A writer for Yahoo ranked all 51 drinks on the standard Starbucks menu.
He had three rules: One, he didn't include seasonal drinks, so no Pumpkin Spice Latte. Two, he didn't order a drink hot AND iced unless the menu lists them separately. And three, he didn't customize the drinks at all, like using skim instead of whole milk.
The whole thing cost him about $150 and required 13 trips to Starbucks. And after all that, his picks for the top five drinks at Starbucks are . . .
1. The Coffee Frappuccino.
2. The Double Chocolaty Chip Crème Frappuccino.
3. The Mocha Frappuccino.
4. The Flat White . . . which is sort of like a latte.
5. The Java Chip Frappuccino.
So basically, according to this guy, if you order something that resembles a chocolate milkshake you'll be happy.
His bottom five drinks are . . .
1. The Caramel Frappuccino . . . because caramel reminds him of the dentist?
2. The Caramel Iced Coffee.
3. The Teavana Youthberry.
4. Cool Lime Starbucks Refreshers.
5. The Green Tea Crème Frappuccino.
And right above those he put Espresso and Cappuccino. So yeah . . . the guy doesn't like actual coffee in the first place. But maybe that's the typical Starbucks customer now? His review of an Espresso sort of proves it . . .
"This is the opposite of my thing. Pretty sure people fake that they enjoy drinking a thimble of coffee because they think it looks cool to drink things out of tiny cups. It doesn't. This is the e-cig of coffee drinks." (???)
On the other hand, he's the lunatic who was willing to spend the time and money on this . . . so maybe he DOES know what he's talking about?
