#MatchaPinkDrink Secret Starbucks Menu Item Is Pissing Baristas Off

One-part troll, one-part visual food savant, my man Jed of popular Instagram food porn account Daily Food Feed is causing an uproar in the barista community over what he’s tagged as a “secret menu item” at Starbucks: The Matcha Pink Drink.

What is the the #MatchaPinkDrink you ask? It’s a drink that is 3 parts Pink Drink (Strawberry Acai Refresher with coconut milk) on top of 1 part matcha coconut milk on the rocks. If you (or your barista) get it just right, it should look like this:

SECRET MENU ITEM‼️ The #PinkDrink is sooo 2016 😉 2017 is about 2-toned @starbucks drinks like the #MatchaPinkDrink 🍵💕 3 parts traditional Pink Drink (Strawberry Acai Refresher with coconut milk) on top of 1 part matcha coconut milk on the rocks 😋 Do you know a cool Starbucks Secret Menu drink? Tell me about it 👇 #dailyfoodfeed 📷: @dailyfoodfeed 📍: @starbucks 👻: dailyfoodfeed 👇 TAG A STARBUCKS ADDICT 👇

A post shared by Home of #DailyFoodFeed (@dailyfoodfeed) on Feb 17, 2017 at 7:44am PST

A few days later, Jed posted another photo… apparently a fair amount of people had seen his post.

Of course, Jed made the drink up, so other subsequent drink orders from his followers likely pissed off baristas and ended up looking like swampy diarrhea:

Expectations vs. Reality lol #ExpectationsVsReality #LooksGrossTastesGreat #PinkDrink #MatchaTea #MatchaPinkDrink #MatchaPowder #Starbucks #YumYum #MyHusbandLovesMe

A post shared by Jade Scheetz Windsor ♡ (@crystlschtz) on Mar 1, 2017 at 6:49pm PST

What happened in the morning 😯😵 สิ่งที่คิด กับสิ่งที่ได้ #starbucks #MatchaPinkDrink #LA

A post shared by Chanyaphak Yotkhampaeng (@chanyaphak__ying) on Mar 1, 2017 at 11:12am PST

And my absolute favorite order frenzy:

#starbucks #spectationvsreality #matchapinkdrink 👉👈 still delicious 👌

A post shared by Manny Pérez 🔵 (@manny_perez666) on Feb 27, 2017 at 3:41pm PST

But then, over the next few days, a few more people got the order right. Presumably, they are Jed’s friends around Orange County and Los Angeles. Here’s a quick roundup:

This is the #MatchaPinkDrink from #Starbucks. Some Instagrammers are calling it a 🎆#secretmenu 🌠 drink, some baristas are calling it a nightmare, all the while beautiful photos keep emerging. The MATCHA PINK DRINK comes with 3 parts acai refresher with coconut milk, 1 part Matcha Green Tea with coconut milk. Apparently, @dailyfoodfeed is saying you have to ask a barista to mix matcha and coconut milk together first, add ice and slowly add the traditional pink drink to make this beautiful effect. More on this to come on #foodbeast.com // [ 📸 @dailyfoodfeed + @foodieonfleek + @hungryhugh ]

A post shared by foodbeast (@foodbeast) on Mar 2, 2017 at 8:55pm PST

But upon closer examination, there grew to be a ton of hate brewing in the comment section of @DailyFoodFeed’s most recent recipe posting of the #MatchaPinkDrink:

This is the #MatchaPinkDrink from #Starbucks. Some Instagrammers are calling it a 🎆#secretmenu 🌠 drink, some baristas are calling it a nightmare, all the while beautiful photos keep emerging. The MATCHA PINK DRINK comes with 3 parts acai refresher with coconut milk, 1 part Matcha Green Tea with coconut milk. Apparently, @dailyfoodfeed is saying you have to ask a barista to mix matcha and coconut milk together first, add ice and slowly add the traditional pink drink to make this beautiful effect. More on this to come on #foodbeast.com // [ 📸 @dailyfoodfeed + @foodieonfleek + @hungryhugh ]

A post shared by foodbeast (@foodbeast) on Mar 2, 2017 at 8:55pm PST

Baristas went in on Jed, “suck my ass homie”

Other comments apparently kept pouring in, fueled by a movement brewing on a “@barista_life” Instagram account calling on Jed to “stop with the nonsense:”

I had to text Jed at this point and learn more about the origin of this #MatchaPinkDrink. I also wanted to make sure how he’s holding up — being told to “suck my ass homie” can’t be easy to endure. The Internet can be a rough place:

And there you have it. The origins of the #MatchaPinkDrink. Not too far off from the bastard origins of the #PinkDrink and the #OrangeDrink.

The discussion of whether baristas or Starbucks in general should embrace or reject these fan-made drink concoctions is still up for debate. Let us know what you think in the comments below, Tweet us at @Foodbeast or suggest it as a topic for our new weekly The Katchup Podcast.