If I'm going to pay $4.50 for a cup of coffee, I like to know that I'm going to really, really enjoy it. I go to Starbucks every Wednesday morning and order one of three things; in January, after gaining those essential 5 holiday pounds, I order a skinny vanilla latte, extra hot, extra foam with two splendas. From February to September (when I've forgotten about those pesky 5 pounds) I go back to my normal order - a white chocolate mocha, skim milk, with whip, extra hot (I figure that the skim milk cancels out the effect of the whip cream). And from October to December, when I'm missing the cool Michigan fall, I order a pumpkin spice latte, with whip, extra hot.
But today, I thought I'd try something different, I thought I'd spread my Starbucks wings and change it up...so I ordered a Vanilla Chai Rooibos Latte - big mistake. With an exotic name like Rooibos I was sure it had to be good - but I was wrong. There is a reason I stick to my usual drinks - I love them. I love the smell of strong coffee at the drive through window, and I love the first sip of hot coffee and cool whipped cream melting together - I really only hit Starbucks on Wednesdays on the way to my staff meeting - so I look forward to it all week, it's a bummer when you've waited all week and then are completely let down by your coffee drink.
I shared my dilemma with my students today, showing them the almost full cup of rooibos chai sitting on my desk. One of my students nodded knowingly, "I've tried that before too," she said, "It tastes like tap water and milk heated up together." Yes, I thought. Yes it does. So anyway, next Wednesday when I head back to Starbucks, I'm not going to do any fancy ordering, I'm sticking to what I love. I'll order my skinny vanilla latte, extra hot, extra foam, with two splendas...and start counting down the days till February when I can order my creamy, fattening favorite drink again.
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