Controversial Starbucks Hack Divides TikTok Users

People will go to Starbucks and choose the drink of their choice — something cold, preferably. They get the smallest size and order it with no ice. They then order a second cup with just ice.

People then pour one drink into the cup of ice, thus creating two drinks.

I would have evenly distributed that ice back out into both cups, but that's just me.

I mean, this is basically it! Many of us knew this hack, but someone has to learn something for the first time eventually. This is TikTok's turn! Love that for them.

You're getting what you paid for, which is your drink, in the size you chose. Ice is the clever thing companies use to give you less than your money's worth. WELL, that's my opinion, anyway.

Sharing is caring, after all.

I love baristas who are on board with finessing some money out of The Man, even if Starbucks doesn't really lose much from this hack. Starbucks baristas are awesome people.*

*Source: me, a person who has many barista friends.

Many claimed it was a waste of product to give you what you paid for, and that they'd under fill your drink just to punish you for trying the hack.

Others argued that Starbucks can afford for you to share a drink with someone, especially at their prices. I gotta agree here. I also don't see how two people getting half a drink is much of a scandal, tbh.

Starbucks' new mandate is to only fill a drink up 3/4 of the way with ice, which... is still a lot of ice, tbh. That's more than enough ice to go around, don't you think?

When you think about it, this isn't really much of a hack at all. It's more in line with sharing paired with spacial awareness.

What do you think of this "hack," and would you try it? Let me know in the comments!