As a kid, I’m not allowed to take coffee. I may or may not have asked my Mom her reasons then, either way I followed such “orders” and opted to have cold milk instead. It was only during college days when I got to take coffee, during “burning the midnight oil” sessions as they say. My Mom had no choice since I need to be up in the wee hours of the morning to do school work and drinking milk just won’t do it. I’m also not into carbonated drinks ever since high school as I just find these too sweet for my taste, so the next best thing is coffee.
Like any noob coffee drinker, I had undergone various effects from drinking coffee. I had to try out different brands (3-in-1), different level of sweetness/bitterness. Little did I know that these wouldn’t make much difference. I had palpitations then especially when drinking black coffee, I had hyperacidity, and I sometimes have diarrhea ( sorry TMI 🙂 ). Even then, coffee has no effect in making me stay awake. It’ll perk me up just for an hour or two, after I’m back to being sleepy which is such a struggle most of the time.
I could say that my coffee preference has evolved over time. If there’s anything that stayed up until now, it’s in how I take my coffee — iced. I started out with the sweet-milky types, then went on to sweet with more coffee infused ones, and now to bitter and black coffee ones. As to why the evolution, I have no idea! And I think it has nothing to do with age. But an interesting evolution all the same. 🙂
Here are my coffee preferences to date:
Iced Americano, no water, with mint syrup, and shaken
I usually get this at Starbucks since among all the coffeeshops, they are the ones who are ok with drink customizations. This drink was introduced to me by my cousin. She knew of this drink from her previous boss, whose go to drink at Starbucks is this. My cousin knowing my taste, encouraged me try this out. And ever since that day, this has been my choice. It’s very refreshing and it has the kick that I love!
Iced caramel macchiato or iced mocha, both have been ousted from my top coffee drink list (if there’s such a thing).
Iced Cafe Latte with Hazelnut or English Toffee
Whenever I’m at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf or Abaca Baking Company, this is my choice of drink. If they have a non-fat milk option, I’d prefer that. Not because I’m health conscious (fat and sugars) but having it in non-fat milk relatively offsets the sweetness of the hazelnut or English toffee syrup. 🙂
White Cold Brew
In recent years, cold brew was the latest trend in coffee processing. For a novice coffee aficionado, I didn’t understand the cold brew process but I definitely love the taste. This drink was first introduced to me by my friends from Yolk Coffee and Breakfast. White Brew is Yolk’s own version of cold brew coffee.
I really love the taste, super milky and creamy, and still has that coffee taste. I tried other’s version/take on this, but it’s just not the same with that of Yolk’s. Either the coffee taste is overpowered by the milk and cream or it’s too sweet for my liking.
Dark Caramel Cold Foam Nitro
Just a few months back, one of our visiting US counterparts at work, got us (the coffee buddies at work club) to try this one out. It’s cold brew infused with nitrogen. A close descriptive association I can get you is draft beer. Both have similar dispenser and set-up, it’s just that with draft beer, carbon dioxide is used and with coffee it’s nitrogen. You can get this drink at select Starbuck outlets in Cebu.
I find the container a bit fancy compared to your regular iced coffee drinks. It has a hard plastic top lid and you’re not given a straw but rather you’re to sip on it. At first sip, you’ll feel the foam and the bitterness of the strong coffee outright. I would say that this one is an acquired taste and that not all will appreciate it. In fact, my coffee buddies didn’t quite liked it. As for me, I liked it, so much so that I would get one when in those select Starbuck stores. Heads up though, it’s a bit pricey compared to your regular Starbucks drinks and it only comes in 2 sizes (Tall and Grande).
Let me know what you guys think should you decide to try these drinks. 🙂 I’m not paid to advertise these but knowing that you guys like it would definitely make me feel validated on my taste preferences!
SingleBakedMiss by KiaraC 