Sheryl Gets The Same Starbucks Order Every Time. Then Her Barista Shares The Recipe: ‘I Would Be In The Hospital’

No hate to this Starbucks customer named Sheryl. But ma’am, your relationship to sugar must be profound. Because what the internet is seeing is less a coffee drink, and more an atomic sugar bomb.

Let’s rewind a bit.

Recently, Starbucks barista and concerned citizen Rylo (@rylo4095) posted a TikTok of a wildly syrup-overloaded coffee drink. The video’s gotten 5.5 million views. Is it possible they’re all just doing it to stare at the social media equivalent of a train wreck? We vote yes.

Syrup, Cold Foam, And Vanilla Bean, But Light On Cinnamon

In. her video, Rylo presents the step-by-step process of making Sheryl’s 28-ingredient “masterpiece.”

At the beginning, text floats across the top of the screen: “Come with me to make Sheryl’s regular.” So as you consider this drink, keep in mind that someone drinks it, well, regularly.

Then the madness starts: 54 pumps of flavored syrups, milk and coffee, vanilla bean powder, and ice. Then it’s blended together into a thick, creamy concoction. Next it’s time for cold foam. And since this client wants every flavor of cold foam, the barista mixes them all together and then pours the result over the coffee-adjacent drink.

Finally, the toppings go on. And like everything else with this kitchen-sink drink, Sheryl wants Starbucks to go all-in—that means everything from a caramel drizzle to multiple cookie crunches, sprinkles, and just a light dusting of cinnamon (mustn’t overwhelm the balance of flavors).

All Your Taste Is In Your Mouth

In a surprise twist, the internet barely pauses long enough to wonder what this confection even tastes like. But, for the morbidly curious, Rylo does have an answer. In a follow-up video, she admits that she and her fellow Starbucks baristas taste-tested Sheryl’s monstrous drink.

The verdict? “It just tasted like battery acid and burned going down,” wrote Rylo in the caption.

For this video, instead of disparaging her taste, people have questions.

Hey (@pupator), asked, “Can you ask Sheryl what it’s like to not have to worry about candida overgrowth for me.”

Shannon (@sldeep) said, “What is Sheryl’s Starbucks budget and also her health insurance plan?”

While Milan (@truexcxromance) asked the question the rest of us are hung up on:  “How do you even figure out that you like this?”

But perhaps the last word goes to Tiramisu (@tiramisu_02), who said, “Red bull gives you wings, Starbucks gives Sheryl a jetpack.”

This Is Brain Food, Actually

There’s a theory that says the modern era owes its linear thinking, sense of urgency, and enlightenment to coffee. First imported to Europe in the 17th century, the introduction of this psychotropic drug ultimately replaced beer (a downer) with coffee (an upper). Served then, as it is now, in coffeehouses where all types of folks converge, cafes became places where ideas were exchanged.

Ideas evolved (as they will) into anti-establishment notions, so eventually King Charles II decided to ban the coffeehouses. He said they “have produced very evil and dangerous effects” and were also a “disturbance of the peace and quiet realm.” But he had reason to be sensitive: his father had been beheaded in 1649 by political dissidents (they’d convicted dear old dad of treason).

Luckily for us, Charles II’s ban on coffee failed, and we’re able to enjoy its singular effects as much as our hearts (and heads) desire. Whether or not we do this with, as one commenter noted, a hospital-inducing amount of flavored syrup, is a matter of personal taste.

BroBible reached out to Rylo via TikTok direct message and via comment on the video. We also reached out to Starbucks via their press email. We’ll update this if either gets back to us.