Comments on: Starbucks Drink ID Codes

By: Polar

Polar — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:09:05 +0000

A “black eye” – Venti Brewed Coffee w/2 shots espresso

By: long-ex-starbucks-barista

long-ex-starbucks-barista — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:38:32 +0000

Things have become much more complicated with the massive expansion in variety of drinks.
20 years ago there were no boxes on the cups, and baristas used “cup code”: how you set the cup down determined what was going to be put in it. I don’t remember much of it any more. It was a lot faster though it did require a good memory in action.
And I miss hand-pulled shots. They tasted so much richer.

By: maddog

maddog — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:45:08 +0000

What is BCM? I’m guessing brewed coffee and milk maybe?

By: Shari

Shari — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:16:45 +0000

I feel overwhelmed with all the choices and “lingo” at starbucks. I use the drive thru. I only want the largest black coffee with high caffeine content. No flavors, nothing sweet, no milk….what should I order?

By: tori

tori — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:30:35 +0000

Essentially, a frappuccino is a blended beverage and an “iced” drink is an on the rocks drink.

By: tori

tori — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:28:13 +0000

A mocha frappuccino is like a milkshake. It’s a blended coffee beverage with mocha syrup. A light mocha frappuccino is the same thing in a skinny version, (no whip cream on top, nonfat milk instead of whole, and and “light” coffee base syrup instead of the regular coffee base syrup). The base syrup just holds the frappuccino together and gives it a good consistency.

And iced cafe mocha is the iced version of the Cafe Mocha. Mocha syrup, shots of espresso, cold milk, and a scoop of ice, with whip cream on top. An iced skinny mocha is the same thing in a skinny version. Sugar-free mocha syrup, shots of espresso, cold nonfat milk, a scoop of ice, and no whip cream.

“Skinny” versions of espresso beverages (in this case, the iced mocha) always ensue a sugar-free syrup. However, in frappuccinos, a “light” version never ensues a sugar free syrup unless the customer asks for it. A light frappuccino is simply nonfat milk, no whip cream, and the “light” base.

By: Confused Guy

Confused Guy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:23:15 +0000

What’s the difference between a mocha frappuccino, a light mocha frappuccino, an iced cafe mocha, and an iced skinny mocha?

By: desperate for frappuccino!!!

desperate for frappuccino!!! — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:27:50 +0000

so can anyone tell me how many shots of vanilla syrup goes into a vanilla frappuccino? and do they use the classic syrup in it as well? Im working on making my own seeing as they are extreamly expensive and I have ordered the coffee and syrups and Im going to try to come up with my own version, I know it wont be as good, but I am going to try and get as close as I can but I am just confused on they syrups. If someone would please help me I would be so greatful and my family would appriceate it as well cuz I am addicted and they are getting pretty expensive :)

By: allison

allison — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:49:55 +0000

Ok, I ordered a Chai Latte 1/2 nonfat, 1/2 soy, no water, no foam
The label said Tl Tazo Chai Lat
Nonfat
Lt Soy
No water
No foam

It did not taste right

By: Athena

Athena — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:33:53 +0000

I actually work at Starbucks and some of this codes are wrong. A Cafe mocha is just “M”. No water is h20 crossed out and so on. Cinnamon is “CD” for cinnamon dolce. There’s many many more. A pumpkin spice frappe. Is “PSF”. Nothing is rocket science. Look up our secret drink menu online!!! Most baristas do not know all the secret drinks by heart but give us the list of what’s in them and we can make them. The secret list has all the syrup ingredients.

By: annie

annie — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:36:59 +0000

GTF: Green Tea Frap

By: srhs

srhs — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:58:44 +0000

ICED venti drinks get 6 pumps. HOT venti drinks get 5. An ice venti cup is 6 ounces bigger than a hot venti cup.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:40:24 +0000

noo.. it’d be PS (CRM)

By: andy

andy — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:02:07 +0000

GT= Green Tea
and cold Trenta gets 7 pumps of syrup I think

By: zeb

zeb — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:28:33 +0000

psshhhhhh wish they made is simpler as in “heres what you ordered sir” or Ma’m” I mean really. the most complicated thing i ever EVER ordered was a cranberry mocha, back whn “the coffee house” was actually the coffee house, and not green beans cafe, i mean really?! lol

By: Anatomy of a Starbucks drink: A Primer « The Wacky World of Guang Yi's Mind

Anatomy of a Starbucks drink: A Primer « The Wacky World of Guang Yi's Mind — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:36:33 +0000

[...] I remember anything, but for now, here are the basics. If you want to know how we mark some things, brokensecrets (where I also got the image) has a pretty good rudimentary guide for how we do many things. This is [...]

By: KH SBUX shift supervisor

KH SBUX shift supervisor — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:38:38 +0000

Here’s where you’re greatly confused- It’s not a creme frappuccino (which you seem to want to mark as cf), it’s a syrup frappuccino blended creme. We mark this as SF in the drink box. Also, we use the syrup box to specify which flavor. for instance, a pumpkin spice syrup frappuccino blended creme would have PS in the syrup box, and SF in the drink box. That pretty much works for all blended cremes except DCCF, STCF, VBF, and currently CCCF. In the case of the peppermint white mocha frappuccino blended creme- P/WM in syrup box, and SF in the drink box. Peppermint and white mocha are two different flavors, so we use a “/” in between each code.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:11:10 +0000

No no… I think he means a Grande cup of espresso. 16 ounces (shots) of 75mg-caffeine espresso shots. Math is still off, however — that’s a scary 1200 mg of caffeine. Regardless, just as taking shots of alcohol gets you drunk faster than sipping on beer, so do shots of espresso versus a sipped coffee.

Danny, Starbucks shift supervisor

By: exstbux

exstbux — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:28:04 +0000

math’s a little off: a grande latte has 2 shots I believe, so that is 150 mg of caffeine vs grande coffee with 330mg. most people tend to sip their coffee because it’s hotter than a latte. lattes get consumed faster and this i think accounts for the perception that lattes have more caffeine. the effect is even more compounded with straight espresso shots.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:46:06 +0000

Stbcf would be strawberry creme frap

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:44:04 +0000

2xb

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:43:02 +0000

Xice

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:42:05 +0000

I think the book you got from amazon is outdated, by about 6 or 7 years, not all items still available and a lot have changed. All stores do it different but any barista will ” decode” your cup if you want, at least where I work, on the east coast.

By: eanowakattack

eanowakattack — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:28:33 +0000

I agree the book you have is out dated. At my store we used a lot of our own codes or varying codes. no foam could be “-F” or and F crossed out, or “- foam”, “no foam” or ‘foam’ crossed out. It just depends.
Ask your Barista, they’ll tell you what the codes are.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:44:05 +0000

Lol that book is soooo outdated. We don’t have half those drinks or ingredients anymore

By: chrisalexr

chrisalexr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:28:47 +0000

ooops sorry, my mistake. venti hot drink gets 5 pumps of syrup not 6

By: chrisalexr

chrisalexr — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:27:04 +0000

lol estee by now you’ve probably caught on. I’ve been working at a Starbucks in an Albertsons for many months now and at first it was hard remembering the drinks. Basically for most hot drinks (excluding Cafe Americanos) the number or expresso shots stay the same. A tall gets one shot and grande and venti recieve two shots. It’s the same for iced lates, except the venti gets three shots of expresso. Now for syrup (moca, vanilla, carmel, etc.) tall gets 3 pumps, grande 4, venti 6. Fraps are totally different…for the coffee roast, a tall gets 2 pumps, grande 3, and venti 4. Then tall gets 2 pumps of syrup and 2 pumps of base. if cream based, then skip the coffee roast.

By: estee

estee — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:12:25 +0000

i just started working at Barnes & Noble in the cafe, we sell starbucks drinks. it’s totally kicking my ass, and i can’t remember or catch on to any of the codes and what drinks get whipped cream. i’m stressing over it. someone help me

By: Rylan

Rylan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:26:41 +0000

PSL = Pumpkin Spice Latte
PSF = Pumkin Spice Frappuccino
PSCF = Pumkin Spice Créme Frappuccino
PSFL = Pumkin Spice Frappuccino Lite

CBL = Caramel Brulé Latte
CBF = Caramel Brulé Frappuccino
CBCF = Caramel Brulé Créme Frappuccino
CBFL = Caramel Brulé Frappuccino Lite

GL = Gingerbread Latte
GF = Gingerbread Frappuccino
GCF = Gingerbread Créme Frappuccino
GFL = Gingerbread Frappuccino Lite

PM = Peppermint Mocha
PMF = Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino
PMCF = Peppermint Mocha Créme Frappuccino
PMFL = Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Lite

SKM = Skinny Mocha
SKPM = Skinny Peppermint Mocha
(skinny means the drink is prepared with nonfat milk, no whipped topping, and is also sugar free)

PWM = Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha
PWMF = Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino
PWMCF = Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Créme Frappuccino
PWMFL = Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino Lite

EL = Eggnog Latte
EF = Eggnog Frappuccino
ECF = Eggnog Créme Frappuccino
EFL = Eggnog Frappuccino Lite

CHEG = Chai Eggnog Tea Latte ( My Personal Favourite <3 )

Hope this helps :P

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:39:16 +0000

Im an employee at starbucks and the codes vary form store to store and staff make their own codes up between eachother