According to Starbucks earnings, 75% of total sales is cold beverages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cold drinks are likely more expensive on average. Frappacinos are more expensive than most hot drinks.

This.

I'm a simple grande pike gal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's easy to make hot tea and hot coffee at home.

I think this and the fact that the cold drinks are so much more expensive explains it. I don't like iced coffee drinks and their hot coffee isn't that great. It's fine but I prefer McDonalds coffee for $1 over a $3.50 cup of Starbucks. Or I can just as easily make it at home in a keurig.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans want milkshakes, not coffee. Duh.

That’s what I think most of the boba drinks are. Sugary carb loaded junk.

And the frappichinos and the lattes

[Anonymous]

Yeah. No doubt. People that go to SB don't like coffee.

They like sugar fatty drinks flavored like coffee.

A coffee drinker only needs a straight cup of Jo' that's it. Frappucinos are monstrosities.

[Anonymous]

I love the shaken black tea lemonade drink. They are making an enormous profit every time I buy one. It’s like ten cents worth of ingredients.

[Anonymous]

The cold brew is so good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. No doubt. People that go to SB don't like coffee.

They like sugar fatty drinks flavored like coffee.

A coffee drinker only needs a straight cup of Jo' that's it. Frappucinos are monstrosities.

[Anonymous]

You might as well buy their iced coffee and cold brew they make at the grocery store. Aren’t both concentrated and they do “pumps” of them into a cup and top off with cold water? What a racket.

[Anonymous]

You’re all embarrassing yourselves foaming at the mouth about Americans and their milkshakes. No one gets Frappuccinos except children.

It’s iced lattes/mochas/white mochas/chai with added flavors and topped with cold foam (basically underwhipped whipped cream), often with non-dairy milks like almond or oat. A grande of these drinks can easily run $6 or more
Or iced teas/tea lemonades/refreshers with added flavors

Mostly perpetuated by teenagers on TikTok

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm white and fit a lot of white-girl stereotypes but can't stand cold coffee or coffee with anything added to it. Plain black dark-roast drip or espresso/Americano every time. (My male colleagues are pretty into cold brew though lol)

But did you get picked sis?

The internalized misogyny is so tiresome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starbucks is a ripoff.

Thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous]

I started drinking it when there were only 3 stores in Seattle in 1977…. Some of the haters should get over their unimpressive selves, lol…. Sbux isn’t magic, nor is the whining. Cheers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re all embarrassing yourselves foaming at the mouth about Americans and their milkshakes. No one gets Frappuccinos except children.

It’s iced lattes/mochas/white mochas/chai with added flavors and topped with cold foam (basically underwhipped whipped cream), often with non-dairy milks like almond or oat. A grande of these drinks can easily run $6 or more
Or iced teas/tea lemonades/refreshers with added flavors

Mostly perpetuated by teenagers on TikTok

B.S. I see SUVs in front of me in the drive-thru getting a carload of fraps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Starbucks is a ripoff.

And their coffee always taste burnt. Zero consistency location to location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Starbucks is a ripoff.

And their coffee always taste burnt. Zero consistency location to location.

Their medium and dark roasts make me gag now. But their light/blonde roasts are good. If they don't have a light drip avail, I order a blonde espresso Americano.