Frustrated w Starbucks app and charge to decrease pumps of sugar

[Anonymous]

I’d complain to Starbucks via email. Their whole business is about complicated and customized drinks! And I agree that their standard recipes can be sickly sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fewer.

I am sure they will miss your business, toots.

DP, but I just find that word to sound weird.

[Anonymous]

Well, if they move to charging more to put less sweetness in, I will just go back to plain coffee. The overly sweet drinks are disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fewer.

I am sure they will miss your business, toots.

It's funny that people think this inane correction is such a gotcha. (It really only makes you look silly.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how many pumps are in anything. It’s fascinating.

Pumps = sugar. Whenever I see people ordering the gigantic drinks with 4, 5, and 6+ pumps I'm so grossed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, if they move to charging more to put less sweetness in, I will just go back to plain coffee. The overly sweet drinks are disgusting.

Their tiny 8oz of drip coffee is now about $3 now! Such a rip off. And the caliber of their baristas is in the toilet. Looks like they just hire a bunch of ex cons with all kinds of tattoos and poor personal hygiene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC occasionally enjoys a mixed tea/lemonade at Starbucks. The standard mix is too sweet, so we adjust the pumps of sugar. Today I noticed that there is now a 50-cent charge to adjust the sugar. Last week there wasn’t. I called a Starbucks and the barista said there wouldn’t be a charge if I ordered in person. Has anyone seen this? I’m not adding an ingredient. I’m just decreasing the number of pumps.

np The only thing I can think of is your order isn't standard and therefore takes more time to do. I don't order from Starbucks but, that is the first thing that popped into my mind. Maybe get a smaller size and therefore it will automatically have less sugar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if they move to charging more to put less sweetness in, I will just go back to plain coffee. The overly sweet drinks are disgusting.

Their tiny 8oz of drip coffee is now about $3 now! Such a rip off. And the caliber of their baristas is in the toilet. Looks like they just hire a bunch of ex cons with all kinds of tattoos and poor personal hygiene.

I noticed my regular grande iced coffee went up to over $4 now! I was stunned. McDonald’s has iced coffee for $1 but it’s always a struggle to order it with none of the liquid sugar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know how many pumps are in anything. It’s fascinating.

I know. What on Earth is a pump of sugar?

The flavored syrups. Decreasing the pumps of caramel or mocha or whatever your flavor of choice is, is a great way to cut sweetness and calories. Our family enjoys Starbucks as a treat. By using nonfat milk, one pump of syrup instead of the normal three or four, and eliminating whipped cream it’s a much more reasonable treat and not as much of a sugar bomb.

This is just as bad as the original post.

[Anonymous]

The baristas used to be cute hipsters, now they’re dirty people and wackos. The whole vibe feels more and more like a McDonald’s than any sort of “premium” experience.