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... You know there's an even easier way to get just about the same thing for cheaper... and it's never been an underground drink it's just never been on the menu b/c with over 10000 drink possibilities, it's not like we're going to list everything on the menu.

Go into a store and order a vanilla Tazo Earl Grey Misto.... They'll make virtually the same thing as the full leaf version but with the standard non-full leaf tea bags... and that way you're also not being an annoyance to fellow customers by monopolizing the condiment stand.

Oh and if you knew what you were drinking in the slightest you'd realize that steamed milk and cold milk from a carafe are hugely different so at least with the tea misto you're getting steamed milk in the drink.

Not to worry Matt. I don't think they maintain the Starbuck trash barrels more than a degree or two above room temperature, but it never hurts to be on the safe side.

That hot expresso could be lurking down there for hours, days even. Ready to burn the tender fingers of our delicate baristas

Please refrain from using the word "ghetto" given the racial and anti-semitic connotations associated with it.

Thanks.

GAStarbucksGirl, are you saying the regular teas are shite? Anyway, over here in the UK we just call em tea and they come standard with milk and there is nothing ghetto about that. And for four quid you would probably get two and some change back.

Your kidding me right! Are you that stupid to post this b.s. about Ghetto London Fog.

What! are trying save the general public money? Let me tell you this my friend that just came up from in the ground(underground)
Tea latte without steaming the milk is not a London Fog and try tasting one without.... it sucks and you should know this. This is the best part of this drink and I sell alot of these without the b.s. hack

The dude has spoke

So, i read this story only because it somehow got onto the Google Finance Related Stories for the Starbucks Coffee Company stock ticker. A i truely agree with GAstarbucksgirl, as i do work at starbucks. most people around here order an earl grey, ask us to input dairy (55 cents extra) and then like 2 pumps of vanilla, which is not the full 4 pumps therefore they are not charged for them. This used to happen when this drink was not released, but now people just order the new drink because it tastes that much better.

Shirly you're an idiot, stop being so damn sensative, if ghetto offends you then don't read the article. It's sick how damn sensative people are getting now a days.

If you are so strapped that you have to try and figure out(lame)ways to hack starbucks tea drinks, maybe you should be buying your tea drink elsewhere.... (McDonald's)

I've got an even better idea. If you can't afford a $4 drink, don't go to Starbucks. End of story.

I wonder how many of the people buying $2.50 hacked drinks put them on credit cards.

I've been ordering a large Earl Grey misto, with no-sugar hazelnut for a couple of years at Starbucks. It always cost around 2.35 - 2.55 depending on location and if I order soy milk. Anyway, recently, I go in there, and they charge me around $4, calling it a "London Fog". I tell them I've been ordering this for years and they look at me like I'm crazy. Then they can't figure out how to ring it up. Eventually they get it. It's only a matter of time before they refuse to cooperate...

First the Pike's Puke, now this... Ugh..

you guys are a bunch of fags, fuckin assholes. i work at starbucks and i hate all of you

So yeah there are a number of issues to address here

1) Saying "hacking" a drink sounds stupid

2) "Hacking" a drink is a waste of time, if you are looking for an economical way to drink coffe or tea its called lipton or folgers, don't even bother fixing up your McGuyverized version of real drinks from the condiment bar. The only time doing that works is when ur low on money and at a starbucks, then its feasable - but purposefully going to starbucks regularly to McGuyver your drinks is just a waste of effort, it doesn't taste as good, and its annoying to others at the condiment bar.

3) Shirley is not oversensitive but just stupid, everything in language is about context -- a ghetto london tea latte isn't refering to racial or anti-semitic things. Obviously the ghetto london fog tea latte isn't meant to be a london tea latte for jews in nazi germany confined to low grade urban quarters as the nazis won't let the poor jews drink real london fog tea lattes. NO! just no, the word ghetto today has been adapted today to mean something different. And don't even give me that "it carries connotations" crap, how about you start protesting the phrase "kill 2 birds with 1 stone", after all the phrase is depicting the abuse of innocent avians.

@Reply to Shirley

Shirly you're an idiot, stop being so damn sensative, if ghetto offends you then don't read the article. It's sick how damn sensative people are getting now a days.

Ok, if you're going to go around calling people idiots, maybe you should check your spelling and grammar first.

The word you're looking for is "Sensitive", not "SensAtive". And "nowadays" is one word, not three.

Damn cat jumped on the enter button. Ok, we are talking about tea... so this is cause for all of this nonsense banter? And it came about to be anti-semitic? Please, calm down. Take a breather. Realize that this is tea you are talking about and that you let it get your knickers in such a twist.

I was doing this at Starbucks 10 years ago when I was working as a barista. I was inspired by the people who made the frappucino, who consequently made a nice bonus for their "discovery". For everyone who thinks they've stumbled on something new, yer all just poseurs. See everyone else in the civilized world (ie the Brits, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!) has been drinking extra bergamot Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar for YEARS. All of a sudden because McStarbucks popularized it and all the suburban soccer moms and emo kids are loving it, its the new "in" drink. I think I need to sue for royalties.