Customized Frappaccinos at Starbucks (It's About Time!)

on March 17, 2010 at 3:31 PM

Finally! Starbucks will allow customers to design their own frappaccinos beginning in May. The new "however you want it" blended ice drinks can be ordered with soy milk instead of dairy, decaf instead of caffeinated, and so on.

I would pause to ask, "What the heck took them so long?" but I'm too busy preparing a spreadsheet to track all the customized frappaccino combinations I plan on ordering...

Starbucks is hoping that custom-made frappaccinos will boost sales in the summer -- a season that is usually slow for the coffee chain given that this is when customers cut down on hot beverages.

My only worry? Frappacccinos already take FOREVER to make; I can only imagine how much longer personalized frappacinos will take to whip up.

Still, I'm looking forward to May when I can order a Tall Nonfat Decaf Mocha Frappaccino with half the usual amount of whipped cream and extra chocolate syrup. (The baristas are going to love me.)

How would you personalize your frappaccino?

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momoflilangel

on Mar 17, 2010 at 3:34 PM

I would personalize it to be soy. That's all. I asked in the past and they said they couldn't make it soy b/c it was a premixed packaged thing. Glad they are making the change.

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tgiamt

on Mar 17, 2010 at 7:22 PM

All you really have to do is ask for your favorite latte blended. If they couldnt figure out how to do it, then I really would want to give them my money. We used to do it all the time for people when I worked for Caribou. But thats just another reason why caribou is a billion times better than starbucks!

ethans_momma06

on Mar 17, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Decafe mainly... but I don't really care as long as it has extra caramel, and extra whipped cream!!!! Wish I had money to splurge on them more often...

mykeeper

on Mar 18, 2010 at 9:51 AM

I already and have been for YEARS ordering customized fraps, mainly during the summer. But then again, I am a known regular at my Starbucks so maybe they just do it because they know I spend so much money there? lol Who knows!

Tammy868893

on Mar 18, 2010 at 11:05 AM

I also have only ordered mine customized. But my son used to work there, so I knew you could.

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