People will drink iced passion teas with heavy cream in them and watch it curdle in real time. I don't think the company cares as long as we're food safe (non expired product, etc) in that regard. And it will just melt. It's no different from having whip on a hot chocolate.

No it will not curdle it’s no different than putting whip on a hot drink

Curdle or not I think it just dissolves very fast. So no point. I’ll just rather add some sweet cream instead

How would it curdle

Whoever told you that is wrong. There has been no official policy stating you must tell the customer that it will curdle because it won’t. It’s almost like putting whip cream on a hot drink.

I don’t think there’s any science to support that

I remember one time in this sub, someone posted a pic of a hot drink with whipped cream and one with cold foam. In just a few minutes the whip was melted but the cold foam stayed in tact for a really long time. It made me view the cold foam on hot drinks differently tbh

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/starbucksbaristas/comments/ln2ig7/yall_hate_cold_foam_on_hot_drinks_i_got_curious/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Nah, its like whipped cream, but it actually sits there way longer than whipped cream. I did it all the time at home for my husband, every sip had foam and was a great substitute for cream.

I had somebody ask me for sweet cream cold foam on the bottom of a hot drink..

we have some regulars at our store that like to ask us to put ice in their hot coffees/lattes to cool it off a little before they drink it. we have a asm that if they hear this they tell us we aren’t allowed to do it. something about how it “shocks” the coffee/milk and ruins the flavor??

usually the milk should not curdle just because you put it in hot drinks, but drinks with refresha bases, lemonade or teas can make the milk curdle, as well as roasts with high acidity. If you see any curdles in normal coffee based drinks it could also be that the milk is old.

I was told it creates bacteria 😭

It doesn’t curdle just melts really fast. Tell them it’s like over a dollar to add it and will taste no different than whipped cream to them