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Q&A Twist up your taste: Here’s what GBHS students are drinking from Starbucks

Anything sound interesting? Try it yourself and discover a new favorite!
Photo illustration created on photoshop
Photo illustration created on photoshop
Sienna Rodriguez
The Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso, taken from the Starbucks Website. Six adds toffee nut and sometimes vanilla cold foam.

Ash Six

What is your go-to Starbucks drink?

“When it’s not fall, I’ll go for the iced oat milk shaken brown sugar espresso with toffee nut in it and then possibly cold foam if I’m feeling adventurous.”

How did you discover this drink?

“I randomly tried the brown sugar shaken espresso… and thought this needs more. And then I think I was dog sitting once and put a bunch of different syrups in a regular coffee… and I really liked having the toffee nut in the coffee.”

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What does it taste like?

“It’s more sweet just because of the brown sugar and toffee nut, it makes it a lot sweeter. There’s subtle hints of different stuff and it’s hard to explain, you’ll just have to try it yourself.”

Iced Shaken Espresso from the Starbucks website. Longacre adds chocolate and almond milk.

 

Carter Longacre

What is your go-to Starbucks drink?

“Usually I get a chocolate almond milk shaken espresso with light ice.”

How did you discover this drink?

“I was on the (Starbucks) app and I was scrolling through drinks, since I didn’t know what to get, then I saw it and I thought, ‘That looks pretty good’. And it was.”

What does it taste like?

“It (tastes more like) coffee than most of the drinks at Starbucks, but it still tastes like chocolate milk. Like if you had half coffee and half chocolate milk.”

 

Charlie Beater

Pink Drink on the Starbucks website. Beater orders it in a large, or venti.

What is your go-to Starbucks drink?

“My favorite Starbucks drink is the Starbucks Pink Drink and I like to get a large.”

How did you discover this drink?

“It has a fruity flavor, which is very refreshing. A lot of people go into Starbucks thirsty. I don’t, I drink water before I go into Starbucks. That way, when I drink the drink, I can actually appreciate it for its flavor and I don’t drink it all at once.”

What does it taste like?

“(I’m) a big fan of Starbucks, go there almost every day… Every other Thursday I go, so on the first and third week of the month I’ll go on Thursday but on the second and fourth weeks I won’t go on Thursdays.”

 

Kim Nguyen

What is your go-to Starbucks drink?

Iced Matcha Latte from the Starbucks website. Nguyen prefers it sweet, with a pump of vanilla and vanilla cold foam.

“My go-to Starbucks drink is a venti matcha latte with light ice. I usually get an extra pump of vanilla and vanilla cold foam on top.”

How did you discover this drink?

“I like matcha so when I found out Starbucks had it, I decided to give it a try.”

What does it taste like?

“Since I add the extra pump of vanilla, it’s going to taste super vanilla. And I like green tea… matcha tastes like green tea mixed with milk.”

 

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Sienna Rodriguez
Sienna Rodriguez, Co-Editor-In-Chief
Sienna is a Senior and a Co-Editor-in-Chief as well as the Entertainment and Graphics Editor. This is her fourth year on the Gazette staff.