It’s like a vanilla bean layered with strawberry purée. Either way, they tell the recipe or I refer them to our actual menu.

B R U H

That… why do people do the things they do…???

We call this the Urnex special

I would’ve given a dead eye stare that’s a mix of confusion but also extreme sympathy, as if I encountered a child who had never had the experience of interacting with other children before. Being truly earnest in wanting to help, but also realizing there’s a language barrier and a line forming behind this poor soul. If only they were able to provide with me some clues about what they wanted to spend $8 on. There must be hope for them, since they were able to find what they were looking for on that smart gadget in their pocket and create detailed videos. I summon my inner Jane Goodall and point with a stick to the menu behind me, alas they may never be able to read it. The film crew is nervous as the tension builds between the suburban native who has never considered that pieces of poster paper with ingredients and prices are anything other than a barrier to the Illuminati underground of beverages that the green apron-ed keepers of knowledge deny access too. If only they knew the password to bliss was inside them all along. 2 pumps vanilla, 2 pumps white mocha, oat milk and salt topping. I’ve said too much already….

I literally had someone ask if we had that today! I had to tell them that they needed the recipe, and they looked so confused. Lol

LMFAOOOOOOOOO I WOULDVE BUST OUT LAUGHING

Disclaimer on the article: "This is how to order this drink at Starbucks. It's not a drink on their menu, so if you tell the barista only the name of the drink and not this recipe, they may not know what you are talking about! Order a \[actual menu item\] with these \[bullshit customizations\]."
What the customer says: "Can I get a Santa Claus Frappuccino?"

i tried looking it up and couldn’t find it

It’s red and dark green

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Because it's a power play

I think people just feel cool or elite for ordering non menu items and customizations. Even if it adds absolutely nothing of value or makes it worse

It's sicker that Starbucks allows folks to abuse us rather than putting a limit on customizations and getting rid of their "make the moment right" attitude. People literally mobile order a drink that is impossible to make with 25 customizations as a prank.

a kiwi starfruit refresher with urnex sounds close enough

Gotcha. I’ve been there for 2.5 weeks so I had no clue. Thanks for the insight though!