One of our worst habits is buying food or coffee when we have perfectly good coffee and food at home. Why is this such a bad habit?
Because none of us have money to waste and spend on extra things we think we need, but don't actually need. We would rather get an expensive coffee from Dunkin' or Starbucks rather than make our own pot for less money, of course.
Everyone knows that Starbucks gets us and locks us in with their delicious drinks that we cannot help but crave, but that definitely cost more money than we want to spend on coffee.
Sometimes, we can spend almost $10 on a good drink.
Thanks to TikTok and social media, many people share tips and hacks for how to bypass Starbucks and Dunkin' and get yourself a delicious drink for half of the price.
Who doesn't want to get our fancy coffee and also save some money?
Venti iced coffees, or large at Starbucks, will usually run you at least $5, at the minimum.
Then, when you begin adding some syrups and milk, the price goes up. Depending on what you add and how much you put into it, it can run you $7-8.
In the video, she says she saw the hack on TikTok prior and decided to try it out at her location by her house.
The coffee hack that she orders is "really good" according to TikTok.
Gabriela said you have to order a "triple espresso" over ice in a Venti cup. You then add 6 pumps of dark caramel sauce and ask for heavy cream and oat milk.
The drink, in total, ran the TikTok user $3.
And, many commenters on TikTok said it is too good to be true.
Many said that there is no way that Starbucks would charge only $3 for a drink with this many add-ons and also 3 shots of espresso.
Every location seems to have different rules for how they do special orders, as one TikTok comment read,
"As a Starbucks employee depending on the location I was told to fill by line and the rest with ice so it’s mostly ice."
One person broke down the total cost in the comments.
"grande triple shaken espresso $3.95
6 pumps of dark caramel +$.80
Heavy cream +$.70
=$5.45
IDK where you live for that to cost $3," said the user.
While the TikTok user ordered the drink in a Venti cup, there are many users that said she's "faking her big coffee" because she just got it in a large cup.
One person said that this drink won't be "filled to the top" of the cup.
"Definitely get the most for your money when you just order iced espressos and cold foam or cream lol. this is similar to my order," one person said in the comments on the video. This at least gives you more in your cup.
Whether it's a smaller amount than a huge Venti cup, if they are willing to give me three espresso shots for only $3, I'm all in. The more caffeine, the better, and who doesn't want to get it for less money?
Guess we'll have to try it out for ourselves.
