Starbucks lover notices strange objects inside her caramel frappuccino: 'I could not believe it'
A Starbucks customer was left disturbed after she found several pieces of hard plastic in her grande caramel frappuccino.
Bianca, who calls herself Binx online, posted a TikTok video showing off the hard white plastic she found in her drink earlier this month.
Bianca 'could not believe' what she found - and upon further inspection, she said that it seemed like the bizarre objects were 'never-ending' and mixed into her drink.
The TikToker claimed she needed her drink after she had a 'long night' despite usually not going to Starbucks.
Binx responded to multiple comments left by TikTokers and claimed she bought her drink from a Starbucks location in El Paso, Texas.
Bianca, who calls herself Binx, posted a TikTok video showing off pieces of hard white plastic she found in her caramel frappuccino earlier this month
Bianca claimed in her July 6 video that she had bought her frappuccino on July 5.
It's unclear when she found the 'sharp, hard, plastic' but once she found one piece, she decided to search for more.
'Here I am trying to strain it out to see how many pieces I could find... Caramel frappuccino blended with hard, white plastic,' Bianca said.
After she decided to rinse the strainer, she discovered several pieces of plastic and placed them all on a napkin.
By the time she was done, she had nearly 30 pieces of white plastic on the napkin.
Bianca claimed in a comment that the El Paso Starbucks she went to was not busy, and that she requested her money back after the incident.
DailyMail.com has contacted Starbucks for comment.
The caramel frappuccino is a popular blended drink that comes with whole milk, frappuccino roast, and caramel syrup topped with caramel drizzle and whipped cream.
Her grande caramel frappuccino, which comes with three roast pumps and three syrup pumps.
Binx responded to multiple comments left by TikTokers and claimed she bought her drink from a Starbucks location in El Paso, Texas
Several Starbucks customers have had gross findings in their drinks over the last 10 years, which include bugs, metal wire, and a dead lizard.
The sharp plastic pieces Bianca found in her drink were small, but they would've been enough to cause the drinker potential intestinal damage.
An example of dangerous plastic particles that could do this damage are microplastics, which are smaller than sesame seeds, according to NIH News in Health.
The plastics have been found in human blood, lungs, guts, and feces, as well as placenta and breast milk.
'Even though we produce millions of tons of plastic each year, we know very little about the health effects of microplastics,' said Dr. Douglas Walker, an expert in environmental health at Emory University in 2024.
'This is a relatively new and active area of research. We still have much to learn.'
TikTok users have shared various beverage horror stories after they purchased drinks from Starbucks and McDonald's
TikTok users who watched Bianca's video shared their own beverage horror stories from being a customer or former barista.
One person claimed to have found 'black rubber pieces' in their Starbucks drink, and a commenter insisted they found plastic pieces in their frappe beverage from McDonald's.
'One time, Cold Stone Creamery blended a Butterfinger with the wrapper still on in my milkshake,' a TikTok user claimed in their post.
Another beverage buyer wrote: 'This happened to me once at a diner, though I got a smoothie, and they said the white lining broke off while they were scooping the thing.'
'The diner gave me another one free of charge, so I got both free.'
A commenter had an idea of what the plastic in Bianca's drink could've been from, but the source of the material is unclear.
'It looks like the oat milk cap. I don't know how that's possible. As a Starbucks barista, I have never had anything like this happen.'
Daily Mail has reached out to Starbucks for comment.
