Comments | matthew_matins: queries, drink and television

matthew_matins

queries, drink and television

Mar 15, 2008 22:36

Has anyone tried the new honey latte from Starbucks? I like honey, I love coffee, and I like lattes. Yet. Something about this drink seems wrong.

Is Torchwood still awful in the second season? Ugh, I need to accept that it is and move on.

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modpixie March 16 2008, 03:29:44 UTC

honey is good. coffee is good. i would rather not think of honey and coffee together. had it been a honey chai latte, on the other hand...

From an insider vintagelife March 16 2008, 10:30:08 UTC

It's too "nutty". It's too much nuts and not enough honey! I liked it at first but then hated it shortly after.

Re: From an insider matthew_matins March 17 2008, 01:15:47 UTC

I read a rumor that honey-flavored syrup is used in the drink with only real honey on top? Is this true?!

Re: From an insider vintagelife March 17 2008, 01:19:36 UTC

Yeah, syrup all the way! It's just "honey" syrup (which is way too nutty!), espresso, milk, and then topped with whipped cream and allegedly real honey. I actually haven't looked at the bottle, but I'm pretty sure it's real?

It's better than the sugar-free mocha they came out with in January. Ugh. Tastes like liquid tootsie rolls. Which is worse than it sounds!

Re: From an insider matthew_matins March 17 2008, 01:33:12 UTC

The (new) skinny latte debacle? My brother recently phased himself from the schedule at one place, but was giving me all the inside scoop, like the hatred of those hot breakfast sandwiches or the calorie count on those holiday penguin cookies.

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atommickbrane March 16 2008, 10:34:23 UTC

Nope. Stick with the hazelnut hot chocolate instead. Although I only go to Starbucks about three times a year... almost £4 for a hot drink, not cool, and they don't even have a loyalty card and the staff are far nicer in the Caffe Neros anyway. Yeh.

And yes, still awful.

matthew_matins March 17 2008, 01:17:53 UTC

Hazelnut hot chocolate is not an option in the states! Boo! Is it like drinking Nutella? OMG I want to do that now.

atommickbrane March 17 2008, 08:39:00 UTC

You're kidding! Wow so much for being THE LAND OF PROMISE. Yeah, it is sort of like drinking Nutella. It's pretty amazing. I am even pondering buying some of their hazelnut syrup (a bottle of that is probably as cheap as a large hazelnut hot chocolate - and yes, I *do* stubbornly refuse to call it a 'venti' or whatever).

matthew_matins March 18 2008, 01:10:07 UTC

No, it's still THE LAND OF PROMISE, just without mass hazelnut consumption. The country is still getting used to vanilla, and even that is banned in some more sanctified areas.

I can never ask for a "shot" of flavored syrup in a drink. That's too fancy for me.

tigermilkdrunk March 16 2008, 12:03:41 UTC

Yes, still awful - but it's moved from annoyingly awful to endearingly awful (quite intentionally), and I find myself watching every week now (while I gave up on the first series fairly quickly).

5500 March 16 2008, 17:51:47 UTC

I gave up on Twood after the second or third episode this time. I really wanted to stick around for Martha's sake, but I couldn't allow myself to watch her get dragged down into the morass. I've decided I hate the show and that John Barrowman is such a bad 'actor' that it's not even accurate to call him that.

matthew_matins March 17 2008, 01:29:57 UTC

Twood!
Perhaps John Barrowman is an acTOR. This is why one should keep your guard up around musical theater geeks!

Shouldn't the new Who start soon? That's something.

5500 March 17 2008, 01:31:35 UTC

he is an acTOR indeed.

yes, it's set to start next month. roll on Tate!

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corenrind March 16 2008, 17:32:31 UTC

I think your questions are clearly related. "Torchwood": things you like, put together into something that never gets better the more you drink it.

I don't know, did you like "Angel"? I find them sort of similar, and also think that show was awful, though some seemed to think the campy was kooky.

(Also "Torchwood" just pressed my 100% least favorite sci-fi unacceptable story I hate most, Accidental Alien Pregnancy of Lady Character. UGHHHH. Related to my above point, didn't that happen to Cordelia like eight times?)

matthew_matins March 17 2008, 01:23:41 UTC

It is related! I did not make the connection!
Angel, well, I stuck out the first season and gave up in the second. I started watching again at the end of four and watched all of five. The show was only good when it began killing everyone at the end. (So maybe I cried when Fred died. And Cordelia. And Wesley.)