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Sbux is playing a prank on us all (self.starbucksbaristas)
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When I first started at sbux, there was this one SSV who would play a prank on new people. He'd give them a cube of ice water and tell them to whisk it and be like "this is an important task, just do this for a while." And it was just this dumb, silly little joke because obviously stirring ice water is ridiculous, right?
Right...??
Well apparently, the "proper" way to make cold brew is to literally *stir ice water until the ice melts* before using it to cut the cold brew.
The only reason I know this is because we have some insufferable people at my store that are OBSESSED with following every single detail of every single rule to the T and they want to enforce this as the way to make cold brew.
Starbucks really saw that prank and decided they were going to play it on all of us. All this to say, the day you see me stirring fucking ice water for this company is the day they're holding my family hostage and forcing me to.
Has anyone else heard of this "standard?" Does anyone actually do this step? I'm genuinely curious. Let me know. Thanks for reading my rant lol
Right...??
Well apparently, the "proper" way to make cold brew is to literally *stir ice water until the ice melts* before using it to cut the cold brew.
The only reason I know this is because we have some insufferable people at my store that are OBSESSED with following every single detail of every single rule to the T and they want to enforce this as the way to make cold brew.
Starbucks really saw that prank and decided they were going to play it on all of us. All this to say, the day you see me stirring fucking ice water for this company is the day they're holding my family hostage and forcing me to.
Has anyone else heard of this "standard?" Does anyone actually do this step? I'm genuinely curious. Let me know. Thanks for reading my rant lol
Adeptness-Lucky 43 points 10m ago
This was in the training when kegs first came out. Our store veto’d it in favor of chilling the kegs for hours before use. Same final result, less work.
But we were lucky enough to have enough kegs and fridge space to make that an option. Maybe some stores don’t, in which case they should be doing it the more time consuming way.
But we were lucky enough to have enough kegs and fridge space to make that an option. Maybe some stores don’t, in which case they should be doing it the more time consuming way.
a-viewer [OP] 5 points 10m ago
Same. We have plenty of space to prechill the kegs and we don't go through cold brew fast enough to be using recently made kegs. When we make them, they go in the fridge at least over night before we end up fifoing through to them
Have_Donut 2 points 10m ago
I frankly don’t even see why we prechill the kegs. They have no thermal ballast in them, they are ~0.5mm (+/- 0.1mm) formed sheet metal. They are so thermally conductive they will rapidly match whatever temperature of liquid you place inside them. I could hear them up to 300° F and put pour room temp CB into them and they will be matching that temp within a degree inside of 5 minutes.
We also usually let them sit in the fridge for at least a day before use due to FIFO.
Sorry for the rant, I just cannot understand why there is such focus on prechilling the kegs before we let them sit with CB in them for a day in the fridge.
We also usually let them sit in the fridge for at least a day before use due to FIFO.
Sorry for the rant, I just cannot understand why there is such focus on prechilling the kegs before we let them sit with CB in them for a day in the fridge.
a-viewer [OP] 1 points 10m ago
I agree completely. The entire chilling process seems silly when they all sit in the fridge for 10+ hours before use anyway
Longjumping_Stick_56 17 points 10m ago
i will never be doing that
HarleySpicedLatte 24 points 10m ago
it has been the standard since the beginning of Starbucks nitro cold brew. it has to be the right temperature and any tiny cubes Left behind will cause the machine to break down.
also you could just prechill your water for 4 hours
also you could just prechill your water for 4 hours
mysterious_yams 2 points 10m ago
How would ice break the machine?
Specialist_Salt_507 3 points 10m ago
Clog up the lines
mysterious_yams 0 points 10m ago
Ice can't get in the lines, the ice floats on top and the cold brew gets pulled from the bottom of the keg
HarleySpicedLatte 1 points 10m ago
what they said. the blocks cause everything else to start breaking down just like if you have a clog anywhere else
a-viewer [OP] 2 points 10m ago
Lolol I feel ya. Honestly I'm on my way out of here and this is the mood I bring with me everyday. I am very tired of this job 😭
Misty6612 9 points 10m ago
Tbh it does make a slight difference in quality. But like someone said if you chill the keg for a few hours it’s the same result. As long as one of the things is cold as heck it’ll still be good.
Chromosomes23 5 points 10m ago
I do It when I have to make a keg on the fly so it’s cold when served from nitro.
Outrageous_Sorbet_72 3 points 10m ago
standard is to chill the cubes of cold brew for four hours before putting it into kegs and cutting it with ice water, they say otherwise the cold brew will not reach the proper temp and the consistency will be off
5AV1OR 2 points 10m ago
You either have to do 4L water 2L ice whisked until all ice melts or you have to chill I think 5L water for I believe 4hours
nonogender 2 points 10m ago
my manager told us to whisk ice water in a cube for cold brew but not until it melts
new_direction_ 2 points 10m ago
Yep, you’re supposed to either do this or prechill your water. Technically, everything should be chilled - keg, water, and cold brew concentrate. Since the kegs get sealed and could in theory be served immediately after making them, and would take a very long to chill from room temp when prepped, it ensures that your cold brew is to standard, ESPECIALLY nitro since it has no ice.
But no, lol. I don’t usually do it. For a few reasons. Mostly, I don’t usually make kegs myself; I’m running the shift any time I’m at work and it’s not particularly useful for me to be in the back making kegs. We usually wait for 3-4 to be dirty, wash them all at once, and chill them all at once, so it would mean me being in the back for awhile if I did it, and I have no intention on micromanaging someone putting kegs together. If I’m making kegs or have someone just working on cold brew with time to spare, I WILL usually have them (or will myself) whisk a BOH scoop of ice into their cube of water to chill it, but not measure out ice and water to standard. We do prechill all of our kegs and concentrate, and our filtered water is pretty cool, and since we make kegs usually once or twice a day and they’re typically sitting in the fridge for at least overnight. That means our cold brew is always cold, even without following the standard perfectly.
But no, lol. I don’t usually do it. For a few reasons. Mostly, I don’t usually make kegs myself; I’m running the shift any time I’m at work and it’s not particularly useful for me to be in the back making kegs. We usually wait for 3-4 to be dirty, wash them all at once, and chill them all at once, so it would mean me being in the back for awhile if I did it, and I have no intention on micromanaging someone putting kegs together. If I’m making kegs or have someone just working on cold brew with time to spare, I WILL usually have them (or will myself) whisk a BOH scoop of ice into their cube of water to chill it, but not measure out ice and water to standard. We do prechill all of our kegs and concentrate, and our filtered water is pretty cool, and since we make kegs usually once or twice a day and they’re typically sitting in the fridge for at least overnight. That means our cold brew is always cold, even without following the standard perfectly.
Some_Promotion_1203 1 points 10m ago
Pl butl
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59625962 1 points 10m ago
Just put some ice in the keg
5AV1OR 3 points 10m ago
This can damage the cold brew system.
59625962 1 points 10m ago
That's just an old wives tale
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