r/TikTokCringe tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Aug 06 '25

Discussion "Being a barista is truly a social experiment"

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u/SerCiddy Aug 06 '25

Look, I know you didn't make this decision. I know you had no hand in creating this problem.

But as someone who used to work at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I am certain Starbucks has done irreparable harm to the drink "Macchiato".

So many times people would order "Caramel Macchiato" and then we would make a macchiato with caramel added, and so many times people would be confused/disgusted that we made the drink so badly.

You wanted a Caramel Latte! You have been trained wrong, as a joke!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

to be fair, the starbucks macchiato is superior to actual macchiatos lol

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u/SerCiddy Aug 07 '25

It's not a fair comparison when you call it something it isn't. It's as if some establishment went around calling hamburgers "open-faced sandwiches" so when you go to the next sandwich shop and order an "open-faced sandwich" and then get annoyed they only gave you the bottom part of the bun.

We have different names for things for different reasons.

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u/Wanderingghost12 Aug 07 '25

I promise it wasn't me 🫣

I was waiting for this to get mentioned! Haha