# What do you order in Starbucks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2005, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038 "2005-09-04T12:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/41 "2005-09-05T04:39:59Z")
I work at Starbucks so I have all kinds of drinks: A rich chocolatey dessert Iced no-shot venti 1 pump hazelnut soy 4 pump black and white mocha: My boyfriend got me turned on to this as a non-coffee drink. It’s sort of like chocolate milk but the hazelnut and the little bit of vanilla in the soy really add something to it. Really good dessert type drink. Something cool and refreshing Venti wild sweet orange tea lemonade: Just like the black tea lemonade or passion tea lemonade that are on the menu, but made with the Tazo wild sweet orange tea. The valencia syrup is orange flavored too, but sweet, so the drink is a really tangy refreshing summer thing My morning wake-up when it’s 100 degrees at 8am in Vegas Iced quad tall 4 pump classic breve extra ice latte: Very similar to the doubleshot canned drink, or two of them rather. Breve is fattening but there’s not much of it and with that many shots the ice melts fast so if you use whole milk the drink tastes watery. I bet it’s good with heavy cream too but I haven’t tried that yet Cookies and Cream Tall 3 pump white mocha 3 scoop java chip no whip syrup creme frappuccino: Tastes very much like a Hershey’s cookies and cream bar. I try to avoid the frappuccinos just because they’re obscenely high in calories and fat and sugar, but this thing is so good I have to have one every now and then ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/42 "2005-09-05T04:41:04Z")
Venti drip, no room for cream, fill it all the way up, please. Oh, and venti is a fine name for a 20 oz cup of coffee…venti is 20 in Italian. I don’t understand where “grande” and “tall” come from for the 16 and 12 oz cups. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/43 "2005-09-05T04:45:21Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Small decaf. And I refuse to call the smallest drink “tall”, dammit! It’s not on the menu board, but you can order a “short” which is actually the smallest cup they sell. I think it’s 6 or 8 oz. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/44 "2005-09-05T05:20:43Z")
Grizz don’t ‘coffee’. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/45 "2005-09-05T05:32:03Z")
They have “short” on the menu board here in Korea, but no “venti.” I’d never seen a venti in my life until I went to London this summer. I’d be nursing that baby for half the day if I ever was brave enough to order one. Short is usually just right for me. I’ll usually get a caramel latte, but in the summer sometimes I’ll get a green tea frappacino. With loads of whipped cream. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/46 "2005-09-05T06:18:24Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Oh, and venti is a fine name for a 20 oz cup of coffee…venti is 20 in Italian. I don’t understand where “grande” and “tall” come from for the 16 and 12 oz cups. As I understand it, the original sizes were just short and tall, 8 and 12 ounces respectively. Then, when they needed a bigger size for more demand they started serving “grande” 16 ounce drinks. And apparently that still wasn’t enough for some people so that’s where “venti” came in. I think it’s like Big Gulps at 7-11, where now a “Big Gulp” is relatively small, and new names have to be made up for the 85 oz soda buckets people tend to buy. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/47 "2005-09-05T06:33:31Z")
I don’t patronize Starbucks too often, but when I do, it’s a grande mocha. And if it’s a hot day, a grande mocha frappuccino. But I can easily do without any of this. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/48 "2005-09-05T13:16:33Z")
**What do you order in Starbucks?** I order them to relent their homogenising stranglehold on the world’s high streets, and introduce a smoking area…they don’t listen though… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/49 "2005-09-05T13:22:44Z")
The one time I had coffee at a Starbucks I had a latte - the worst damn latte I have ever bought. I have never returned. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/50 "2005-09-05T13:26:08Z")
I should add that anywhere in Sydney for the last 30 years you can get good Italian style coffee so Starbucks was a rude surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/51 "2005-09-05T14:10:50Z")
Right now in the summer: Mocha Frappuchino AKA as “Sin. In a cup.” In the winter: Cappuchino. Mocha if I feel like splurging. When I put my address in the locator, it didn’t show the B&N cafe which is closest. I guess that it is not an actual Starbuck’s, even though I have never noticed any difference in the menus. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/52 "2005-09-05T16:07:42Z")
I only stop at Starbucks when traveling and I always order a large hot green tea. Which is always waaaay to hot (the water used for green tea should be at aroudn 180 degrees, not boiling) so turns out craopy. If at all possible, I try to find a local tea shop where they know how to make tea properly. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/53 "2005-09-05T17:37:59Z")
I live on Capitol Hill in Seattle, so there is absolutely no need to resort to Starbucks and I actively avoid it. When traveling, on the other hand, I often seek out Starbucks, where I order either a double tall latte or a single short latte. (I have simple tastes.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/54 "2005-09-05T19:19:20Z")
The only thing I ever get at Starbucks is a grande white chocolate mocha at 140 degrees. My friends make fun of me, they call me prissy for ordering it at a certain temperature, but I don’t care. At the regular temp, it’s way too hot, and I can’t drink it for at least 30 minutes. I want it NOW, not in 30 minutes! I always wonder if the barristas are secretly laughing at me, though. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/55 "2005-09-05T21:36:41Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > There’s one Starbucks kitty-corner from another along Robson Street in Vancouver, BC. You can, if you like, sit in one and see into the other, or even take pictures. I’ve done it. I live really close to there… and I work even closer. Once my aunt asked me to meet her at Starbucks on Robson and I neglected to ask which one, and had to walk back and forth between them until she arrived. According to the link provided by **Anastasaeon** , there are 79 Starbuckseses within a 5 mile radius. Haha. I don’t go to Starbucks very often, but on the occasion I do, I get one of the following. - Plain latte, if it’s cold. I don’t know what they do to it, I just ask for a latte. - Passion iced tea lemonade, or the new green tea lemonade - I’ve only had that once but it was quite nice. - Vanilla frappuccino - I haven’t had one since last year, but it was good. And I’m sorry if this is a bit of a hijack, but I am curious: **Max the Immortal** , why soy if you’re going to be singing or doing vocal work? Is it because of the… _ahem_ throat film that regular milk can cause? Also, before preview I typed Max the Destroyer. Good thing I previewed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/56 "2005-09-05T23:23:56Z")
I used to spin on Venti Mocha Frapp, but my lactose intolerance became…uh…intolerable. So now, I do a Venti Iced Coffee with room for soy and about seventy-nine Splendas. I don’t drink hot coffee. When shooting all day, I take two of the aforementioned Venti’s and put them into a 52 Oz. 7-11 mug I got a year or two ago and fill up with ice. Mmmm. Cold for hours. Neat little Internet Cafe in Cape May turned me on to a new thing- liquid Splenda. Different brand name than Splenda but made of the same stuff. Easier to stir into cold drinks. To die for. To. Die.For. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/57 "2005-09-06T00:01:46Z")
I’m not a coffee drinker, so I’ve never been to a Starbuck’s in my life. So I guess my answer to the OP is _nothing._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/58 "2005-09-06T01:29:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m not a coffee drinker, so I’ve never been to a Starbuck’s in my life. Have you not been paying attention? Ordering from Starbucks has little to do with whether one is a coffee drinker! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/59 "2005-09-06T01:36:56Z")
I don’t like regular coffee from Starbucks. But I will religiously order a large caffe mocha. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038/60 "2005-09-06T04:07:52Z")
I don’t go often, but if I do, in the summer a mocha frappuccino (without the whipped cream if I remember to specify it), and in the winter steamed milk with hazelnut flavouring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-order-in-starbucks/320038.md?page=4)