Today I served the following:
1 whole milk frappucino-no syrup, coffee base, or anything else. A woman said she ordered it for her toddler who always wants what she gets, but a modified, decaf, sugarless version of it. I thought it was a good idea.
1 grande steamed passion tea lemonade. Being sarcastic, I suggested he try it with CD syrup next time. He said he will. Oh dear!
My own concoction: soy mocha frap w/ strawberry syrup, bananas, and light java chips.
Your turn!
I always get iced drinks and iced mochas are way too sweet so i came up with:
An iced coffee with one or two pumps of mocha ( depending on if i get a grande or a venti) and one pump of peppermint and some soy to ease the bitterness of terraza. It tastes like a not to sweet version of a peppermint mocha. I used to make them myself but now that im no longer a barista i dont order it often since its so obnoxious.
After a night of drinking, when I don't feel like I can eat anything but still need some energy, I have
Whole milk
4 scoops of Matcha
1 Banana
a scoop of protein power
a bag of oatmeal
grande scoop of ice, blend, bam!
Sounds super gross but it's actually not that terrible.
Steamed passion-tea lemonade sounds bad though--I thought steaming lemonade was a health code violation...I could have just made that up though.
Ew the steamed lemonade probly tastes like theraflu. Blech.
someone ordered a coconut chai today, that sounds just awful.
coconut chais are actually really good. I tried it the other day with whip and an added shot.
Coconut chais smell amazing, but the one that I tried tasted like I was licking a candle. A super, sticky sweet candle. Haven't tried it with a modified amount of syrup yet though. I've been addicted to iced coconut lattes with a bit of caramel drizzle.
Today though, my partners and I were talking about the strawberry cheesecake frapp someone mentioned on here, and we thought of a way to make a strawberry shortcake. Strawberries and cream with madelleines (I have no clue how to spell that, lol) and some vanilla bean powder. 1 for tall, 2 grande, 3 venti. It blends enough to have some smaller chunks left. It was awesome!
Omg that sounds amazing!!
FUsbux: That drink doesn't sound difficult. If you came into my store and ordered I wouldn't think you were one of those customers at all.
NYC: You're right, that does sound totally gross.
Sads: I have heard you mention you are from Northern California and now I am beginning to think we work at the same store. Are your store name initials NC?
I don't know if I can claim I made up since it's basically a drink we carry with an add syrup, but sometimes when I have a craving for chocolate I make strawberries and cream with mocha. It's delicious, but I am sure it's pretty fattening.
I love (and I NEVER order this at a store, I just always make it myself on break) is a few pumps of classic, a bag of Refresh, hot water to cover up the tea bag, then ice the rest of the way.
Voilá, an iced refresh. :)
Interesting side note: My boss asked me one time if it would be the same as an iced green with peppermint. I was intrigued, so I tried it. It's a lot stronger and a bit different because of the lemongrass in the zen, but still not too bad.
We have a regular who orders a hot green tea latte with 1 raw sugar, 2 classic, and 2 shots of espresso. Gross but "unique"
Perhaps this isn't so unique but I wanna try it. A customer today ordered a caramel/mocha macchiato. It looked delicious. I think I'm gonna try it tomorrow, maybe iced.
I once had a barista make me something called a Pink Lady. It had apple juice, black tea, lemonade, classic and raspberry sryup. Sufice it to say, a Venti was to much to drink, so sweet I could only down a few sips.
I put this on the other drink thread-- I love apple juice, passion tea and raspberry syrup. I usually do 3 pumps in a venti, so it's not too sweet.
FYI, I am not trying to steal any one's thunder. :)
Some of these are much more creative than anything I have heard of. I have a blog, newstarbucks.blogspot.com, and we are always looking for new concoctions. If any of you have a special recommendation or want to guest review, just let me know! My e-mail is located on my profile.
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