina - White mocha haunts me in my dreams, while nobody seems to fancy espresso con panas or kiwi starfruits.
toadhugger 3 points 2y ago
Maryland here.
Most popular: Carmel macchiatos, iced white mochas, caramel ribbon crunch.
Least popular: kiwi star fruit and pineapple matcha.
fritocaldo 2 points 2y ago
Newport Beach, CA:

Most popular-for the health conscious 40 somethings: extra hot nonfat no foam lattes. No foam anything really (I don’t know what they all have against foam here) a lot of them love Splenda as well. For their teen daughters: pink drinks with vsccf, honestly vsccf on anything hot or cold. For their sons young and old: mocha cookie crumbles or iced caramel macchiatos ex cr drizzle. For the aspiring health influencers: black iced coffee/cold brew/ or nitro, if they are trying to treat themselves maybe add a splash of some milk alternative. For the guys that are on the way home from the gym: hot black coffee and they will let you know that they “don’t get any of that frilly shit” because “real men drink coffee black”. Listen chad we know you want to order a psl, nobody cares. Real men order whatever they want

Least popular-kiwi refresher, caramel apple spice, pineapple matcha, and the guava passion fruit drink
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Coffee-Bae 2 points 2y ago
Arkansas here!
The most popular drinks we sell - in my district at least:

• Iced Caramel Macchiato

• The Tiktok, sugar-coma-inducing monster, of 7 year old me's dreams.

• White Mocha with VSCCF (but hot for some reason, a LOT of people get it like that repeatedly)




And the least popular:

• Blended Strawberry Lemonade

• White Mocha Cream Frappuccino (I think the last time we made one of these was for some training six months ago)

• Kiwi

• Iced Matcha Lemonade

• Iced Cappuccinos


And I haven't seen anybody mention food items on this post yet, but I wanted to mention the Hickory smoked Turkey Jerky, I sold one, a year ago. I up-sold it for a bet, but hey I got a free movie ticket.
dwightshru 2 points 2y ago
Illinois - chicago suburb mall

popular
- strawberry acai w lem
- mochas
- double smoked bacon
- white mochas
- cold brews

least popular
- kiwi
- brewed teas
- iced teas
- guava / peach drinks
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heedthelock 2 points 2y ago
Western Canada:
Plain drips, caramel macchiatos, the mango dragonfruit anythings and chai tea lattes are endless. I've literally never had someone order a matcha lemonade and I had to chuck out a nearly full box of ginger last month cause it finally expired.
Wise-barista1103 1 points 2y ago
St Augustine fl, our most popular drinks would have to be the pink drink and caramel macchiatos. But just like everyone else we literally throw out a full kiwi star fruit every week because one person orders it legit every two weeks 😂😂
soawkwardly_confused 1 points 2y ago
New jersey we go through chai iced or hot very fast. Golden ginger we don't even have it out anymore if someone orders it than we open a bag and we haven't had it out for like a month.
urlocaltransboy 1 points 2y ago
I live in a fairly big city in California (not LA or SF...lol). Honestly, every shift there is always one particular thing I have to make a lot of. One day it was caramel fraps, then the next shift it was caramel macchiatos, etc etc.
Acceptable_Emu 1 points 2y ago
New Jersey here! Lots of caramel macchiatos, iced white mochas, black tea with Splenda, and pink drinks
No one really gets kiwi star fruit, matcha lemonades or pineapple matchas, or espresso con pannas (honestly I only think our own partners are the only ones who get con pannas at our store)
cancel94 1 points 2y ago
SF Bay Area here, most popular is either a Pile with too much sugar, white mocha, or anything with cold foam. Least popular is probably the tea infusions, we rarely sell peach green teas and such
smellman4 1 points 2y ago
Central California

Mainly drip coffees, lattes of any kind, chais and mochas as well as iced teas

Least popular are kiwi star fruit refreshers, I’ve only ever seen someone order it once, and also not too many matchas
victoriajeaan 1 points 2y ago
haven’t seen indianapolis yet!
most popular
- caramel ribbon crunch
-mocha cookie crumble
- vanilla bean frappe
-white mocha
-honey citrus mint tea
- iced white mocha VSCCF and extra caramel drizzle
least popular
-any of the almond milk coldbrews
-mocha is not very popular
-plain lattes
imathrowayslc 1 points 2y ago
NJ Mall store

Top: strawberry açaí (we run 3-4 people plays and only are open for 10 hours and can still burn two cases a day sometimes)
Carmel macchiatos
White mocha
So many frapps(it’s always summer in the mall)

Least:
I don’t think I have ever opened the kiwi. Other shift keeps writing it on the almost out list..... there are 6 in the cold bar fridge. Should last another year.
London Fog :( I think I make all of them for me.
bexbux 1 points 2y ago
Haven’t seen CA yet!
I’m in Central California. Bakersfield, to be exact.

Most sold for drinks is definitely:
blended- caramel fraps, vanilla bean frap, mocha cookie crumble and caramel crunch
iced- white mocha, pink drink, mango dragonfruit, caramel macchiato
hot- caramel macchiato (again), honey citrus mint tea, caramel brûlée latte before they were discontinued, and vanilla lattes
food- birthday cake pops, bacon sausage egg wrap, banana nut bread, and cheese danish

least sold:
hot- toasted white mocha, blonde/dark roast, espresso con panna, honey oatmilk latte
iced- kiwi starfruit refresher, pineapple matcha, coconut milk cascara latte
blended- coffee frap, green tea frap, blended strawberry lemonade
food- red velvet loaf, grilled chicken hummus box and berry parfait/overnight oats
cascadebabe 1 points 2y ago
Seattle!! I’ll keep it short;
Most popular: peppermint mochas + peppermint hot chocolates
Least: kiwi
TrebleClefable 1 points 2y ago
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Most Popular:

- Caramel Macchiatos (Hot/Iced)
- Americanos (Hot/Iced)
- Lattes (Hot)
- Matcha Green Tea Lattes (Hot)
- London Fog Tea Latte's
- Brewed Coffees (All Blends)
- Cold Brew (All)
- Chai Tea Lattes (Hot/Iced)

Least Popular:

- Kiwi Starfruit Refresher (Which I honestly like tbh)
- Frappuccinos (except for one month during summer)
- Mocha (Dark/White, Hot/Iced)
- Hot Chocolate
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