Both versions are "real" drinks of Italian origin. The problem is that you can't expect to get the correct drink if you only use half of the drink's name. It doesn't help that most Europeans only know of one, and most Americans only know of the opposite one. The cafe macchiato (aka espresso macchiato) is coffee 'marked' with a little milk foam. A latte macchio is foamed milk 'marked' with a little coffee (and optionally also a bunch of sugar). If a menu (or a customer) just says macchiato without specifying which liquid has been marked, then it's best to clarify up front what they mean. I use hand gestures to demonstrate their different sizes when asking. I agree that the cafe macchiatto is the superior beverage, but the ambiguity is the real issue.

Yeah, I was thinking "Did they give him the real version when he was expecting the starbucks version, or did they give him the starbucks version when he was expecting the real version?"

If it was the latter, he was technically correct if still somewhat prissy.

I know I don't like too much milk in my coffee and it can give me an upset stomach, so I'd be less than pleased to receive what is essentially a latte when I was expecting something more akin to a shot of espresso with a small amount of foam.

But I mitigate that by asking first how they make their macchiatos if I'm going to order one, and they still act like I'm being a jerk for trying to clarify before even ordering. Like, it's an ambiguity that exists so I prefer to make sure before wasting anyone's time or my money.

I don't have that problem when I'm in Europe, cause most coffee shops there actually know what a macchiato is and make them the correct way. But the US makes ignorance a point of pride.

Sugars: 42 g [venti]

I'm somehow surprised it has less than a 12 oz. Mountain Dew's 46 g, but I'd bet the 6 g of saturated fat (3/5 of a Big Mac) is doing some heavy lifting.

Literally liquid candy, which is why it doesn't surprise me that I loved it when I tried it at age 13 but wanted to throw up when I had it again five years later. Could also just be that their coffee itself is subpar trash.