Layered Drinks are Dumb

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Ooo! It looks so pretty on camera!
I love drinking nothing but milk and ice for several minutes!
It’s so yummy when I drink straight espresso or matcha until I dive headfirst into a cloying mass of thick syrup at the bottom of my cup!
Baristas: this trend of not actually melting your honey/chocolate/jam/syrup into your hot espresso or tea has got to stop.
Telling me “there’s stirrers on the counter” when they’re not even long enough to reach the bottom of my cup to mix the sticky clump into my cold drink is not helpful.
Make the drink proper so I can enjoy my seasonally themed beverage please. I’m already paying $10 for my little treat.

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  2. beebsisbeebs Avatar

    Just ask them to stir it for you?

  3. Glad-Hospital6756 Avatar

    Certain drinks are meant to be made layered and mixed by the drinker. It’s not a new or trendy thing. Especially with coffee/espresso a lot of them are similar just made different ways, so you probably just need to order like, a latte when you’re ordering a macchiato.

  4. notmenotwhenitsyou Avatar

    straws exist for this reason, too, to stir drinks.

  5. Nagon117 Avatar

    The answer to your issue to realize when a layered drink is meant to stirred. In general, cocktail no, coffee yes. Past that, it’s personal preference either way. Layered or no, I’ll always stir my coffee to ensure the flavors are equal

  6. hungrycrisp Avatar

    I’m curious – what are you ordering?

  7. 1xby1 Avatar

    Just stir it. And with things like syrup, even when the barista stirs it, it will sink naturally to the bottom of the cup because it’s thick. Easy fix 🥄

  8. ZaneBradleyX Avatar

    It’s not that hard to order a regular latte:)

  9. stronkbender Avatar

    Perhaps, but title case is always worse.

  10. Flimsy_Outside_9739 Avatar

    Never an issue with black coffee.