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Man ordering Starbucks at Drive thru using his phone with an image of a Frappucino in the center
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There are two types of people at Starbucks: those who know exactly what to say when they’re ordering and those who look at those people with a dazed look on their faces. If your spouse, friend, or coworker is the former and you’re the latter, you’ve probably found yourself in a pickle if you’ve ever tried to grab them their morning coffee at Starbies. One forgotten “and add two pumps of…” and you’ve ruined the entire thing. 

Never fear, Cameron Denny (@cmrndny on Instagram) has a Starbucks hack that will save you a whole lot of hassle.

Forget writing down the order or trying to remember some elaborate Starbucks secret menu order. Forget calling someone while you’re in the drive-thru and repeating what they say to you word-for-word. Instead, Denny has a recording saved to his phone of his wife ordering her go-to Starbucks drink. 

He might meet a confused face when he gets to the drive-thru window and says, “Thank you” in an entirely different voice than the one he ordered the drink with, but it beats getting the drink order wrong every single time.

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Meet the Writer

Rachel is a Michigan-based writer who has dabbled in a variety of subject matter throughout her career. As a mom of multiple young children, she tries to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for her family. She grows vegetables in her garden, gets her meat in bulk from local farmers, and cans fruits and vegetables with friends. Her kids have plenty of hand-me-downs in their closets, but her husband jokes that before long, they might need to invest in a new driveway thanks to the frequent visits from delivery trucks dropping off online purchases (she can’t pass up a good deal, after all). You can reach her at [email protected].