Showing posts with label chestnut praline latte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chestnut praline latte. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 November 2014

Starbucks Chestnut Praline Latte Tastes Like...

I'm holding a chestnut praline latte as I type this. Well, okay, not literally. But it's within arm's reach.

Numerous friends and baristas have described this drink to me, and all of them were so vague that I honestly still have no idea what this drink tastes like.

And you're talking to a person who nodded and said "uh huh, totally" while reading about a blind person's description of lemonade as "square" because it pricked his tongue like square things pricked his hands. (The whole essay, by Annie Dillard, can be found here. I forgot how good it is... might have to do an entire post on that one.)

Anyway.

This latte, apparently, tastes like:
"Christmas morning." (what?) 
"Syrup and waffles and christmas breakfast." (...what?)
"That warm Christmas feeling." (................................what?)
I thought I'd try it, just to see what the fuss is about, and do my best to describe it.

Alright. Here goes.




















It tastes like hazelnuts. And cinnamon. And a chunk of bark off a christmas tree.

(Just kidding. It does taste like hazelnuts and cinnamon though.)