Sabrina Carpenter Says Baristas Expect Her to Order Espresso — but She Gets Tea

Mar. 15, 2025

Sabrina Carpenter’s café order isn’t actually espresso these days.In an interview withZane LoweforApple Music 1released on Thursday, Aug. 22, the pop star, 25, opened up about the impact her viral hit “Espresso” has had on baristas.During their chat, Carpenter joked how the track has sometimes made her feel “like an idiot” when it comes to coffee shop interactions now.“Every time I see a café, there’s just a sign that says espresso, and I’m like, ‘Yes.’ Nothing to do with me,” she told the radio host, quipping: “I didn’t invent espresso. The Italians are so mad.“The “Feather” singer added that she has had to “question ordering” the beverage “a lot” now.“They’re just waiting for me to say it [espresso], and I’m like, “Tea,” Carpenter said of ordering experiences.Sabrina Carpenter.The Zane Lowe Show / Apple Music 1Sabrina Carpenter performs in Buenes Aires in November 2023.Marcelo Endelli/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights ManagementElsewhere during the conversation, the “Nonsense” singer also discussed the making of “Espresso.““I was in between tour, which is even crazier,” she said. “My mind was in a place where it was like, there is just no concerns right now, I just need to write as I’m feeling.“Carpenter said that the night prior she had just played a show in Paris and “was done.““I went to Japan,” she recalled, “and it was high, low, high, energy environments that were just … It took me a couple days to sink back into writing. And then when I did, it ended up being all this stuff that was so honest, so emotional, so important to me, because I was going actually crazy.“That’s where she said the “stupid little song” came from.“Espresso” became Carpenter’s first top-five hit onBillboard’s Hot 100 and her first No. 1 in the U.K., Ireland and Australia. She also ended up collaborating with Van Leeuwen onan espresso-flavored ice cream.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Carpenterannounced her forthcoming albumShort n' Sweetin June.“MY NEW ALBUM IS COMING OUT AUGUST 23rd!!!!💋,” she wroteon social mediaat the time. “This project is quite special to me and I hope it’ll be something special to you too.”Carpenter’s sixth studio albumShort n’ Sweetis due Friday.

Sabrina Carpenter’s café order isn’t actually espresso these days.

In an interview withZane LoweforApple Music 1released on Thursday, Aug. 22, the pop star, 25, opened up about the impact her viral hit “Espresso” has had on baristas.

During their chat, Carpenter joked how the track has sometimes made her feel “like an idiot” when it comes to coffee shop interactions now.

“Every time I see a café, there’s just a sign that says espresso, and I’m like, ‘Yes.’ Nothing to do with me,” she told the radio host, quipping: “I didn’t invent espresso. The Italians are so mad.”

The “Feather” singer added that she has had to “question ordering” the beverage “a lot” now.

“They’re just waiting for me to say it [espresso], and I’m like, “Tea,” Carpenter said of ordering experiences.

Sabrina Carpenter.The Zane Lowe Show / Apple Music 1

The Zane Lowe Show / Apple Music 1

Sabrina Carpenter performs in Buenes Aires in November 2023.Marcelo Endelli/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Marcelo Endelli/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

Elsewhere during the conversation, the “Nonsense” singer also discussed the making of “Espresso.”

“I was in between tour, which is even crazier,” she said. “My mind was in a place where it was like, there is just no concerns right now, I just need to write as I’m feeling.”

Carpenter said that the night prior she had just played a show in Paris and “was done.”

“I went to Japan,” she recalled, “and it was high, low, high, energy environments that were just … It took me a couple days to sink back into writing. And then when I did, it ended up being all this stuff that was so honest, so emotional, so important to me, because I was going actually crazy.”

That’s where she said the “stupid little song” came from.

“Espresso” became Carpenter’s first top-five hit onBillboard’s Hot 100 and her first No. 1 in the U.K., Ireland and Australia. She also ended up collaborating with Van Leeuwen onan espresso-flavored ice cream.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Carpenterannounced her forthcoming albumShort n' Sweetin June.

“MY NEW ALBUM IS COMING OUT AUGUST 23rd!!!!💋,” she wroteon social mediaat the time. “This project is quite special to me and I hope it’ll be something special to you too.”

Carpenter’s sixth studio albumShort n’ Sweetis due Friday.

source: people.com