starbucks | pike place roast
I’m a coffee addict, and I love Starbucks. My favorite blend is the Komodo Dragon Blend. My friend, and Starbucks manager, Richard made one of my all time favorite specialty coffees. He w ouldn’t tell me the ingredients until I told him what I thought of it. I loved it. Then he gave me the news….
7 shots of espresso
10 pumps of vanilla
about a half an inch of cream
and ice to the top
Rich knows how I like my coffee. Earthy, bold, rich, and relatively sweet. The next best coffee I’ve ever tasted just happens to be down the road at Marla & Dave’s. I do believe their Jura uses only starbucks beans.
Recently, Starbucks introduced the Pike Place Roast. Although I love pretty much everything they do, I’m not so fond of this move. It’s weak. It makes me feel like I should be buying donuts at the same time. I’m not sure what you all think, but the only way the Pike Place Roast works for me, is when ordered as a black eye. So for now, I’ll keep brewing my Komodo Dragon Blend at home, and enjoy my periodic Starbucks visits, but i’ll definately be upgrading my Pike Place Roast with a minimum of 2 add shots.
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OK…wins the prize for most all-time please click on me links! Enjoyable. By the way, I’m sitting on my back porch drinking a cup of that coffee right now.
My rec’ if you’re having Pike Place Roast: have it as a Breve Cafe Misto. & yes, it does pair well with an Old-Fashioned Chocolate Top Pot donut. ;) But, if you taste PPR from a coffee press instead of a drip brewer, it will be a whole lot stronger and a bit more flavorful. (It certainly is one of the most controversial moves we’ve made this year…)