I’ve honestly just come to accept that the very specific drinks I make for myself while at work will never taste right if I order them from a different store. I’ve found this to be true even with normal menu items. I make myself a mean pink drink but they always taste watered down and have a weird ratio when I order them any other time ):

Okay so, I work at a licensed store and have perfected my order so that whenever I go to a corporate store I know exactly what to ask for and it’ll taste the same. When I make this exact thing while I’m at work (I make it exactly to standard) it tastes great, but literally every single time I go to a corporate store it tastes watered down and just not good. i’ve been trying to figure out why this is and the only thing I can think of is that the people that make my order confuse the number of pumps and divide them in half because the shaken espresso gets half pumps??? I don’t know what else it could be. this drink definitely doesn’t taste like it has 8 pumps of syrup in it. Please help I’m so annoyed.

(The one I work at is pretty far from my house so I usually go to closer ones)

edit: could y’all at least explain why you’re downvoting me lmao

I have to disagree. Corporate store should make this drink with 2 (full) pumps of hazelnut, as requested. In my experience, most stores don't keep a Hazelnut bottle setup with 1/2 pump. And if the license store's dark caramel's pump is set up correctly it should dispense the same amount of syrup in 6 pumps as the corporate's stores.

When making any drink that calls for half pumps but is modified, the modifications supercede the standard.

The absolutely only thing I can think of is the light ice part. I do think they completely forgot the dk though. Also, I have seen the difference in shaking even at my store, so idk if they’re putting everything in and just putting a crap load of milk? Because that doesn’t even look slightly aerated.

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