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Originally Posted by deacon blues

Order a short brewed coffee---ask for it in a tall or grande cup = $1.92

If you have the gold card, refills are free ($.55 savings).

The barista usually forgets you ordered a short so they refill it to the top.

You've paid $.68 per cup for the equivalent of a tall and a half or a grande and a half of coffee.

And if you go to the same Starbucks for nearly 15 years and you're friendly to the baristas and visit one barista's husband when he's in the hospital and very sick and pray for him, that barista might be inclined to pour your coffee and not charge you anything. Hypothetically speaking, of course.