Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/04/14/two-canadians-review-starbucks.html
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They were just trying to make the perfect drink for Dale Cooper.
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I love cherry pie, but maybe not in my coffee.
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who doesn’t like a little naphthalene in their Frappuccino:
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Probably put your thumb over the top of the straw to give it maximum penetrative power.
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Hence the phrase: “As American as cherry pie!”
Looks good though.
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generous of you, calling it coffee.
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I’m pretty sure there’s no actual coffee in there.
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shakes head, submits to /r/JapanCircleJerk
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It is Starbucks, after all.
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This thing is literally just cherry compote and whipped cream with a pastry dome. It’s not even a coffee-frappuccino, it’s just straight up dessert.
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Let’s see…with 20 teaspoons of sugar? Maybe 30?
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Can I get one of those with my McNuggets & Szechuan Sauce?
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!
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There’s nothing pretending to be coffee in there, either.
I think the base is a vanilla milkshake, actually - apparently that’s their “vanilla bean frappuccino.” They’ve managed to make a “coffee drink” that has no coffee.
The base drink apparently has 10 teaspoons of sugar (and a whole lot of fat). You can probably add another five to ten for the rest of the ingredients.
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That part is nothing new, they’ve had a line of “creme frapps” for years with no coffee or caffeine at all for folks who just want a milkshake.
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It’s just strange that they coined a term that they’ve defined as explicitly encompassing “coffee drinks” and then used that term to name something that has no coffee. It’s this weird descriptive drift, where I would expect they’ll eventually start using it to describe sandwiches or something. 'I’d like the ham frappuccino on rye, please."
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That actually sounds no more disgusting to me than most of the other Starbucks options.
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One of a roommate’s favorite stories was the odd look she got from staff when she asked for a little more milk in her too-thick McDonald’s “shake”. Then the realization hit…
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These days it just means “whizzed up in a blender”. They have tea frapps, ‘creme’ frapps, fruit frapps (aka smoothies), and of course coffee frapps.
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