OMFG BRUHHH WATER IN ICED CHAI… BA-BYE-

I vividly remember my trainer teaching me iced chais over 9 years ago.

I pumped the chai and then stopped.
"Do iced chais get half water too?"
"They get ice."
"Of course, but do they also get water?"
"What is ice made of?"
"Water?"
"Do you think they should get two kinds of water?"
"Uh...no?"
"Genius."

Never forgot it.

I know someone who always tried to put steamed milk and espresso in iced chai because the word latte confused them

I don't think the recipe for chai lattes has changed in 20 years, lol.

on behalf of grocery store baristas im sorry

Made this mistake the first time I made an iced chai. I was corrected immediately and I think about that correction every time I make an iced chai.

I really hope that stuck with the kiosk baristas.

I worked in a grocery one and I knew this, HOWEVER!!! Most of these baristas don't get 1/3 the training you guys do. We're pretty much told to look at some cards for a few hours, ran through a basic latte hot/cold, and a macchiato, after that we are supposed to be floor ready. It's insane.

I thought this was going to be a "Ice is aktchually water" posts

i always tell green beans the ice is the water for the iced one.

WHAT.

What!! I literally never knew this lol I think everyone else in my store puts water in it too? I'm kinda shook ngl but it makes sense because of the ice I guess!

The ice is the water.

See this is why I don't bother with Starbucks kiosks... they never make my drinks right 😭

Oh boy reading the title was fun. I was about to rip someone for this 😂

i got an iced chai from a starbucks inside a krogers last year, but didnt watch them make my drink bc its an iced chai, simple right? i got to my car and it tasted like they added water to it. it was disgusting. i get how it can be confusing to a green bean maybe. the hot chai gets water so why not right? yeah no 😂

WAIT HUHHHH

As a green bean way back when I was alone when my shift was having a heart to heart with the other partner we were closing with in the back. No biggie. We were slow and I felt I had the hang of it. Ooh boy was I in for it!

A woman comes in and orders a "Grande Dirty Chai.". I had never heard of that so I asked her what was in it. She said that it was a Chai latte with an espresso shot. No problem. I ring her up and make my way down to the bar. Little did I know that my brain would completely short circuit in those few short steps from the register to the Mastrena.

I start steaming the milk and pulling her shot. Right about then for whatever reason "Green Tea" and "Chai Tea" decided to meld in my thought process. So I put 4 pumps of Chai...and some hot water...and 4 pumps of Classic...and 2 scoops of Matcha...and the shot...and then the milk. Alarm bells are ringing in my head "I don't think this is right, it probably should look like this." but it was drowned out by "Hey, I've got this! It's a 'Dirty' Chai right? Maybe it's supposed to be pea green and smell like an old shoe."

I hand her the drink. She takes one sip of it and says "I have been an elementary school nurse for over 20 years and have dealt with the smells and subsequent tastes in the air of dealing with small children who are sick. This is without a doubt the foulest thing I've ever tasted in my entire life.". I freeze. Just then my shift comes out of the back room and asks if everything was alright. I sheepishly admit that I may have made her drink incorrectly. The lady, to her credit, politely asks if I'm new. I say yes. My shift asks me what I put in the drink. I've never seen someone's lip curl up as fast as hers did. The other partner is back on the floor and they start remaking her drink. My shift hands me 3 recovery certificates (yeah that's how long ago this was) and has me offer them to the nurse which she happily accepts.

Lucky for me the customer was extremely understanding and we all had a good chuckle about it the next time she came in. Moral of the story : If you aren't 100% sure - ask!

I remember when I started I didn’t know hot chais were half water. I was making both hot and iced with just milk lmao I didn’t learn until a customer came in and asked for a hot chai no water and I was like … it doesn’t come with water. He came back and was like there’s definitely water in here and I never felt so stupid

But do the hot ones get cut with water still??

My Tarbucks TL (that was hired three months ago with zero coffee experience) did this the other day and I had to correct them.

Latte....

You're awesome.

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The ice is the water. That’s how I train new baristas. But the hot chai doesn’t get water anymore either. They changed the recipe around 1-2 years ago.

hahahah i did this my first three months

The ice cubes. That’s the water. Lmao.

Wait so does it get water or not?

No but seriously that just sounds nasty like wtf , why would you water it down.

wait so does it have water or not

I came from a kiosk to a corporate and everything is done different in a kiosk, mainly (IMO) it’s done to save space (ie more concentrated things are smaller packages and you just have to add water) but there’s some things that are just different hence the water and iced chai. But that’s just how the barista was most likely taught

I put water in mine, but only if I'm making my own. I do the pumps of chai then like just a couple tablespoons of hot water and swirl it. Actually is really good that way.

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