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Starbucks includes 33 scored items from the "Gut Check" series from Good Mythical Morning.

In all charts, Rhett's data is RED, Link's data is BLUE, and combined data is PURPLE.

Episode Starbucks

Items scored 33

Ranking method Raw Score

Abstract

This episode report summarizes published Gut Check scores for N = 33 items in Starbucks, including rankings, score distributions, disagreement counts, and derived measures.

Dataset snapshot refreshed June 3, 2026 6:57 AM.

Methods

The selected ranking method is applied within this episode only. Rank ties are preserved. Original final rankings are reported separately from recalculated rankings shown under the selected method.

Raw score. Sum of Rhett and Link scores.

Formal notation R = S_R + S_L

Normalized score. Episode-relative placement measure.

Formal notation N = f_episode(R)

Consensus score. Normalized score with disagreement penalty.

Formal notation C = g_episode(N, |S_R - S_L|)

Results

1. Combined Results Raw Score

Table 1. Original Episode Final Ranking
Final Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link	Numeric Rank
1	Iced Flat White	161	81	80	1
2	Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	159	79	80	2
3	Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	152	75	77	3
4	Nitro Cold Brew	152	72	80	4

Table 2. Rank Drift from Original Final Ranking Raw Score
Item	Final Rank	Method Rank	Total Score	Rhett	Link
Iced Flat White	1	1	161	81	80
Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	2	2	159	79	80
Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	3	3	152	75	77
Nitro Cold Brew	4	4	152	72	80

Figure 1. Distribution of Rhett and Link scores within Starbucks.

Figure 2. Distribution of combined total scores within Starbucks.

Figure 3. Score distribution by ranking method after rescaling each method to a 0-100 index.

Figure 4. Rhett-Link agreement within Starbucks.

Figure 5. Score range by score source within Starbucks on a 0-100 scale.

Figure 6. Items with the largest absolute Rhett-Link score difference.

Score source	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
Rhett	1	1	7	4	4	1	12	3
Link	2	3	1	6	6	6	6	3
Combined	0	4	2	6	6	5	9	1

Figure 7. Heatmap of score bucket counts by score source.

Average Score

111

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Figure 8. Peanut Butter Quotient by score source.

Figure 9. Nice! Factor occurrences by score source.

Table 3. Highest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Iced Flat White	161	81	80
2	Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	159	79	80
3	Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	152	75	77
	Nitro Cold Brew	152	72	80
4	Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso	151	76	75
5	Iced Caffe Mocha	149	76	73
	Mocha Frappuccino	149	78	71
6	Java Chip Frappuccino	145	73	72
7	Iced Peppermint Mocha	143	84	59
8	Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino	142	76	66
9	Espresso Frappuccino	135	73	62
10	Iced White Chocolate Mocha	134	73	61

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 4. Lowest-Ranked Items Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso	41	17	24
2	Caramel Frappuccino	53	43	10
3	Nitro Cold Brew With Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Foam	54	25	29
4	Caramel Ribon Crunch Frappuccino	56	41	15
5	Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino	76	38	38
6	Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew	77	34	43
7	Honey Almondmilk Nitro Cold Brew	81	34	47
8	Honey Almondmilk Cold Brew	86	32	54
9	Salted Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew	89	44	45
10	Iced Caramel Macchiato	90	68	22
	Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Cold Brew Cold Brew	90	35	55

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 5. Largest Score Differences
Rank	Item	Score Difference	Rhett	Link
1	Iced Caramel Macchiato	46	68	22
2	Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White	37	32	69
3	Iced Caffe Latte	35	80	45
4	Caramel Frappuccino	33	43	10
5	Iced Black And White Mocha Latte	31	71	40
6	Caramel Ribon Crunch Frappuccino	26	41	15
7	Iced Peppermint Mocha	25	84	59
8	Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte	22	39	61
9	Honey Almondmilk Cold Brew	22	32	54
10	Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Cold Brew Cold Brew	20	35	55

Table 6. Full Combined Ranking Raw Score
Rank	Item	Total Score	Rhett	Link
1	Iced Flat White	161	81	80
2	Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	159	79	80
3	Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	152	75	77
	Nitro Cold Brew	152	72	80
4	Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso	151	76	75
5	Iced Caffe Mocha	149	76	73
	Mocha Frappuccino	149	78	71
6	Java Chip Frappuccino	145	73	72
7	Iced Peppermint Mocha	143	84	59
8	Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino	142	76	66
9	Espresso Frappuccino	135	73	62
10	Iced White Chocolate Mocha	134	73	61
11	Coffee Frappuccino	132	71	61
12	Cold Brew	125	55	70
	Iced Caffe Latte	125	80	45
13	Iced Black And White Mocha Latte	111	71	40
14	Iced Shaken Espresso	109	56	53
15	Nitro Cold Brew With Vanilla Sweet Cream	108	58	50
16	Vanilla Sweet Cream Cold Brew	103	49	54
17	Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White	101	32	69
18	Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte	100	39	61
19	White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino	99	50	49
20	Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Cold Brew Cold Brew	90	35	55
	Iced Caramel Macchiato	90	68	22
21	Salted Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew	89	44	45
22	Honey Almondmilk Cold Brew	86	32	54
23	Honey Almondmilk Nitro Cold Brew	81	34	47
24	Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew	77	34	43
25	Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino	76	38	38
26	Caramel Ribon Crunch Frappuccino	56	41	15
27	Nitro Cold Brew With Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Foam	54	25	29
28	Caramel Frappuccino	53	43	10
29	Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso	41	17	24

Figure 10. Counts of instances in which Rhett, Link, or neither assigned the higher score.

Table 7. Higher Score Counts
Episode	Rhett	Link	Tie
Starbucks	18	14	1

Results

2. Rhett

Figure 11. Distribution of Rhett scores within Starbucks.

Average Score

57

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

0

Recipients: None

Table 8. Rhett Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Iced Peppermint Mocha	84
2	Iced Flat White	81
3	Iced Caffe Latte	80
4	Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	79
5	Mocha Frappuccino	78
6	Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso	76
	Iced Caffe Mocha	76
	Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino	76
7	Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	75
8	Java Chip Frappuccino	73
	Espresso Frappuccino	73
	Iced White Chocolate Mocha	73
9	Nitro Cold Brew	72
10	Coffee Frappuccino	71
	Iced Black And White Mocha Latte	71

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 9. Rhett Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso	17
2	Nitro Cold Brew With Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Foam	25
3	Honey Almondmilk Cold Brew	32
	Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White	32
4	Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew	34
	Honey Almondmilk Nitro Cold Brew	34
5	Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Cold Brew Cold Brew	35
6	Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino	38
7	Iced Cinnamon Dolce Latte	39
8	Caramel Ribon Crunch Frappuccino	41
9	Caramel Frappuccino	43
10	Salted Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew	44

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Results

3. Link

Figure 12. Distribution of Link scores within Starbucks.

Average Score

54

Peanut Butter Quotient*

N/A

No peanut butter items in this episode.

Nice! Factor**

1

Recipients: Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White

Table 10. Link Highest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Iced Flat White	80
	Iced Starbucks Blonde Vanilla Latte	80
	Nitro Cold Brew	80
2	Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino	77
3	Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso	75
4	Iced Caffe Mocha	73
5	Java Chip Frappuccino	72
6	Mocha Frappuccino	71
7	Cold Brew	70
8	Iced Honey Almondmilk Flat White	69
9	Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino	66
10	Espresso Frappuccino	62

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Table 11. Link Lowest-Ranked Items
Rank	Item	Score
1	Caramel Frappuccino	10
2	Caramel Ribon Crunch Frappuccino	15
3	Iced Caramel Macchiato	22
4	Iced Chocolate Almondmilk Shaken Espresso	24
5	Nitro Cold Brew With Dark Cocoa Almondmilk Foam	29
6	Strawberry Funnel Cake Frappuccino	38
7	Iced Black And White Mocha Latte	40
8	Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew	43
9	Salted Caramel Cream Nitro Cold Brew	45
	Iced Caffe Latte	45
10	Honey Almondmilk Nitro Cold Brew	47

Note. Tied scores share rank labels; tables include all items in the first ten rank groups.

Notes

4. Definitions and Notes

* Peanut Butter Quotient is calculated as the difference between the average score for peanut-butter-focused flavors and the average score for non-peanut-butter flavors. Flavors designated as peanut-butter-focused in this episode are: None in this episode

Formal notation PBQ = x̄_PB - x̄_non-PB

** Nice! Factor is the number of times a score of 69 appears.

Formal notation NF = Σ 1(score = 69)

Rank Drift is the absolute difference between the original final rank and the rank produced by the currently selected ranking method.

Limitations. Scores are treated as interval values although the underlying tasting process is subjective.