no lol

edit; they’re just gonna come back and complain, so i just make like a latte and boom

Idk how to it always looks ugly asf

when the "upside down" started was because of how the caramel macchiato was put out as.


sip the caramel and coffee and then enjoy the sweet vanilla milk. a layered drink.


well when you used a straw (pre sippy cup lids) you put it in and it goes right into the milk and you drink it down to the espresso and caramel so we came up with the "upside down" so you can drink the iced caramel macchiato like a hot one.


so in full essence: the 'petty' way, is, and will be the 'correct' way to make it...
the official way has be lost to antiquity and gone the way of: "this is how people want it anyway" much as shaken espressos with just a big splash of milk on top instead of making a pain in the ass latte.

I make most drinks the petty way 😂

Fun fact upside and stirred are two different things if the customer wanted it stirred then it would be mixed.

I personally always do vanilla, lattice caramel drizzle in the cup, shots, milk, ice, light drizzle on top. We have a regular that gets two venti quads upside down every day, so I’m used to making them. 😅

Is this not how an upside down CM is made? If they want it to look like a latte, they can order it stirred. I have several regulars that want it upside down so they can suck up the caramel with a straw as they want it, so I always make them like this when ordered upside down

Y’all I didn’t think a couple of macchiatos would be such a controversial topic 😭😭

When I'm register and they ask for it, I clarify. Actually upside-down, or stirred because my barista on bar will make it exactly how you ask for it and we have two buttons, stirred it upside-down.

always. they’re prettier and technically it’s exactly what they asked for

We literally have a regular who will whole heartedly tell us to use 1/2-1/1 of a caramel drizzle bottle. She will complain and yell and get verbally agressive when we obviously tell her no. Some of us cave in whilst the rest take it. She recently came in and I saw she had a dexcom. I wasnt that surprised

Upside macchiatos are my favorite to make. Never have had a complaint either. 🤷‍♀️

Nah I kind of appreciate the upside down customization for this since I can just make a latte and not throw anything off

no but i put the sticker upside down

Idk what way is petty and what isn’t but I do all the steps in the opposite order unless they’re just saying they want it mixed then it’s like a latte. If they’re in the cafe I asked and most just want it like a latte, if it was mobile or DTO without clarification then yeah it’s literally upside down because that’s what it is. I didn’t think it was petty I thought that’s just doing the order as written.

Honest question: how do you get it to not mix when you pour the milk?

I do and every time the customer is pissed that it didn’t come stirred

Oh ABSOLUTELY

When i was first hired i literally made it like this because i thought that’s what upside down meant and i gave it to them and they looked at me like i was insane 😭

Don't pls. You know they don't want it like that.

Now a person who was rude to me or purposefully mis-gendered a friend? maybe.

i don’t get how this is petty or why people are mad . can someone point it out to me 😭

I feel like this voids the whole point of ordering it upside down

Sometimes you gotta do drizzle, shots, ice, milk and syrup. Get a mouthful of sugar

Unfortunately, my stores' customers do not consider that upside down. To them, upside down is no different than stirred. Including the drizzle... ;-;

the petty way is upside down LAYERS. like a hard line of espresso on the bottom and milk on top

If it's a mobile order, "Upside Down" is a modifier under "Espresso & Shot Options," so have fun I guess, but be prepared to remake it.

Pretty way?

Drizzle, ice, shots, milk. Drizzle on bottom only, ice then shots to make the ice melt, faster, then milk on top because the ice keeps it separate

I work at a local coffee shop now and I make all my lattes like that

always caramel drizzle on the bottom too

no

i mean i used to but only because i was never trained on it. now that I am I dont

i use to do this until i got yelled at very badly by a customer in cafe and it was super embarrassing lmao

Tell me your from a cafe store without telling me your from a cafe store.

Basically just a vanilla latte with xtra caramel. If you ordered it this way it used to cost less back in the day

The only way*

I will be now!!

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i always do and i’m the only one in my store who layers it upside down

there was this one time a lady asked for it upside down expecting it to be stirred and she even said “bc last time they actually made it upside down” and i was in my head like “yep that was me” and then explained she can just asked for it stirred

I used to. People would say "AUGH, I CAN'T DRINK THIS. I USE MY STRAW AND JUST GET CARAMEL DRIZZLE." Like, your first and only mistake was using a straw on a sippy cup.

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