Hey everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week, even though the weather hasn’t been as nice as it has last week. Because of the weather, I’ve found myself scrolling through TikTok to pass the time since I couldn’t be outside, and found the inspiration for this week’s blog in some of the drinks that TikTokkers recommend to try at Starbucks. Below, I’ll give you my most honest opinions of these drinks, so I hope this helps you in your Starbucks ventures!

1. Iced White Mocha with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam and Extra Caramel Drizzle

To start off, we have the most popular TikTok drink to date, that many customers continue to order regularly at my store. In my personal opinion, this drink is terrible. For a medium or large this drink costs nearly eight dollars- which is absolutely insane. Also, the drink itself just tastes like sugary milk, so it really doesn’t have much flavor and you pay through the roof for nearly nothing. If you want to get type 2 diabetes, this drink is for you, but if you enjoy flavorful drinks that are not going to clog your arteries and send you into cardiac arrest, do not order this drink. For those of you that do enjoy this drink, I pray for the status of your health not to go into decline.

2. Iced Coffee with four pumps of White Mocha and Sweet Cream

This TikTok drink is another that I will never understand. As you know, most baristas at my store hate our Iced Coffee, including myself, as Cold Brew is much better. Secondly, the combination of white mocha and sweet cream just tastes like sugar, so it doesn’t add much flavor. You’re paying nearly a dollar to add the sweet cream as well, so the drink becomes much more expensive than usual even though our Iced Coffee is decently priced itself. I would not order this drink in any circumstance, but it is not the most disgusting drink that TikTok has introduced to its viewers.

3. Pink Drink with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam with one scoop of Matcha in the foam

The Pink Drink itself is a delicious drink that has a great flavor. You can have it any time of day and it still will be refreshing. However, TikTokkers saying to order it with Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Foam with a scoop of Matcha in the foam is just disgusting. When trying this drink I did gag, because the Matcha has very earthy notes and flavors and that does not mix well with the Cold Foam’s sugary sweetness. On top of that, pairing it with a strawberry flavored beverage makes all three flavors clash and doesn’t taste pleasant. I advise everyone not to get this, and to just try the Pink Drink so that you won’t pay extra for unnecessary additives that actually make the drink taste worse.

There are of course more than just these three, and we have tried most of them, which is why I can confidently say not to trust Starbucks drinks recommended from TikTok users. I have even seen some drinks that baristas recommended which are also do not taste good, so just because the user is a barista doesn’t mean the drink will be worth it. I hope that this was helpful to everyone who frequents Starbucks!