Name: Starbucks
Peripheries
Location: Merle Hay Mall parking lot
Advertisement: Pumpkin Spice Latte's had fancy signage. I feel slighted.
Willingness to provide: Aren't they always just so happy at Starbucks? That is to snarky, I've been to this particular one 4 times and found them to be pleasant. The store has also been sunny and brightly lit.
Side dish: Old Fashioned Donut and Old Fashioned Coffee Cake. I do not like Starbucks "treats" and I hate that their other coffee cakes are low-fat garbage things.
The Drink (#of eggs, out of 5)
Cup: tall, paper, required cardboard sleeve. I was driving so I do not remember if it had slogans and advertisement like Starbucks often does and which drives me apeshit.
Temperature: Hot. I was able to begin consumption right away.
Source of Nog: Unknown. Chemically mix. (1 eggs)
Coffee: Underwhelming. I looked for it and didn't find it. (2 eggs)
Swallow: "eggnog," metal, milk. (3 eggs)
Nutmeg: it tasted like a holiday drink. (2 eggs)
Cover: none. And how could it? (0 eggs)
Finish: Gross. Thick and oily. the only part of it that made me think there might be real Nog in play but was probably just not mixed well. (1 egg)
Other: In full disclosure I am writing this after the fact and without the evidence on hand. Also, Starbucks was the first place I ever tried an eggnog latte as many as 7 years ago, and I almost never tried one again.
Final Score: 2.5 eggs it is to eggnog latte's what McDonald's is to the hamburger. And it shows.
Our Friend Kim will be in Iowa later this week and into next week. She will be bringing her poets pallet and special eggnog rubric to bare upon the services of our town. So keep your eyes peeled for that.
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