You’re correct. No crème base should be added because by doing so, you change the nutritional profile of the beverage. Coach your manager and let them know that adding crème base will change the nutritional values of the beverage than of what Starbucks has online.

always ask! the customer could have an allergy or dietary restriction. or maybe they just want a really watery drink, you never know.

Additionally, there's no way to ring in and account for frap base in these blended/double-blended drinks. For inventory purposes-to account for that base-if someone requests base be added to something blended, you have to ring as a frap or blended lemonade and modify from there.

No, adding the base would make it very sweet. The only reason why fraps are tolerable with the base is because the drink is mostly ice with little frap roast and milk—and other scoops of inclusions.

Edit: ur store seems like they like to make up rules.

So I have always added the base because I'm like ooh it makes the texture better!
And then yesterday I realized what I was doing because I'm trying to cut down on my sugar intake and almost got a blended americano just for like a different texture but then realized that we all put the base in which has a shit ton of sugar!

I actually didn’t know you weren’t supposed to! A shift supervisor told me I should, but to be fair Starbucks doesn’t make this clear and I was always told that blending without base will screw up the blades.

yeah the ppl at my store say the same thing but i swear it isn’t true. idk where to find info on the ipads though

I never do unless they ask, I’ve had some baristas recommend it and the person say yes or no, but no I don’t add things to people’s drinks that don’t belong in them (only when requested).

i think for any frapp if they ask for no base, u have to put at least 1 pump anyways, to not fuck up the blender. I always say fuck that tho and make the moment right and not blend with any syrup 😂 shit is CRUMCNHYY !!

if a non standard blended drink gets blended, you don’t put anything in there. they didn’t pay for it and they didn’t ask for it. it would also change the amount of sugar in the drink like ten fold.

like for an iced vanilla latte blended, you wouldn’t put base in it because it already has vanilla syrup in it .

for blended pink drink you also wouldn’t put anything.

mind you non standard blended drinks were literally NOT a thing up until tiktok trends sooo corporate is still figuring it out i’m guessing. they should just make a simple syrup for those kinds of drinks specifically, like basically just xantham gum syrup. no flavor no sugar just the binding agent.
but then it would feel more like chemistry class haha

Honestly I’m general it’s too liquidy to add base you’d have to add a ton of ice to be able to have the base be necessary

How would they know

Ok, so I was taught we are supposed to add one pump of créme frap base because their drinks will separate if we don’t, and also it won’t come out of the blender into their cup if we don’t add it.

No idea if that is standard or non-standard though. 😬