Man orders a $47.30 cup of coffee at Starbucks, sets record for world’s most expensive Starbucks drink
March 3, 2013 10
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When you go to Starbucks, how much does your coffee typically cost? Somewhere between $4 and $8, I bet. Beau Chevassus decided he wasn’t going to be normal. Instead, he wanted to beat the record for world’s most expensive Starbucks drink which — at the time — stood at $23.60. And he didn’t just beat it. He smashed it.
At a local Starbucks in Washington (the state, not the city), Chevassus ordered himself what he is calling ‘Quadriginoctuple Frap’: “48 shots in a venti mocha frappuccino with soy mocha drizzle, matcha powder, protein powder, caramel brûlée topping, strawberries, two bananas, caramel drizzle frappuccino chips, and vanilla bean”. The total? $47.30.
Some of you must be wondering: “It isn’t possible to fit so many shots in a regular cup available at Starbucks”. And you are right, it isn’t possible. The catch is Chevassus didn’t use a regular Starbucks cup. Rather, he brought his own 52oz coffee mug and had the Starbucks crew fill it up.
It should also be noted Chevassus didn’t actually pay $47.30. He received this cup of coffee as part of his free birthday coffee that Starbucks apparently offers people. So he ended up paying $0 and walked out with a world record and a lot of coffee. (Note: He asked permission of the manager beforehand so as to not be a jerk.)
The video below shows it all going down. Check it out:
What I have to know is, how the hell can someone drink so much coffee…?
[via Mashable]
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Woah! That’s insane. What I wanna know is, did it even taste good??
[@Enrique] I highly doubt it. But then again I have never liked the crap Starbucks sells.
[@Ashraf] “I have never liked the crap Starbucks sells.” You got that right!
[@Enrique] I doubt it also.
“What I have to know is, how the hell can someone drink so much coffee…?” ME. But then I’m a coffee addict. And I like a good cup of coffee. IMO Starbucks coffee isn’t that great. Neither is Timmy’s. But surprisingly, McD sells a good cup of coffee.
P.S. Timmy’s is Tim Hortons Coffee Shops here is Canada.
I miss the edit button :P
I was getting pissed off till I got to the part where it said that he got it for free. Fifty bucks could feed someone who needed it for days.
@Mags said: >> Neither is Timmy’s
OMG! Heresy! Timmy’s rox! I live 100km over a mountain road to the nearest Tim’s and make the trip now & again JUST for the Ice Capp & a chocolate glazed (well, okay, maybe not JUST for the coffee & doughnut, but almost . . . )
Complete jerk.
Sounds ike a horrid composition, thrown together just to cost alot of money to set a so-called record. The better record would be, something that actually tastes good and is complex.
48 shots of coffee, at 130 mg of caffeine per, is approaching the lethal dose (Wikipedia places the LD50 at 80 – 100 cups) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
Just in case anyone was thinking of breaking the record.
[@Ashraf] not me either. java aroma is way better (bonus: good looking blondes); and, i like coffee…meh, i badly need it everyday.