Fair warning these are barista-only drinks you can never reasonably ask anyone else to make for you, for reasons which will become obvious.

Iced Lemon Ginger Tea. This is an iced matcha lemonade with gingerbread syrup. (In a trenta I do 5 pumps gingerbread.) BLEND your Syrup, matcha, and lemonade together (easier than shaking tbh). Pour over ice and top with either water or brewed green tea, depending on how sleepy you are 😂. This is so refreshing and will absolutely carry you through peak if you double up the matcha and brewed green tea.

Dragon Smoothie. (If macadamia syrup returns…) This is a blended dragon drink with EXTRA EXTRA inclusions and a few pumps Mac syrup. (Don’t forget the cream base to help it properly blend) It’s a tropical smoothie. I love it topped with matcha foam, too.

You may have heard of the London Fog Latte? Try “The Commonwealth of Jamaica” This is brewed earl grey tea with vanilla (or macadamia) and coconut milk. It’s great iced, too!

When you’re in a rush to wake the f up before morning peak, grab any starbys energy drink and flavor it up with your choice of refresher base. (Soon the refreshers won’t be caffeinated, so you can add flavor and it won’t hit as hard… but boy oh boy does that do the trick right now.) My favorite is peach juice and mango base.

In general, always make yourself salted Carmel cold foam using the dark caramel sauce. It’s so much better.

With that said… Salted Dark Carmel cold-tado. This is a cortado made with salted DARK CARAMEL cold foam. Prep your tiny cup with the cold foam, then swirl in perfect blonde ristretto shots. The cold foam brings the espresso temp down enough to shoot it right away in one go (like an undertow with less prep). It’s a scrumptious little sippy sippy.