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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

Full History - 2021 - 12 - 06 - ID#rafvsp
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Five of these dang things, and no honey blend :( (i.redd.it)
submitted by Ashesremindme
Ashesremindme [OP] 155 points 1y ago
We need to get a honey bear or something because these packets aren't it.
JHOOOOBI 41 points 1y ago
At my store we got a big thing of honey and have been filling a caramel bottle with it. So much easier.
dontgiveah00t 5 points 1y ago
😲 I want this so badly
Professor_Profane 2 points 1y ago
Put the honey packets in a tall cup with hot water for a few seconds
Kryrieonn 88 points 1y ago
We've been using agave and just ran out of agave today 🙏
lexifreda 26 points 1y ago
us too, we've started using liquid cane and people like it just the same
Kryrieonn 10 points 1y ago
Does your store have a ratio to pumps and cup size?
diphenhydranautical 5 points 1y ago
omg…rip you guys :(
Kryrieonn 6 points 1y ago
It's a blessing in disguise
iqueefkief 3 points 1y ago
it’s not in disguise at all
jerzeegirl97 3 points 1y ago
So did our store, rip
littleorphananney 1 points 1y ago
Yep we’ve been using it too luckily haven’t run out yet
rlblakey17 72 points 1y ago
We've ran out of both the honey syrup and packets and have started offering agave packets instead. Most people seem to like it!
Melodic-Sprinkles177 10 points 1y ago
ppl at my store actually started to request it instead of honey and now we are out of both TT
How-Inconvenient 46 points 1y ago
Item Availability go brrr
badatlife15 34 points 1y ago
We’ve been out of honey blend and honey packets for weeks, we’ve been out of agave for a couple days now. We were also out of jade citrus for a couple days.
lpablito 27 points 1y ago
It’s a placebo you don’t need honey
How-Inconvenient -22 points 1y ago
Medicine ball is my what I get with some chicken noodle soup when sick, honey is required.
socalsailor027 28 points 1y ago
It’s so sweet it’s actually terrible for you if ur sick
badatlife15 4 points 1y ago
Honest question, how is it being sweet bad for you for a cold? Like the only time I would avoid super sweet things would be if I had a stomach bug. But if I have a stomach thing I’m not drinking tea. Granted I don’t drink tea to begin with, but I’m trying to understand the logic behind what I understood to be reasons for drinking tea (warm, soothes an irritated throat) and why sweetness would matter
IcyColdBrew 7 points 1y ago
Harmful bacteria love sugar. They thrive when given a delicious simple food source. Terrible diet equals terrible gut which equals terrible immunity and a terrible mentally ill mind to go with it.
How-Inconvenient 4 points 1y ago
:o oh my
irritablegarlic 16 points 1y ago
you could make your own version at home that isn’t horrible for your health. you can buy jade citrus mint and peach tranquility at the grocery store, brand is teavana. and make it with two tea bags (one of each kind), as much real honey as you’d like and a squeeze of lemon juice. 100x better for you than the starbucks version.
taebunz 16 points 1y ago
Yeah there's actually so much sugar in the teas, lemonade and the honey since the honey is the most processed honey i've ever seen in tea. Literally a sugar drink but it taste nice. But a little counter-intuitive if you have a cold
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bumble-bee37 18 points 1y ago
So we ran out of Jade Citrus and honey/agave for a week or so - customers were so insistent on this drink that they asked us to do all kinds of substitutions to make it work. DTO started to sound like this -

“I need a medicine ball.”

“Sorry, we’re out of the Jade Citrus and honey so we can’t really make that drink.”

“Well can’t you use something else.”

“Weeeeeellllll I mean some people have been ordering the peach tranquility with steamed lemonade and peppermint syrup but I really wouldn’t rec -“

“Okay yeah I’ll do that.”

*tries drink and asks for remake because it’s disgusting*
ThatOneTransGirl 17 points 1y ago
I’ve been at Starbucks for 2.5 months, worked at my main store and covered at 4 others. None of them have had honey sauce or packets since I’ve started. I’m starting to think the honey is just an urban legend lol. We’ve just been offering to use liquid cane instead.
bopbopcity 14 points 1y ago
For legal reasons you should never do this… but if you were to *hypothetically* pump classic into the cup instead of honey because ain’t nobody got time for honey packets…… nobody would ever notice lmao
mammoth_ofc 11 points 1y ago
Or liquid cane, say it’s a mahogany honey blend if they catch you
Starbucksprincess99 12 points 1y ago
We ran out of honey and agave too(:
demigirlhailee 10 points 1y ago
I'm at a licensed store in a grocery store so we just pull honey off the shelf 😎 but we did run out of peach tranquility for a bit, and subbed in peach juice. everyone seemed to like it fine.

I also covered at a store today, and was amazed to see a bottle of honey blend on the syrup shelf. then I noticed it had expired in July 🤢
Due_Ad_6793 10 points 1y ago
We ran outta honey blend, Jade Citrus Mint, and Peach Tranquility.

Ended up making a few using honey packets, Mint Majesty, Emperors Cloud/Green Tea, and Peach Juice. Did tell the customers, they said it tasted fine. (Only offered to the ones who looked/sounded like they needed it, too much of a hassle otherwise.)
mammoth_ofc 8 points 1y ago
I just got 6 Venti of Medicine ball (aka honey citrus mint tea) on Sunday and they all wanted peppermint mint syup in addition to the honey blend 😵‍💫😵‍💫
badatlife15 7 points 1y ago
Someone can correct me if mistaken, but from more senior partners I have heard this was the original recipe
youjustgottaignite 5 points 1y ago
I just make them without it tbh 🤷‍♀️

haven’t had one complaint since
iwmwsccbaecd 1 points 1y ago
same i don’t have time to put in all those honey packets
agntr3d 5 points 1y ago
We’ve been out of honey blend, honey, and agave. It’s rough
xj376877 4 points 1y ago
They’d be getting no honey if that was me lol
Vincent_Cromwell27 3 points 1y ago
Fun fact: the original medicine ball before it was put on the menu was made with classic:)
sero5074 3 points 1y ago
We haven’t had honey blend for over a year. We’ve been using honey packets, now we’re out of honey packets, so we’re using agave. Then we’ll be out of agave 😭
Yosellllin 2 points 1y ago
We have not had honey blend in months ! We’ve been cutting the packets and putting the honey or agave.
iqueefkief 2 points 1y ago
we don’t even have honey packets

pRaIsE bE that we still have agave 🙃
JHOOOOBI 2 points 1y ago
Gotta go the old fashioned honey packets route.
[deleted] 1 points 1y ago
This is one of my favorite teas I can never not get honey. If you want less at least one pack.
xBig_Birdx 1 points 1y ago
We don't have honey blend either so we've just been making it the old way. 2 packets of honey instead of HB pumps
Hot-Froyo 1 points 1y ago
Literally got 4 orders of these exactly 1 minute before close. Sometimes we use agave instead of honey but for this particular person, nothing. :)
StarbuckLuLu 1 points 1y ago
😩
mcasper96 1 points 1y ago
We're out of both the honey blend and the jade citrus mint so that's fun
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