tbh I know it’s so common now but I always think it’s so disgusting when people order anything with “extra extra extra extra extra” caramel and they say it like 7 times like make sure there’s EXTRA caramel… when I make it I literally put a horrible amount of drizzle that takes up like 1/4 of the cup and they’re always smiling at the window like wow this is so perfect!!! 🤢

Them heavy cream pink drinks always make my stomach hurt .

Had someone get a hot mocha with steamed apple juice and matcha cold foam

Kiwi starfruit with a shot, yeah that was a bad day for me

I see heavy cream refreshers at least once a day it doesn’t even phase me anymore. There’s a customer who mobile orders every couple weeks and gets three trenta pink drinks sub heavy cream , add passionfruit tea base, and extra ALL of the inclusions. The 3 drinks are for her and her kids of course…
We also have a regular that gets a HOT blonde vanilla latte with sweet cream cold foam. Part of me wants to tell her that it has almost the exact same ingredients as the whipped cream and putting it in a hot drink is pointless since it’ll just melt anyways. but part of me thinks she knows this already and it’s a weird flex/power move since she also feels the need to wear expensive luxury brand outfits to Starbucks every single day of the week lol.
Some of the memorable one-offs I’ve seen in drive through are:

-pink drink with mocha (do we call it a brown drink then? it’s not very pink anymore)

-lemonade with 2 affogato shots. This was before cold brew lemonade was even announced. we thought it was a prank or something but the guy actually drank it and said we should all try it because it’s really good. I was the only one brave enough. It’s not even that bad actually, it almost works somehow? I wouldn’t recommend it. but it tasted surprisingly pleasant in the same way that eating acrylic paint also tasted surprisingly pleasant when I was dared to do it in high school art class. LMAO. like it’s not Good but not disgusting or sickening.

black tea lemonade with pumpkin sauce 🙃🙃

Pink drink made with whole milk. I almost threw up

I had someone get a strawberry frap with shots

Just today someone got an iced latte with hazelnut, peppermint, and toffee nut(I think) but sounds disgusting. There’s been a lot of nasty combinations for matcha recently too, people will just put whatever syrups in there.

someone yesterday got a strawberry acai with peppermint and then like an hour later we got an order for a peach green tea lemonade with salted cream cold foam

before i worked at sbux someone told me that toffee nut and peppermint together was delicious and tasted like one of those peppermint cookies. tried it. they were wrong.

Actual menu item those summer sunrise and sunset drinks. Tea lemonade with cold foam on top. They'd curdle before you could even hand them off.
And the cold brew protein smoothie.
Honestly, I don't think anything can be more disgusting than that thing was.

Today I had somebody order a trenta lemonade with extra vsccf, coconut milk, strawberry purée, peppermint syrup, and no ice.

People can like what they like I guess but sometimes what they like makes me feel like I’m gonna throw up. Our menu is too customizable. They shouldn’t be given this much power.

Today it was iced matcha with single shot & pumps of chai with brown sugar syrup... not a good color

I once had someone order a vanilla sweet cream cold brew with peach syrup and marshmallow whipped cream. It was honestly fucking nasty

mango drag lemonade with strawberry base, purée, double blended with whipped cream and dark caramel drizzle. two of those 😭😭😭

dragon drink with 2 shots of espresso , kiwi inclusions , lemonade & passion tea….

Caramel in a matcha

Someone ordered a strawberry crm frap with 2 add shots today

This one guy ordered a venti hot mocha with lemonade instead of milk, added shot and an extra pump of mocha 🤢 and yes he still wanted whip

Any form of cold matcha drink with strawberry puree. It seems like it probably tastes alright, but the color is very baby poop...

I had to check to see if you were from my store. Lol

So, I had someone order the MDR with SCCCF through DT yesterday. I called them out on how weird it was and the dad of the daughter shook his head and agreed with me while saying, "ticktok".

Then my SSV raised an eyebrow when I ordered it. What do I care? I'm not paying for it.

Today I ordered a venti sized with caramel drizzle. Legit. It's a surprisingly great combo.

keto pink drinks always give me the ick

iced matcha latte, 18 scoops of matcha, nf milk, not shaken or stirred just matcha powder at the bottom….. they told me they liked eating the powder ☹️

Regular with a heavy cream hot venti latte no foam, 8p van. The vanilla isn't bad but steaming heavy cream is. It always makes an 800db sound and i feel bad for the people in the cafe.

had a trenta pink drink with a single today😔

caramel drizzle in refreshers 🤢

Pink drink with 2 blonde shots🥹

Matcha lemonade. Every single time. Nothing will ever be more disgusting. And it’s a real drink

any refreshers with a shot, but ppl most commonly put them in the coconut milk refreshers at my store. either way, YUCK!!

A pink drink with raspberry, salted cold foam, caramel drizzle, and no ice

pink drink made with heavy cream A N D FOAM. she comes by a LOT

mannnn. i wish i could post the picture of the drink we got for a mobile order today.

Today someone wanted a venti non-fat cold milk with 10 pumps of mocha and 5 pumps white mocha 😬

I was had just finished learning hot bar and was allowed to make drinks for customers to practice, we got an iced grande chai with 2 pumps raspberry. My trainer recreated it and we all tasted, it was so grossss💀

Venti pink drink with 2 shots of espresso and 2 scoops of vanilla bean…I kid you not

Probably the vanilla bean frappe with kiwi base is the most cursed I’ve seen

A lemonade with coconut milk and 4 pumps of the frap creme base :(

Not the weirdest but today I got a Frap with foam on top??? Like what. Anyways, we have a guy who regularly orders a Caramel crunch, add FULL PUMPS raspberry, white mocha, and hazelnut, extra mocha drizzle and extra caramel drizzle and double dark caramel. I also once had someone ask me to make them a tea but unscrew the too of the liquid came and pour. They said stop at 1/3 of the cup full 🤢

Honey citrus mint tea with steamed nonfat milk added 🤢

Had someone today before peak order a Venti Strawberry acai with lemonade + 2 shots of espresso... they said it was delicious 💀🙅‍♀️

Iced matcha tea latte with strawberry purée. She made us remake it twice because, “for some reason, it keeps going brown!” 🙄

Water, no ice, with whip…. She was “hungover” and wanted to “try something new”

peppermint and raspberry syrups together. what

Iced americano with PEACH SYRUP 🤢

there’s a partner at my store who makes a iced peach green tea lem with sweet cream and toasted vanilla and it sounds gross but honestly…. it wasn’t horrible i tried it

Back when we had cool lime refresher, there was a woman who came in once and ask for green tea with a scoop of matcha, a shot of espresso, freeze dried limes, and cinnamon shaken together. As I was handing it out I was so bewildered I just went “Alright maam, here’s your…. Drink.” She picks it up laughing, “Bet you never had anybody order anything like this before.” Me: “Haha, no can’t say I have.” She takes a biiiig gulp and goes, “Mh-mh-MH so good! You made it just right!” I never saw her again. That drink still haunts me nearly six years later. I tried it after she left. Nastiest concoction I’ve ever had on my tongue.

1/2 pike 1/2 green tea base with cream - tried it out of morbid curiosity and it tasted like rye bread.

There is literally nothing that phases me anymore. I once had to do a vanilla crème with a splash of lemonade.

Vb frap w/ mango dragonfruit inclusions, ex caramel drizzle & cinnamon powder on top..

The other day someone got a dragon lemonade
with heavy cream and 2 shots of Espresso

matcha lemonade with caramel drizzle and pumpkin cold foam when i tell you that should have been my last day

a pink drink with lemonade. yup. coconut milk and lemonade. ummm matcha with espresso shots always looks disgusting. passion tea with almond milk

Chai tea latte with hazelnut syrup 😅

Lemonade iced shaken espresso 🙂 honestly I tried it and it wasn’t terrible……

Didn’t actually see this but when I worked at Starbucks years ago I’ll never forget my supervisor said the grossest drink she made was a mocha Frappuccino with 32 Splendas ! I just can’t forget it 🤢

im a green bean so idk if this drink is actually good i haven’t tried it but idk why but like 5-10 different people get matcha+chai combo in their drinks…is it any good?

Very berry hibiscus, blonde shot shaken in. They’ve since transitioned to a strawberry açaí, blonde shot shaken in.

Today somebody got a mango dragon fruit with Matcha cold foam.
Another weird one is a flat white with half heavy cream, half water.

Passion tea lemonade with vsccf. It was curdled and the lady just sat there like “mm so delicious 😌” 🤢 ma’am please don’t do this.

green tea lemonade with a blonde shot. the worst part is a ssv came up with it and multiple partners (myself included) actually liked it 🤣. however there is a customer with an order than left a ridiculous impression on me.

a green tea latte, with peach juice, mango dragonfruit base, kiwi star fruit base, AND lemonade.

edit: i forgot to mention she wanted to add both raspberry syrup and classic syrup.

and yes, you read that correctly.

she ordered a hot one and iced one.

she complained and called later saying it wasn’t made right while claiming she ALWAYS ordered this at OUR store—when it was indeed the first time every partner who was working this shift had heard such an atrocious order (we told other partners from different day parts as well… no one had no clue who she was). we ended up remaking them for her the next day and she was happy and cheery about it.

Mango dragonfruit Lemonade with nonfat cold foam

oh I have a favorite for this post. We used to have a height-of-restrictions pandemic delivery regular. Every single morning I would come into work and steam this man a tall caramel apple spice, 2 added pumps of caramel on top of the cinnamon dolce, keep the whip and drizzle, add… 3 scoops of blackberry inclusions. Every day he would get this. I genuinely thought he would learn after the first delivery but some people are just masochists that like warm, mushy, spiced blackberry slush I guess

dragon drink with oat milk, strawberry acai with a shot of espresso, chai with matcha, the iced white mocha with vsccf and extra caramel drizzle makes my stomach hurt just looking at it

A tall water with 2 pumps of Carmel syrup. I made it a grande… she made me remake it in a tall 🤦