I’ll never understand the compulsion to add solids to a drink (certainly not as a form of “self-expression),” yet here we are.
Bon appetit.
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:::SMH::: I’ve not had a “customized” coffee drink, hot or cold, and doubt I ever will. Would have been interested to know the prices they charge for these concoctions.
And to Ms. Smoke, first mentioned at the beginning - yes, you CAN get black coffee. That’s individual to the person who chooses to get it.
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The number of bubble tea places in our college town far surpasses the number of smoke / vape shops. Clearly, there’s a huge market for drink eaters 
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Also, imagine thinking one’s drink choice is the equivalent of individuality 
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Yes. Statements like that bring out the very grumpy old hag in me.
Go drink your fancy over the top crapinacup and leave me to my black coffee.
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Oregon being Oregon, our town’s count is many pot shops and a few boba tea joints.
We currently have 5 dispensaries, but probz a few more boba joints. It’s the student population driving demand, and also why most restos serve burgers, pizza and wings 
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from the article:
Personalized drinks tap into the desire, particularly among younger people, to feel unique and special at a relatively low cost, said Kelly Herd, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Connecticut.
But all of those beverage runs can add up. Ana Mills, who owns a stationery company in Tallahassee, Fla., spends $200 to $300 a month on Starbucks drinks. Her current order: a Brown Sugar Shaken Espresso with oat milk, which she doctors with a scoop of vanilla bean powder, a few pumps of vanilla syrup, cinnamon cold foam and a lining of caramel syrup. It costs her roughly $9.73.
I do not get it at all but then I’m old and not at all interested in being seen as unique. I am curious about the calories of the drink described above.
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That’s another thing: they’re total sugar bombs. Imagine having 3-4 of those over the course of a day. Yikes.
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If im spending $10 on a drink it better have alcohol in it .
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Damn straight. And no stupid chewy ballz.
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Wasn’t Orbitz a chewing gum brand? Sorry, no, that was Orbit.
Hey let’s put little bubbles of chewing gum in drinks next. What’s the worst that could happen? 
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There’s been bubble gum ice cream ever since I was a kid…not a fan!
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I have no problem allowing infinite variation in beverage orders, as long as it doesn’t delay my own.
I’ve been amused to observe that there is definitely a social pecking order mechanism at work at high-end coffee stands. Gotta show off a little, let the order call trip off your tongue like you invented it, been ordering that for years. Strut up to the bar, grab that thing, and hoist it aloft like the Olympic Torch. Weee, I’m meeeee!
And here I thought the OP was about breakfast Bloody Marys festooned with skewers of food. Drat.
I think both trends are dumb, but thankfully I don’t have to participate in them, merely judge them from afar.
I was going to comment on the overladen Bloody Mary trend. There are some great images here.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/craziest-bloody-marys-in-the-country
I was at a property for a meeting and went to the cafe counter and ordered a cup of plain black coffee.
The older guy behind the counter wouldnt charge me, as he said it was noce to find anyone who just drinks plain coffee.
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I fully expected this thread to contain photos of fat cats next to beverages, and I’m kind of mad that it doesn’t.
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