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Hot chai with or without water? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by lavendersigil
My store does it with half water, my partner’s store does just milk. Our SMs are saying different things, different partners are saying different things.
uwu420uwu 82 points 2y ago
Half water half milk
lavendersigil [OP] 45 points 2y ago
Judging from the answers I think my partner needs to have a word with her SM lmao
Aliciarox11189 11 points 2y ago
Look at the ipad the recipe is there
allieallison 37 points 2y ago
Half water half milk. Think about it like a tea latte! Tea bag, half water, half milk. The chai concentrate takes the place of the tea bag!
Magica_gogh 26 points 2y ago
Standard is half water, half steamed milk. Was just training my green bean on that yesterday!
Coffeeaftersex 18 points 2y ago
Half hot water & half steamed milk is the standard.

With that being said, I personally make MY chai lattes without water because I like it strong and more concentrated. One of my favorite milks are almond & oat. ❤

ALSO, it is important to stay updated on recipes since they change quite often. Just to be safe ya know?
happybowlita83 15 points 2y ago
I heard of that a few months ago from a customer he said a store around us told him it doesn't come with water anymore but we checked the recipe card and it does still get 1/2 water
cringeqween13 14 points 2y ago
Your partners SM sounds like they shouldn't be an SM (if you ever wonder what something does and doesn't have you can put it into the pos and look at the side bar.) iced chai only comes with milk but you can think of the ice as being your water
firepaper 2 points 2y ago
For most things that come with water it actually won’t say on the pos if it does.
cringeqween13 1 points 2y ago
I know it does for hot chai
avocadoogen 11 points 2y ago
Half water, half milk.
z0ehernandez 8 points 2y ago
Do partners not ask questions when ppl order no water chais….
ryan2198 8 points 2y ago
Standard is half water and half milk- however preference wise i think it tastes better with just milk.
jupiter_bug 6 points 2y ago
Isn't it suppose to be water to the siren's eye?
interyx 2 points 2y ago
I always found that measurement unreliable because we get seasonal cups. The siren moves around on them. Plus, I think the siren's eye on standard cups is more like 2/3 water. What doesn't move around are the drink boxes, so now I'll do water to the top of the line on the milk box and fill the rest with milk.
ohamilkshake 6 points 2y ago
as the recipe card shows, it's with water.
i used to work at a sbux kiosk inside of a kroger as my first job & the way i learned it there was that it was just milk. i never knew that there was supposed to be water (&i was always confused when a customer would ask for no water in it lol). it wasn't until i was applying for a position at a drive thru sbux that i learned from a coworker (who had worked at a sbux drive thru nearby) that it was supposed to be made with water. people do different things & the way i see it, as long as a customer doesn't complain, it's probably fine lol
Tereziaparka11 6 points 2y ago
Look at the box of chai. It explains the recipe. With water.
FfierceLaw 5 points 2y ago
I think much of the time customers complain, they got one drink made “wrong” that they happen to like, but they never know it was “wrong.” Then they are disappointed when they get one built to standard and complain. If they ever figure it out, they are free to modify, but how many figure it out and how many just decide we’re all incompetent? From one wrong drink build 😑
salty_vs_salty 2 points 2y ago
Yes. This is 💯 why we should always make drinks to standard if not customized by the customer.
iStealSharpies 4 points 2y ago
I steam the water with the milk. Work smarter, not harder.
lavendersigil [OP] 3 points 2y ago
Bruh that’s so smart I’m gonna do that
unsatisfied_plant 3 points 2y ago
Half water half milk unless otherwise stated by the customer. Iced chais are all milk, no water
juju483 2 points 2y ago
It's supposed to be half water. So many people ordered and like it without water that my store started making it without water. It also makes sense because the iced chai doesn't have water 🤷🏻‍♀️
Elliotisnotokay 1 points 2y ago
Recipe calls for half hot water half steamed milk
rosesandthorns17 1 points 2y ago
half water
allamericanogirl 1 points 2y ago
It’s half water, half milk. The chai is a strong concentrate and needs to be cut with water in hot chai.
harmlessZZ 1 points 2y ago
Go into the app “store resources” and go through all the recipes if you ever have a spare minute. You may catch other things that have been overlooked!
LavanderSkies0930 1 points 2y ago
The weekly update a while ago said that it no longer came with hot water and to just do steamed milk
HooperB95 1 points 2y ago
Hot chai tea latte = pumps of chai add half hot water half steamed milk (2% unless asked otherwise)

Iced chai tea latte = pumps of chai and add milk (iced chai gets no water just milk) plus ice on top unless asked otherwise.

😁👍🏻
the1noir 1 points 2y ago
I’ve always done a quarter of hot water and the rest milk. I guess I should start doing half water and half milk now lol
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hopelovepeace33 0 points 2y ago
I personally think it taste better made with just the milk but that’s my personal preference. I also usually end up making them without water because that’s how I was shown to make them at my old store but at my new store people make them with water so 🤷🏻‍♀️ who knows. It’s all on personal preference.
renjaminbutton 0 points 2y ago
Technically the rule is half water half milk. But I know a lot of partners that don’t put water in it for multiple reasons. My own SM told us that we should make drinks how we would drink them, personally, I would hate if water was in my chai so I don’t put water. There’s also people that just don’t cause it’s faster. But standard is half water half milk.
Webshooter38 0 points 2y ago
My store does just milk
mkohls246 0 points 2y ago
Should be just milk regardless of the standard. The water makes it suck so bad
TheActualFridge 0 points 2y ago
😬🙃 my stores been making it with just milk....guess we gotta make some changes
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TheActualFridge 0 points 2y ago
NVM the recipe cards at my store just say milk no water 🤷‍♀️
harmlessZZ 2 points 2y ago
Check the app “store resources” on the iPad. That’s the only thing that will be up to date
kurokurokii -1 points 2y ago
I was told it was just steamed milk and chai pumps ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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asdfjklyss 22 points 2y ago
And this is why some of us get yelled at, because those who follow standards make it for them and it doesn’t “taste right.”
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ElijahLordoftheWoods 10 points 2y ago
Y’all are why we get these ‘but the other Starbucks does it’ customers. Make. Drinks. To. Standard!!!!
Alexaction21 -12 points 2y ago
Originally its half water half steamed milk but around the 1st winter launch of last year they changed it to just only steamed milk to "simplify recipes" just like they did with hot chocolate not getting vanilla anymore although i still ask guest if they want
jcj44 13 points 2y ago
this is incorrect. it’s still water. make it with water
Alexaction21 3 points 2y ago
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