Just noticed that they pad the bottom of the frappuccino cups with whipped cream to not give as much coffee! Is this new? Do other Starbucks now cheat the same way? Never saw this before.

I'm not a coffee connoisseur but over the years have read that cream should be added to the cup first. Then the sweetener of choice. Then the coffee.

Just ask. They are always trying to make drinks yummy is all.

They have the triple mocha frappuccino and ultimate carmel frappuccinos that have whipped cream in the bottom. If you dont want it, you have to ask for none on the bottom. There is only a few with whipped cream on the bottom.