What are your favorite misread drink names?(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by youraquatic
Yesterday someone ordered a chia tea latte and I couldn’t stop laughing.
maeeelynnn291 points1y ago
✨brown sugar oatmeal shaken espresso✨
Radiant_Session660165 points1y ago
The other day I was explaining to someone what’s in it and I said we top it off with oat milk and she was like “you top it off with oatmeal?!?!” I was like I oatmilk😂😭
Caffeineadick9 points1y ago
“Trenti strawberry akai the funniest part to me is my names Kai
That_Galaxy_RedPanda4 points1y ago
Strawberry “akai” </3 and then when I repeat their order to them and pronounce it correctly, they’re always like “uhh… that’s not what I ordered” lol
Caffeineadick1 points1y ago
Then they get mad when you say it’s the right drink shm
lemonuponlemon41 points1y ago
🤢 imagine the oat chunks floating around
sushibroni22 points1y ago
no we had someone GENUINELY ask for this. like actually wanted oatmeal in their drink
miakodank3 points1y ago
Ok but I’d probably try oatmeal with oatmilk and espresso shots instead of water
sushibroni4 points1y ago
i know what i’m trying at work next time now omg i have to know
miakodank1 points1y ago
Let us know if it’s good ! 😁
aphroditus_xox15 points1y ago
*expresso* makes it even better
lily-amber13 points1y ago
This one makes me so mad. Like I will put oats in your drink.
kikuuq5 points1y ago
Bro I actually had a customer get angry about this, he was like I want the O A T - M E A L, BROWN SUGAR ESPRESSO!! and my partner taking his order is a pretty fiesty barista, I literally had to step in and just be like okay oatmeal coming up just to get it on with lmao
cosmicsnowpea1 points1y ago
Wait so what did they actually want, because they literally said “espresso”
kikuuq2 points1y ago
They wanted the brown sugar oatmilk, the guy was just extremely adamant that it was oatmeal and not oatmilk and it didn't help my register barista likes to fight with customers lmao
handoverthemtoes4 points1y ago
Someone has literally asked for oat juice in their drink and I just couldn't keep a straight face
audiob1ood158 points1y ago
We have a regular who comes in almost every day:
Customer: Hi, can I have the- uh - tai chi latte? Barista: one chai tea latte, you got it.
EVERY TIME
clumsycalico33 points1y ago
We have an every day regular who cannot string together the words “tall vanilla sweet cream cold brew” to save his life. But that one is arbitrarily wordy so makes sense lol
I did, in fact, enjoy this immensely. Thank you for sharing.
JackyHighlightVideos2 points1y ago
Been working at Starbucks for about 4 months now, I still call it that when it’s a tall one because it’s abbreviation is “Tl Chai”
hautmess151 points1y ago
“Megan dragonfruit”.. enough said lol
Its-a-monday25 points1y ago
I get mangA dragonfruit all the time… by people I can confidently assume don’t read manga
itsyaboimikey_14 points1y ago
one time i said drango magonfruit to a customer lol
voldys_moldy_witch11 points1y ago
I’m a shift and I literally can not say mango dragonfruit it comes out megan every time I CAN NOT help it I swear
KJ2998SJ3 points1y ago
Same. 90% of time on till I say mangan drango or some other messed up version. It's a weird little tongue twister. Anytime a customer messes it up I just chuckle and tell them I mess it up every time too.
ThatOtherGuyTPM9 points1y ago
Megan Drangofruit and her best friend, Carmen Ruffle Crunch.
reclusivegiraffe9 points1y ago
we get that one a lot... why can’t people speak?
shades0fcool15 points1y ago
Social anxiety, speech problems, learning disorders, they get nervous ordering, or they have a hard time remembering the names of things and mess it up.
strawberry_sprite_1 points1y ago
dragonfly drink
hailo202119 points1y ago
The Carmen Ribble Crunch 🤷♀️🤣
peanutbutterbarbie57 points1y ago
one time a guy called it the caramel ribbon church lmfao 😭😭😭
b99__throwaway28 points1y ago
i was ordering for my husband at a store that was not mine and i tried to say caramel ribbon crunch frap one time but my brain was moving faster than my mouth and i said caramel ribbon crap and i just stared at the speakerbox and the person on DTO laughed very hard and then i laughed so it was okay
It_is_Katy6 points1y ago
I am absolutely incapable of saying "creme frap", it comes out as "crap" EVERY TIME
anolamadie2 points1y ago
Underrated comment. I just spent the last ten minutes picturing this and laughing my ass off to the point I accidentally woke up my boyfriend. You’re amazing
Vegetable-Rain7652106 points1y ago
I like “Caramel Ma-Cheeto!”
Last_Employment_173012 points1y ago
One time someone called it a "machi-latto" and I'm like.... ma'am where do you see an l
lemonuponlemon12 points1y ago
Mah Cheeto!!!
coldcatsoup14 points1y ago
narhhhhh mah cheeto fell on the flooor. :(
fidakitkat8 points1y ago
A guy comes in every day and orders a “caramel ma-chee-ato” I think he’s doing it on purpose now
Business_Custard705688 points1y ago
Not a drink, but "cinnamon ragel bagel" is my current fave
deadboydrumming18 points1y ago
To add onto this, my one shift supervisor was reading me the paninis we had while I was on DTO and she kept calling them “panenis’s” (jokingly on purpose) and it took everything in me to not lose it over the speaker box
Ashesremindme13 points1y ago
Haha, I always call them panenises 😂😂. Your shift and I would love each other!
Carsatan1 points1y ago
This is hilarious
champshere84 points1y ago
“Medicine Bomb”
JavaWasp11 points1y ago
You deserve an award for that one
Due_Ad_67939 points1y ago
We get Medicine ball, cough drop, and cold buster.
ThatOtherGuyTPM5 points1y ago
Add on flu buster and sick booster. Weirdly, the last one is kinda accurate.
spicychip169 points1y ago
I have people call it “throat coat” “throat bomb”
shabalaba014 points1y ago
sick bomb! 🤧🤧
dkr18291 points1y ago
Or as well known as a regular at my store as MEDICATION TEA. Earlier today someone called it a MEDICINE DROP too 🤣🤣🤣🤣
kcadancer1 points1y ago
IM IN HYSTERICS
peanutbutterbarbie70 points1y ago
strawberry assey refresher
kimememememe57 points1y ago
Not a drink name but the way customers say “venTAY” with their whole chest, full confidence always amuses me a little
AchillesHealed34 points1y ago
The same customers always say "TrenTEE". They really have no understanding of how vowels work.
kimememememe6 points1y ago
PLEASE I had a customer who kept insisting she wanted a “TERTA strawberry assy refresher tea” and then corrected me when I said “okay a trenta”
AltoUltra4 points1y ago
my mom does this😭 I've started ordering for her like she did for me when I was a child because it makes me scream inside
ruin_2450 points1y ago
A "Bacon Chai Tea Latte". Ordered immediately after he had ordered a Bacon Gouda.
ThatOtherGuyTPM2 points1y ago
Try the Bacocino.
P_2_P49 points1y ago
When the sticker prints for grande white mocha. I catch myself giggling to myself because I read “Gr Wht Mocha” as great white mocha. Hehehe
deadboydrumming36 points1y ago
My first thought was “Grr. White mocha” which is funny in its own right
lemonuponlemon9 points1y ago
That sounds like a bird species
Electrical_Metal_1066 points1y ago
This is now forever imprinted in my brain! Hilarious
FloofiAllie46 points1y ago
Strawberry IKEA 😂 It's the drink you put together at home lol
tiffsrae45 points1y ago
Not a drink but someone once ordered a chicken bacon poonani and I about lost it
Buttafly_3603 points1y ago
🤣🤣🤣 I'm hollerinnnn
Baristanotforlife34 points1y ago
She ordered a mocha cookie crumble. When I handed it to her she was like “this isn’t hot?” I was dumbfounded but I explained no ma’am… it’s a Frappuccino. I guess from now on ask them if they want it hot even if it’s a Frappuccino?
[deleted]36 points1y ago
someone ordered a caramel ribbon crunch and did this same thing. last drink of the night. a venti.
“I wanted this hot”
“maam frappuccinos don’t come hot. it says on the menu, blended beverage”
then she said it.
“But the OTHER starbucks did it for me”
“I can’t make a frappuccino hot maam. I can make you a caramel latte?”
“fine”
Madclaire0222 points1y ago
You can kinda do it hot but of course it isn't going to be exact. Just don't say a hot caramel ribbon crunch. Just say a dark caramel latte. Because then it doesn't get confusing
[deleted]5 points1y ago
what I ended up making her was a dark caramel latte with whip and the crunch pieces on it
[deleted]33 points1y ago
oh boy. the colorful pronunciations of macchiato. my favorite is macha cheeto
Diegosnotrod19 points1y ago
“Yuckeyatoe”
xujnesx30 points1y ago
eyebrow sugar shaken espresso :”)
Starlett_Hudson24 points1y ago
Mocha cookie crumbie or the “kenoae” bowl
Carsatan2 points1y ago
We get kenoae bowl a LOT
Tha_jphil23 points1y ago
A “Thai Chi latte”
gabby246813 points1y ago
Had one today it’d been a minute
castornb20 points1y ago
Someone ordered a mongo drongo and my coworker thought about it all day
shiftyclub19 points1y ago
People love to find letters in drink names that aren’t actually there. I get a lot of “caramel brulette lattes”
HappySunflower021014 points1y ago
We have a few that say “Crème brulee” instead of “caramel brulee” and idk why but it drives me nuts!
MacchiatoK4 points1y ago
This!! I’ll say, “The caramel brûlée ?” And they’ll say, “No. the crème brûlée” …. I’m like okay?? Never had a customer get that drink and say this isn’t it so I don’t even bother correcting customers anymore
HappySunflower02102 points1y ago
I didn’t realize how lazy people were, they can’t even read to get a name correct 😩
champshere15 points1y ago
“Strawberry Refreshner”
ethereal_dear12 points1y ago
"Can I get a (any flavor) frappachoochoo"
uncomfortableaf00812 points1y ago
someone ordered a “spicy tea latte” the other day in drive, we all just stood there for a second thinking lol
deeciphered11 points1y ago
We have someone come in daily and get the mangin dragonfruit refresher but my favorite is probably when someone called it the maggot dragonfruit.
MyMomsCar8 points1y ago
Someone once called me a homophobic slur by accident while trying to order the megan drink in DT
gabby246811 points1y ago
Trying to think of what this could be but I guess I’m glad I don’t know
MyMomsCar5 points1y ago
F slur lmao, which as a gay man am used to hear hurled at me, but never by accident djjssjjsn
gabby246811 points1y ago
Yeah that’s wild I’m so sorry
Electrical_Metal_10610 points1y ago
We have a partner that says Americancano. 😂
the-cats-meouch3 points1y ago
we’ve got a regular who calls them ‘americonnor’s and gets belligerent when we repeat it or call it out with any other pronunciation
EliMinivan10 points1y ago
"late"
National-Chance24061 points1y ago
LOL
sero507410 points1y ago
Mochki cocha crumbie, maygen drangofruit, Thai chi latte, oatmeal brown sugar espresso Shaken drink thingy, bacon gria egg bites, chocolate cock pop oh and matcha chi latte
anolamadie1 points1y ago
CHOCOLATE COCK POP
sero50741 points1y ago
Yep. Everyone in the car giggled like girls. It was all teenage boys.
addison_gae10 points1y ago
someone ordered a mango kiwi acayuh smoothie and i almost had a stroke trying to understand which drink they actually wanted
TheSwimmingBrain8 points1y ago
Caramel macharato
xerox-of-a-xerox7 points1y ago
dragonfaggot drink
Necessary_Low9397 points1y ago
I always call very berry hibiscus as berry berry hibiscus. Even when I repeat the drink to the customers.
somebody called the HCMT the "Dr. tea" and an old man once called stevia "sativa"
cosmicsnowpea2 points1y ago
In that case I’ll take extra sativas in mine
overturned236 points1y ago
strawberry asiago
FragrantWin96 points1y ago
Asshole crisp macchiato
Rosenmaecen6 points1y ago
Cheese nut prawleene
lily-amber5 points1y ago
Tetris strawberry akey refreshener, Tai chi latte, “the pink”, and lastly, it’s not a drink but I did almost die laughing, a pini (panini).
jondgul5 points1y ago
Creme brulee latte
Anxiousurca5 points1y ago
Today we had a mobile order for Boo and i thought it said Boob
adikrunch5 points1y ago
spinach fetty wrap
PIX8885 points1y ago
Vintage caramel macchiato
Strawberry aqui refresher
Passionate tango tea
Caramel robin crunch
Karma Frappuccino
TWKern015 points1y ago
Chicken ca-prees panini
Midnight_Esctasy4 points1y ago
Idk if it counts but someone asked for Coke before
Midnight_Esctasy4 points1y ago
Two funny ones I had today was “dark pike” and “clown reyband crunch”
Partymixvix4 points1y ago
“Can I get the floating cookie frap” lol that man is my coworker’s father and he recently found out what it was actually called
here_forthefun4 points1y ago
Megan dragonfruit refresher
Odd_Entertainment1343 points1y ago
No one saying Creme Brûlée Lattee huh?
zombi3queen3 points1y ago
Not very exciting but "Expresso" does my head in
SupaFugDup1 points1y ago
I work at grocery store and like half the staff call it "Expresso" and it bugggggs me
[deleted]3 points1y ago
i like it when people try and say sous vide “soup vayday” “sawsé vid” so many good ones. a rare occurrence, but like a treat
alerollerblades3 points1y ago
once someone said they wanted a tomato mozzarella punani. i will never forget that
Ghostly-goblin3 points1y ago
Mango dragon fly. I don’t need bugs in refreshers, thank you 😶
ACleverDoggo3 points1y ago
*Caramel Mochahito*
"Do you mean a caramel mocha? Would you like that hot or iced?"
"No, I want a caramel mochahito."
"Ma'am, do you mean a mojito? We don't do that here."
"No, a CARAMEL MOCHAHITO, like on the board out here!"
[Suddenly remembering the current promotional item on the drive-through board]
"So you want a caramel macchiato?"
reclusivegiraffe3 points1y ago
“dragonfly drink”
Zero1Sixx3 points1y ago
“Strawberry Kakashi refreshing”
femalehomosapien182 points1y ago
Old old old lady ordered a dirty sanchez instead of dirty chai (I didn’t know what it was at the time nor did she but my male co-workers sure did)
b__mo2 points1y ago
“Hony almond milk flat white” I was on DT and couldn’t help but laugh. And obvi anything with Açaí
AMLJ1442 points1y ago
TAI CHI LATTE
babynicotaku2 points1y ago
strawberry ACK EYE refresher 🦈💫
iAmbassador2 points1y ago
I giggle everytime someone orders a Blondie roast, or a cheese dannish.
BreannaLyne2 points1y ago
Used to have a regular call it a 'cheesy danis'
canithoe2 points1y ago
I got pitsatchio yesterday and I almost died
spicychip162 points1y ago
Strawberry ackakee
ittybittybakerkitty2 points1y ago
☕Ordering a drink with oatmeal meaning oatmilk ☕Ordering a mocha when they mean match or vise versa ☕Chia tea, tie chi tea, chi tea ☕Any "secret menu" drink that they think we all know - half those names are stupid as shit
the-cats-meouch2 points1y ago
i hate it when customers call the drinks by the facebook names, like medicine ball and most recently ‘blondie’ for a vanilla latte with blonde espresso. it just confuses the poor new hires and they keep coming up with new ones
antw462 points1y ago
megan dragonfruit refresh
mspattydotnet2 points1y ago
Mango dragonfly refresher. Makes me smile no matter what kind of day I’m having
strawberry_sprite_1 points1y ago
“mangan fruit”
_dracaryyss1 points1y ago
Apple crispy makaratti. Still makes me laugh.
bmm05281 points1y ago
I called out a tai chi latte once
lewordleprosy1 points1y ago
My boyfriend calls a caramel macchiato a caramel mockachino he genuinely thinks that’s how it’s pronounced and the first time I heard him say it I couldn’t stop laughing
Expensive-Act79411 points1y ago
strawberry asiago
mezzobarista1 points1y ago
caramel brutal instead of bruleé. caramel machete instead of macchiato.
Big_Command_42631 points1y ago
We had a guy at my old store who said “A Chai tea La—TAY” and another who said “Lottie.” Like how do you mess up the most basic words
seanoregano1 points1y ago
Tai Chi latte
happyzeb1 points1y ago
tango dragonfly
coffeeaddict34161 points1y ago
a Megan Dragonfruit
Acceptable_Narwhal_71 points1y ago
kiwi starfish!
badatlife151 points1y ago
This was a long time ago and I don’t know that it was at Starbucks, but my mom who has her masters degree as a reading specialist called a chai tea a “chow tea.” I still don’t know where she got that from.
fatassbaddie1 points1y ago
strawberry IKEA
OnTheEdge86861 points1y ago
My favorite of all time has got to be, Starfish Kiwi Refresher. This has only happened once, but I had to turn off the mic so I could laugh without the customer finding out.
Today someone ordered a “spinach fetty wap” and we all died
caseyfasey1 points1y ago
I have accidentally called the turkey bacon a "turkon bakey," and just about die laughing every time.
One time I held a straw up to a customer, looked them dead in the eye, and asked, "would you like a fry?" We we're both so confused. I don't know man, it is 5am.
Brain go brr.
Jadenvicious11 points1y ago
Regular comes in who always asks for a "Tentra" strawberry acai refresher. We always correct him (nicely of course) and he still does it every time.
Carsatan1 points1y ago
Macha (matcha) latte
Carsatan1 points1y ago
I went to say "mango dragonfruit" and read it out loud as "mangen dangen" through the drive thru to a customer 😭😭😭
I've done this several times
helpmedisassociate1 points1y ago
Trenti Megan Dragonfruit 😏
corncob9991 points1y ago
every once in a while someone will accidentally say sativa instead of stevia and it makes me smile every time
Big_Iron991 points1y ago
When I was a green bean and tried to say “Cream Frappuccino” but it came out as “Crappucino”
Rita_Rossweisse1 points1y ago
💁🏽♀️🐉Megan Dragonfruit🐉💁🏽♀️
Icy_Gap69801 points1y ago
Not so much misread but when some people come through with THICK southern accents the caramel brulee latte just sounds like a hound dog howling
mommymary1 points1y ago
Drango Magonfruit refresher or a caramel macc-a-cheeto
Western_Pea10111 points1y ago
"The carmel cookie crunch or whatever.. No the other one."
Or "Mo cha 'cappuccino' " but they want a frap 🤦♀️
Honey_Ginger1 points1y ago
I told my bf to order my drink, caramel ribbon crunch with an affogato shot, my sweet darling asked for an "avocado shot" 🤣
SmallBean041 points1y ago
An old country tea, the poor man wanted English breakfast tea 😭 We also has someone a couple days ago ask for a dragonfly
JackyHighlightVideos1 points1y ago
Wasn’t misread but it stemmed from a misreading issue.
You know how lots of people misread “Mango Dragonfruit” as “Megan Dragon”? Well someone somehow came to the conclusion it was named after Megan from Drake and Josh and referred to it as “The Drake and Josh Drink”. When I asked them to clarify they said “that Megan drink.” And I was try my hardest not to laugh. When they got to drive window the customer and I had a good chuckle about it.
Blacksmith_Kitchen1 points1y ago
Strawberry a-cocky
the-cats-meouch1 points1y ago
i once said ‘benti bink dink’ while on DTO, which was mortifying
ayakowantsmemes1 points1y ago
It's always drinks with caramel. Caramel macchiata, caramel robin crunch, caramel brew/ crem brulee
the-cats-meouch1 points1y ago
i had a lady call the emperors cloud a ‘charley saint cloud’ once.
she-is-fire1 points1y ago
Mangen dragonfruit 😂
sobegaycola1 points1y ago
a "granadea Carmel macheeoto" or a "dragonfly manga lime"
LetDiscombobulated661 points1y ago
“caramel machete”
dkr18291 points1y ago
STRAWBERRY IKEA 🤣🤣🤣 And caramel mochato 🤣 Someone really asking for a MATCH latte (instead of matcha latte), since when the “a” is muted ☠️☠️☠️☠️
CapableArtist1231 points1y ago
Caramel macchiataa
swordpasta1 points1y ago
mango dragonfly refresher ….
thatlibragirl1 points1y ago
I worked at a store in West Virginia for a few months. Carmel macchiati, grand-ey anything, Carmel rabbit crunch, chia tea latte, mangon dragonfruit, strawberry okay refresher
estrellamontse1 points1y ago
“Tomato mozzarella poonani”
aphroditus_xox1 points1y ago
💕 strawberry akay refresher 💕
DaybreakNightfall1 points1y ago
Strawberry assey
mallh0e1 points1y ago
Caramel macarena
National-Chance24061 points1y ago
Maggot dragon fruit trenti
DentistSafe48721 points1y ago
Caramel Maccy-lacchys, spinach fetish wrap, kiwi starfish, tai chi lattes; a woman asked for avocado milk the other day and repeated herself twice.
chellichelli1 points1y ago
Caramel mariachi Bacon Gowda
izxbellix1 points1y ago
a mangin dragofruit. not dragon. drago.
Emucks1 points1y ago
The dragonfly refresher, a caramel “ma…cheeto?”
credibleresource1 points1y ago
I’ve heard countless options for this one but my favorite… Caramel Maserati
rat-god-1 points1y ago
✨strawberry assy✨
muthafackin_g_4201 points1y ago
customer: megan dragonfruit
me: ma’am there is no one that works here by that name
mania2k181 points1y ago
i love the mispronunciations of the mango drangonfruit
Mangin Dragon Fruit Lemonade Strawberry Asseye refresher
fenriz-fingers1 points1y ago
some of my tops: strawberry a-kai, oatmeal espresso, ma-chee-ato/mi-cha-to/mee-kato (very common mistakes but still makes me giggle)
jawil7231 points1y ago
The classic- Tai Chi Latte.
drinkliquidclocks1 points1y ago
Yesterday I got a "Strawberry Aqua"
LizzieFresh2031 points1y ago
I was on DTO and I sometimes have issues talking and I called it a Frappuccino a crappuccino 💀
_dreamsofthedead_1 points1y ago
Strawberry IKEA refresher 😃
A_Coffee_Witch1 points1y ago
Guava chip Frappuccino, caramel mojito, mestoe, caramel robin crunch, just to name a few I’ve collected in my years at sbux that I can remember off top of my head.
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