Never understood the idea of the secret menu. Just sounds like some ol’ bullshit to me.
AndieStardust
Secret menu items aren’t a thing they teach at Starbucks. i know one by my house has a chalkboard with 3 secret menu items but at the store i used to work at, we wouldn’t do secret menu items unless the “recipe ” was shown to us. we weren’t expected to learn them because we already have to learn how to do everything else in the store. Secret menu items on line are mostly made by previous Starbucks employees that know what’s in stock or bloggers that wanna be original, none of it is official. sorry but as a new person at that job, it was stressful when people ask me to make a specific drink and i had to attempt to say i didn’t know how to do it in a way that didnt turn them away from the store or complaining to my manager. it’s all bullshit and one of the reasons why i didn’t last more than 3 months there. balancing that stress part time with school full time sucked.
Tawdry Quirks
I suspect that much of the secret menu stuff that isn’t some sugar junkie combining a ridiculous number of random flavor pumps together was invented by baristas at Barnes and Noble cafes (who serve Starbucks, but are semi-independent). Many of those locations stock more syrups than the average Starbucks, they seem to have more slow periods during the day, and I think they might be *encouraged* to experiment by their bosses. They also loved to distribute samples of their more successful secret menu experiments.
Poskie
The baristas are encouraged to experiment because, in the terms of their employment contract, any drinks they come up with while employed at Starbucks are automatically the intellectual property of Starbucks.
Sad that nobody has taken up the marketing challenge for such a seasonal product.
Who would produce it though? Cadbury only does candy bars and something they call chocolate.
Well yeah if the soda can’t even be bothered to remember the entirety of “Mountain” then I don’t see how it can be good for your memory. Stick with Sprite, Joyce.
At first read I genuinely though the MAIN text was referencing sprite comics. Not that it made sense. Then I thought it may have been slang. It’s only after a while I realized this was a beverage and suddenly all made sense.
Energy drinks mutate you. The first one is terrible(Seriously, first time I cracked a can of Monster I didn’t even need to drink it, the smell woke me right up.) But sip the first one, and the second you’re like, “Oh, this isn’t so bad”. You actively enjoy them after that.
(Even enjoying them doesn’t mean they make sense though. Seriously, how is it that Monster can taste green?)
Caffeine is very addictive, so eventually your body associates the admittedly horrible taste of energy drinks with the caffeine it so craves. Soon you crave the flavor, no matter how bad.
foamy
This is my theory on why anyone drinks coffee. Stuff’s terrible.
My go-to caffeine source is a swallow or two of Coke. Or, if I want to actually enjoy what I’m drinking, Barq’s root beer.
woobie
My long lost twin!
Michelle J. Caboose
It depends on the blend. Starbucks’ coffee, for instance — there isn’t enough sugar and cream in the world to make that swill drinkable. I ordered a mocha once, thinking the chocolate would make it less bitter/more drinkable. Nope; the coffee made the chocolate taste horrible.
OTOH, a local grocery chain sells a “Breakfast Blend” that I can drink without sugar. Or creamer (can’t stand that stuff in coffee OR tea).
Also, a relative who lives in Hawaii introduced me to Kona coffee. The Kona coffee sold here just tastes like Columbian to me, but the stuff she occasionally sends from Hawaii is pretty good.
All that said, I don’t drink coffee all that often. It makes me drowsy. :/
A friend of mine used to drink Red Bull. I tasted it once and told him it tasted like sour sweat and piss. Later, he said he didn’t like the taste of Red Bull and, AFAIK, never drank it again. At least, not around me. 😀
I can’t even drink standard energy drinks myself. The smell of them makes me nauseous (happens all the time at work, where several people drink them) and the taste of them takes me beyond nausea every time I’ve tasted one. The closest I come these days is V8+ Energy, which I drink in lieu of a morning coffee or soda, and a Mt. Dew Voltage per day. Back when I was about these kids’ age Jolt and coffee were my caffeine delivery of choice.
Energy drinks are not for me. My go-to “I’ve had no sleep and need to pass for well-rested” drink is a mocha with extra espresso shots. It’s the drink for those who need copious quantities of black coffee, but haven’t learned to drink coffee without some semblance of sugar and dairy.
Willis! You just nailed that little smile people get when they’re pretending like they don’t get the joke and are playing it cool but they TOTALLY GET THE JOKE AND ARE NOT BEING VERY COOL. That was awesome!
The last we saw of Joe was yesterday afternoon, when Malaya scooted him out of her room. Odd that he isn’t in class. Also odd that he didn’t text Joyce about why.
In other words, I assume this is foreshadowing of some kind.
I’m glad Walky is coping, if nothing else, his sass is back up to scratch at least. But Walky you look a little strange, that distracted expression, that pose, the ability to walk, talk and check your phone, where have I seen those traits before…? 😛
181 thoughts on “Thirsty”
Ana Chronistic
Now imagine if Joyce had a Cadbury Creme Egg frappuchino
…damn it now I’m thirsty too
Kheldarson
Is… is that a real thing? Please say it is.
LookingIn
It’s on the “secret menu” and is really just a deconstructed creme egg… https://www.today.com/recipes/cadbury-creme-egg-frappuccino-recipe-starbucks-secret-menu-t110419
Dark
Never understood the idea of the secret menu. Just sounds like some ol’ bullshit to me.
AndieStardust
Secret menu items aren’t a thing they teach at Starbucks. i know one by my house has a chalkboard with 3 secret menu items but at the store i used to work at, we wouldn’t do secret menu items unless the “recipe ” was shown to us. we weren’t expected to learn them because we already have to learn how to do everything else in the store. Secret menu items on line are mostly made by previous Starbucks employees that know what’s in stock or bloggers that wanna be original, none of it is official. sorry but as a new person at that job, it was stressful when people ask me to make a specific drink and i had to attempt to say i didn’t know how to do it in a way that didnt turn them away from the store or complaining to my manager. it’s all bullshit and one of the reasons why i didn’t last more than 3 months there. balancing that stress part time with school full time sucked.
Tawdry Quirks
I suspect that much of the secret menu stuff that isn’t some sugar junkie combining a ridiculous number of random flavor pumps together was invented by baristas at Barnes and Noble cafes (who serve Starbucks, but are semi-independent). Many of those locations stock more syrups than the average Starbucks, they seem to have more slow periods during the day, and I think they might be *encouraged* to experiment by their bosses. They also loved to distribute samples of their more successful secret menu experiments.
Poskie
The baristas are encouraged to experiment because, in the terms of their employment contract, any drinks they come up with while employed at Starbucks are automatically the intellectual property of Starbucks.
Doctor_Who
That sounds so good that I’m mad it isn’t a…thing……
Holy shit!
Platypus King
*DROOOOOOOLS*
Needfuldoer
Cadbury Creme Egg Cereal. She’d bounce around campus like a pinball.
Matthew Davis
Wrong universe, sadly.
Annonymouse
Sad that nobody has taken up the marketing challenge for such a seasonal product.
Who would produce it though? Cadbury only does candy bars and something they call chocolate.
Doctor_Who
She remembers most of it, and her couch will never forget any of it.
Koms
Slipshine
abysswatcher1993
Joyce is now like Nina from Code Geass: a molestor of furniture.
Jon Rich
Yes! I always love Code Geass references.
Poor, poor Table-kun….it never asked for that.
Roborat
Hmm, I see I have a new manga and/or anime to experience.
David Doty
Couch Performs a Sex
AnvilPro
Walky is so done with everyone, I love it
abysswatcher1993
The influence of Mike is spreading fast.
Fart Captor
He has nothing to do with it
Rowen Morland
Yeah, this is like 3rd degree Mike burns.
cbwroses
Do you mean 3rd degree as in low tier Mike or 3rd degree as in really serious burns?
Tacos
Yes.
Rowen Morland
Tacos is correct but also 3 degrees of separation.
Reltzik
Everyone except Amber, judging by how he’s focusing on his phone.
ShinyNeen
Well yeah if the soda can’t even be bothered to remember the entirety of “Mountain” then I don’t see how it can be good for your memory. Stick with Sprite, Joyce.
(Hi Leslie! Bye Leslie!)
ShinyNeen
Also c’mon alt-text Willis, sprite comics are so dated. Much too, what, 2003?
… There’s totally some active and awesome sprite comic still out there somewhere, isn’t there?
MatthewTheLucky
Hero Oh Hero, by Neorice.
C.
Would you consider Diesel Sweeties to be a sprite comic?
Rowen Morland
Yes.
Needfuldoer
Yes. Dinosaur Comics, too.
ShinyNeen
Yep, I would count those.
Never read Diesel Sweeties though. Is it still updating? I’m having a little trouble navigating the archives.
hof1991
New comics five days a week. Cats, caffeine and robots.
Khno
At first read I genuinely though the MAIN text was referencing sprite comics. Not that it made sense. Then I thought it may have been slang. It’s only after a while I realized this was a beverage and suddenly all made sense.
EvilMidnightLurker
Captain SNES is semi-regular.
Marsh Maryrose
[Ryan warning]
I assume Joyce doesn’t remember this, but the last time (in-comic) that someone got her a Sprite, it wasn’t just Sprite.
Deanatay
That’s why she drinks her Sprite from a can, now.
lilyliv
“Most…” Reminds me of the first time I had an energy drink. Half of an energy drink actually. Also the last time I had an energy drink. >_>’
Doctor_Who
I had a can of Red Bull once. Hated it, it was like radioactive kool aid.
Viktoria
Energy drinks mutate you. The first one is terrible(Seriously, first time I cracked a can of Monster I didn’t even need to drink it, the smell woke me right up.) But sip the first one, and the second you’re like, “Oh, this isn’t so bad”. You actively enjoy them after that.
(Even enjoying them doesn’t mean they make sense though. Seriously, how is it that Monster can taste green?)
Platypus King
“SCIENCE!”
No Name
The same way kool-aid and jello can taste red.
Deathjavu
Caffeine is very addictive, so eventually your body associates the admittedly horrible taste of energy drinks with the caffeine it so craves. Soon you crave the flavor, no matter how bad.
foamy
This is my theory on why anyone drinks coffee. Stuff’s terrible.
My go-to caffeine source is a swallow or two of Coke. Or, if I want to actually enjoy what I’m drinking, Barq’s root beer.
woobie
My long lost twin!
Michelle J. Caboose
It depends on the blend. Starbucks’ coffee, for instance — there isn’t enough sugar and cream in the world to make that swill drinkable. I ordered a mocha once, thinking the chocolate would make it less bitter/more drinkable. Nope; the coffee made the chocolate taste horrible.
OTOH, a local grocery chain sells a “Breakfast Blend” that I can drink without sugar. Or creamer (can’t stand that stuff in coffee OR tea).
Also, a relative who lives in Hawaii introduced me to Kona coffee. The Kona coffee sold here just tastes like Columbian to me, but the stuff she occasionally sends from Hawaii is pretty good.
All that said, I don’t drink coffee all that often. It makes me drowsy. :/
Michelle J. Caboose
A friend of mine used to drink Red Bull. I tasted it once and told him it tasted like sour sweat and piss. Later, he said he didn’t like the taste of Red Bull and, AFAIK, never drank it again. At least, not around me. 😀
Tacos
I had a can a Full Throttle once. It just made me slightly sleepy.
Zaidyer
Did you wake up in a dumpster afterwards?
0kami
Points for the reference.
“I’ve woken up in worse”.
Needfuldoer
Some joker took my keys.
vlademir1
I can’t even drink standard energy drinks myself. The smell of them makes me nauseous (happens all the time at work, where several people drink them) and the taste of them takes me beyond nausea every time I’ve tasted one. The closest I come these days is V8+ Energy, which I drink in lieu of a morning coffee or soda, and a Mt. Dew Voltage per day. Back when I was about these kids’ age Jolt and coffee were my caffeine delivery of choice.
Clif
Yeah, coffee at least smells good.
UniqueSnowflake2
My favorite was Caffeine-Free Diet Jolt.
thejeff
Wait. What’s left? Isn’t that just water?
Tawdry Quirks
Energy drinks are not for me. My go-to “I’ve had no sleep and need to pass for well-rested” drink is a mocha with extra espresso shots. It’s the drink for those who need copious quantities of black coffee, but haven’t learned to drink coffee without some semblance of sugar and dairy.
Roborat
I had an energy drink once. . . . Once.
Reltzik
In my headcanon, Joyce trying it means she had a single sip.
Mr D
Wow, MOST of that afternoon? Joycey girl is growing.
HeatherJean
Leslie looks so happy. Unusual for this book.
BKC
Willis! You just nailed that little smile people get when they’re pretending like they don’t get the joke and are playing it cool but they TOTALLY GET THE JOKE AND ARE NOT BEING VERY COOL. That was awesome!
BBCC
…Huh. Wonder where Joe is.
JetstreamGW
Bangin’ Malaya?
newllend(henryvolt)
No that was one hump and dump just so she can prove a point. Ain’t nothing else to it.
Doctor_Who
He’s off the shaggin’ wagon now though, so maybe he’s already found someone else.
Marsh Maryrose
The last we saw of Joe was yesterday afternoon, when Malaya scooted him out of her room. Odd that he isn’t in class. Also odd that he didn’t text Joyce about why.
In other words, I assume this is foreshadowing of some kind.
Rycan
Have we seen him in that particular class since the whole “do list” fiasco?
Marsh Maryrose
Yep.
It may be hard to believe, but in-universe, the “Do” list was leaked just four days ago (Saturday). Joe showed up as usual on Monday.
Kyrik Michalowski
I’m glad Walky is coping, if nothing else, his sass is back up to scratch at least. But Walky you look a little strange, that distracted expression, that pose, the ability to walk, talk and check your phone, where have I seen those traits before…? 😛
Clif