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Starbucks Baristas: The daily grind

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Help settle our store debate!Matcha lattes. Rounded scoop or flat scoop? (self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by nicolelynnejones
Low_Committee_1312 84 points 8m ago
Whatever I’m feelin
monicamac52 12 points 8m ago
Tbh
frankenstein105 65 points 8m ago
with my heart
nicolelynnejones [OP] 6 points 8m ago
Same
sIowrain 52 points 8m ago
Flat
moldyhotpocket 40 points 8m ago
i didnt even know the level of our scoops was a standard thing jfc
Dustwitch93 34 points 8m ago
Rounded bc the drinks are stupid expensive and people who like matcha want matcha flavor, not just green milk
nicolelynnejones [OP] 11 points 8m ago
idk if i’ve become too tolerant of the matcha flavor or if they diluted it but i’ve been needing like, 6 or 7 scoops in a venti iced
Dustwitch93 11 points 8m ago
I'm like 90% sure they've added more sugar and reduced the amount of tea in the past 3-4 years bc hard same. I used to give regulars an extra scoop sometimes tbh and they'd always grin when I did lol
Perfect-Leadership58 10 points 8m ago
starbucks matcha just isn’t very matchay /:
nicolelynnejones [OP] 6 points 8m ago
thank you ryan
Perfect-Leadership58 5 points 8m ago
ofc my child
Candid_Efficiency143 2 points 8m ago
I just learned that a venti matcha does not standardly get 6 scoops of matcha 🤣🤣 oops
nicolelynnejones [OP] 2 points 8m ago
it tastes better that way anyway 😂😂
tree_sah 26 points 8m ago
Levelled scoops for matcha (and slightly rounded for vanilla bean); although I don't know if the recipe cards still say that, but they did when I first started years ago
nicolelynnejones [OP] 23 points 8m ago
The recipe card just says “small scoop of matcha” but I swear it was rounded. Maybe it was rounded way back when? Or maybe I’m thinking of vanilla bean?
dirtychai0218 15 points 8m ago
i definitely remember matcha being rounded scoops, like i just did a skill check on someone and i think it said rounded scoops
tree_sah 7 points 8m ago
Oh damn, I'll have to check out the cards again. Back when we had rooibos and black tea powder, our store was adamant on all powders being levelled scoop
dirtychai0218 10 points 8m ago
they change the standards every time i sneeze it feels like, we can’t keep up anymore 🥲
tree_sah 7 points 8m ago
Vanilla bean used to say slightly rounded back in the day but I don't think it says it on the recipe cards anymore; matcha is levelled though and pretty sure always have been, at least since I started. I remember my store had to go over the standards for scooping tea powder back when we had rooibos and black tea powder because inconsistencies, so it's always stuck with me
hollsberry 5 points 8m ago
Unless they changed it, it was rounded scoops when I was hired 4 years ago.
ketchupsnumberonefan 16 points 8m ago
At our store we just scoop, so I guess rounded?
mossygreentree13 13 points 8m ago
slightly rounded for all scoops of powders (vanilla bean, malt AND matcha)
dazedandconfusedhere 9 points 8m ago
Frappuccinos always get slightly rounded scoops of whatever it is, per the beverage resource manual

With this rule, I do slightly rounded scoops unless the recipe card states otherwise (such as with the chocolate cream cold brew, which specifies level scoops of malt powder)
dallizzlee 5 points 8m ago
Depends on how fast I’m going 😂
verdeuce 5 points 8m ago
Depends on which scoop you’re using. Are you using the old metal scoops that go with the tan dry inclusion holders or the new metal/black scoops that come with the clear round jars and with the black lids (they’re called market jars)
VibraniumQueen 2 points 8m ago
My store has the metal scoops with tan dry inclusion holders
Brgnbo 5 points 8m ago
Usually rounded but if I have the time I like to kinda shake it level so it’s a little rounded but not HEAPING you know
Traditional-Emu-1403 4 points 8m ago
Rounded. It’s overpriced tea powder cut with sugar… but if you’re rude I flat scoop.
inkoowoo 4 points 8m ago
it depends on what cold bar scoops you have! If you have the old ones that are just plain metal, i think it’s a rounded scoop, but i do know for sure that if it’s the new cold bar scoop with the black handle the standard is a level scoop
hauxbi 4 points 8m ago
It’s the flat levelled scoop. It should be labeled and should say “Matcha” and the size at the very end of it. It’s not the same scoop we use for the vanilla bean. It used to be, and then starbucks changed it a few years ago and that’s what we use now. We used to have Rooibos tea and Black tea in powder form and we had a different set of leveled flat scoops for those powder teas, so it’s the same for the powder matcha.
56peas 8 points 8m ago
😬 my store is still just using the same as vanilla bean. is it a bigger scoop?
dahmerpalms 4 points 8m ago
The vanilla bean scoop is much bigger than matcha spoon
-Zispy 1 points 8m ago
really? we only have two sizes of spoons. Small for matcha, vanilla bean, java chips, and malt. From what I thought, everything is a level scoop
mxs4235 7 points 8m ago
I think rooibos and black micro tea was a Canadian thing. The matcha scoop is 2.7ml and the other teas were 2.1 ml.
hauxbi 3 points 8m ago
Yes thats what i was trying to say! But they are specific spoons for the powder teas, the vanilla bean powder spoon should not be used for the matcha
kimememememe 3 points 8m ago
Th…there are different size powder spoons?? We use the same size scoops for vanilla bean, matcha, Java chips, and chocolate malt
hauxbi 2 points 8m ago
I’m in Canada so this might be different, the java chip and vanilla bean spoons are the same and the matcha is a different specific spoon for the matcha only. We don’t have malt powder in Canada tho!
-Zispy 2 points 8m ago
oh, this might be because in Canada you guys have different matcha. In US we have cheap matcha mixed with sugar.
MagazineAware3012 3 points 8m ago
“Slightly mounded” I remember reading this for all powders
hollsberry 3 points 8m ago
Standard is rounded or heaping
nicolelynnejones [OP] 2 points 8m ago
where can i find that info?
Muted_Obligation4501 3 points 8m ago
It depends on the scoops you have I believe, we do leveled scoops with our silver and black spoons
Few-Drop6198 3 points 8m ago
been doing it flat for forever until i recently got updated that standard is indeed slightly rounded
nicolelynnejones [OP] 3 points 8m ago
where can i find that info?
hollsberry 3 points 8m ago
I just closed but I think it’s in the beverage guidance section on the hub.
nicolelynnejones [OP] 4 points 8m ago
i open tomorrow so i’ll check in uhhhh *checks clock* 4 hours
Inevitable_Emu_221 3 points 8m ago
Slightly rounded is standard?
Electrical_Metal_106 3 points 8m ago
Well poop, I thought it was rounded but now I have no idea. They get what they get, I guess lol!
BenTeHen 2 points 8m ago
For powders I always go flat.
Velvet3535 2 points 8m ago
Flat
thechamelioncircuit 2 points 8m ago
Flat
KJ2998SJ 1 points 8m ago
Flat because then it's consistent.
Vegan_Sweetie 1 points 8m ago
Flat
Different-Meat-1830 1 points 8m ago
Flat and leveled. Standard and consistency.

If they notice it’s not strong enough they’ll know for next time to order ___ extra scoops of matcha

No stores or baristas will get compared to and be told that “that barista/store always makes my drink wrong”
VibraniumQueen 1 points 8m ago
Leveled for everything except Java chips at my store
canadianhorror 1 points 8m ago
It’s flat you cretins
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SoftestCookie 0 points 8m ago
flat, should say matcha on the spoon
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