The Secret Menu

There are a few advantages to working on a Saturday. First of all, I always wear jeans! After noticing that my colleagues were dressed down on the weekends, I made the bold move one day to try wearing jeans myself. It felt strange at first, but I swear I'll never go back. The day feels more relaxed and therefore less like work.

Another advantage is that there is never any traffic. Despite this fact, I still always leave my house out the same time. The ten extra minutes I get is happily diverted to a bi-weekly trip to Starbucks. I strategically wait until I'm in High Point to make the stop, that way I have a warm beverage to accompany me during my morning rounds. I also love the liveliness of the employees who are reliably in a wonderful mood.

This morning I was chatting with one of my favorite baristas about the secret Starbucks menu. Essentially Starbucks will make you whatever your heart desires and there are some popular beverages that aren't advertised by the company. The Huffington Post recently had an article that referred to an unofficial java secret society and their "secret" flavor combinations that I will share with you today. Here we go!

Green Eye
Three extra shots of espresso in a regular drip! A Red Eye has one extra shot and a Black Eye has two extra shots. Personally, I would rather just take a nap ;) .

Dirty Chai
A Chai Latte with a shot of espresso. Add another shot and it's "Double Dirty." Add a third and it becomes an "Extra Dirty Chai."

Zebra (or Penguin) Mocha
A combination of the White Chocolate Mocha and regular Mocha. If you want to get even fancier, you can add raspberry flavoring to make it a "Red Tux" mocha.

Chocolate Dalmatian
A White Chocolate Mocha with a sprinkling of chocolate chips and java chips. This sounds so delicious!

Cake Batter Frappucinno
A Vanilla Frappucinno with added vanilla and almond syrup.

Captain Crunch Frappuccino
A Strawberries and Creme Frappuccino with hazelnut (or toffee nut) syrup. My husband would love this!

The Short
You can order this size for any beverage. This version is slightly smaller than a tall and also less expensive!

Super Cream Frappuccino
If you're a whipped cream lover you are in luck. You can order "Super Cream" version of any frappuccino which equates to an extra half cup of whipped cream blended in.

Affogato-Style Frappuccino
Any frappuccino with a shot of hot espresso added on top of your drink instead of blended in.

Triple C's
A Cinnamon Dolce Latte with caramel syrup and chocolate mocha syrup.

Biscotti Frappuccino
If you buy a package of biscotti cookies some baristas will blend them into your frappuccino. I bet my baristas would hook me up!

Pretty fancy, huh?? I have never tried any of these myself, so if you are so bold as to give them a try, please let me know what you think!!