How to Order Super Complicated Coffee at STURBUCKS in Japan

January 21, 2010 - Food & Drink - Tagged: shop - no comments

I am not good at ordering at STARBUCKS COFFEE because there are so many ways to customize, and it bothers me.

So, whenever I go there, I just order “Today’s Coffee” 🙂

Well, I am not the only one.

This Japanese man who is uncomfortable with ordering at STARBUCKS challenged to customize the most complicated and long-named coffee.

Here is his report.

Let’s go to STARBUCKS!!

<The Report Starts Here>

Step 1: Ask the barista how to customize

I told the baristas about my challenge, and they taught me how to customize.

1. Choose drink
2. Choose size
3. Customize

Their base-drink includes Cafe Mocha, Caramel Frappuccino and Rhumba Frappuccino.

First, pick a base-drink

…and ddd topping and sauce to the base-drink

Barista: “I recommend Frappuccino because it’s the longest name. We call the other drinks by short names.”

Barista: “You can add extra whipped-creme, syrup, or sauce on top. You can also add chocolate coffee chips called Rhuma chips.”

They politely told me some tips to make the order as much as possible.

Step 2: Order a drink

With the baristas’ help, I composed the seemed-to-be-the-longest-named drink, and I ordered.

The barista bar got busy… while making other customers’ coffee, two baristas were making my crazy coffee by checking carefully if nothing was missing.

After they finished fixing some coffee, a barista called…

“Short Mocha is ready.”

– No, not mine.

“Short Latte is ready.”

– No, not mine.

“Venti hazelnuts-vanilla-almond-caramel Chocolate Creme Frappuccino with espresso shot, extra whipped creme, caramel-mocha sauce and Rhumba chips is ready.”

– That’s the one! My order!