i mean... ordering an upside down macchiato IS cheaper than ordering a latte with vanilla and caramel drizzle. and the macchiato comes with 1 less pump of syrup, which is a super small difference but a difference nonetheless.

It’s cheaper to order a caramel macchiato upside down than a vanilla latte with caramel drizzle. Sometimes if I’m craving something sweeter I’ll order one and I’ll get it upside down so it’s already mixed together. Why does it annoy you when people order it like this when it’s less work for us to make?

it’s literally easier to ring up an upside caramel macchiato than it is an iced vanilla latte with caramel drizzle. quicker, cheaper, easier lol. what’s the deal. i’d much rather someone order it that way when i’m ringing. some of the posts on here are beyond nit picky😭

I encourage customers to order it this way so it’s less work. It super annoys me when they ask for a straw and stir it. Anytime I see that I tell them to order upside down. Our store is all about that! They just don’t know any better and we try to teach them the secrets.

Update: talked to someone today who asked for a straw and I thought said she like to stir it. As I explained about ordering upside-down, she said she actually likes getting all the coffee first from the top...but still uses a straw. I know before the sip lids we all drank them with straws, but do you really get the “coffee first” taste through a straw?

I love it when they order an ICED caramel macchiato NO ICE then use a straw to drink it and say "ItS tOO SWeEt" !!!

I tell them to just order it upside when I watch them shaking it in their car.

It’s easier on me to make upside down in bar anyway. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t have to worry about catching the shots or getting back to them before they die cause they just got caught in the syrup like a normal latte.

No, you are not the only one. Equally if not more annoying is when they order it stirred or with no foam. What's the point?

If you add ice after the espresso and slowly pour milk down the side of the cup, you can layer it so that it is an upside down caramel macchiato. But it can be annoying when there is a rush going on.

Either way I order it people are annoyed. I used to work there and people acted like it was just as obnoxious to order it as a latte with caramel because it’s the same ingredients as a macchiato so I just order it and stir

... its not the same and if you think it is then you have been doing it wrong.

For starters, a latte with vanilla would get one more pump of vanilla than a carmel macciato

Secondly, people usually get this cause they want the carmel at the bottom too and stirred in

If you type it in its two mods for a latte with vanilla and carmel drizzle and only one mod for an upside down carmel macciato, so they are actually ordering in the most efficient way

It will also charge them more for a latte with vanilla nd carmel drizzle than a carmel macciato

Unless it's been changed recently, a caramel macchiato costs slightly less than a vanilla latte, add caramel drizzle.

That said, it still annoys me when it's ordered that way.

When they order it upside down I do cali style with no drizzle on top.
It's actually pretty good and is exactly what they ordered.

More annoying is working at pretty much any other coffee shop and the custies who just assume anything "macchiato" is a Starbucks caramel macchiato. I started telling people I didn't know what was in a Starbucks caramel macchiato, but if they told me, I could make it. That was a lie. I worked at Starbucks forfuckingever. But fucking with custies is fun! Even better would be the person who would go ahead and order an espresso macchiato, because that was the only kind we had, even after I explained what it was and that it was not a Starbucks caramel macchaito.

( I worked at Starbucks '93-2010. Different coffee shop from 2018-2020)