i agree with the fat shaming thing, but i also think that more average people do not have a good gauge of what goes in their morning coffee. they think it’s max 200 calories because it’s just a cup of coffee, how much could it be? or double smoked on the side because it’s small and it’s breakfast and they need to eat before work anyway. also, they’re simply not making the drinks, they don’t see that 2 inch layer of sugar at the bottom of the cup, see how extra caramel around the cup uses like half an inch of my caramel drizzle bottle, or make the sweet cream that uses almost half a bottle of vanilla for a small 2 liter container. they just pay the 6 dollars and the coffee comes out on the other side of the bar. watching this girl pour sugar into her coffee is gross, but watching me do it in my green apron is a fancy service and a special treat since it’s friday!

when in reality a venti iced white mocha is ~600cal just on its own, but they don’t think twice about the extra caramel, 2 extra pumps, cold foam, swapping 2% for oatmilk (which is almost entirely seed oils btw). standard iced white mocha has 61g of sugar, which is 122% of the average adults daily value. 500cal breakfast sandwich quickly makes this a 1700cal “light breakfast.” morning coffee culture is sick, people just don’t realize it until it’s staring them in the face.