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The Pumpkin Spice drinks might the most popular seasonal beverages - hot or cold - at Starbucks and there are more than a few people who mark their calendars with the release date every fall, but their two more Christmas-y drinks - the gingerbread and the eggnog lattes - deserve their time in the spotlight, too. Especially since those flavors are popping up at other coffee houses. The gingerbread latte is made with a spicy gingerbread syrup that is blended into a regular latte and topped, if desired, with whipped cream. The eggnog latte is a bit different and is made with real eggnog, which is mixed with a bit of regular milk (whole, nonfat, etc) and steamed as usual. You might not expect eggnog and coffee to go well together, but the combination is actually quite good. Especially if you know a barista that will a little something "extra" to the eggnog lattes on Christmas Eve (not that that would ever happen or anything...).
Gingerbread is my favorite, as the spices are both warming and satisfying. Which do you prefer - or do you skip those typically seasonal flavors in favor of the peppermint mocha?
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11-25-2006 @5:24PM calamari said... Eggnog latte all the way! Eggnog latte also makes a lovely frapuccino -- it's not on the official Starbucks menu, but here in Arizona, many barristas know how to make it. They can also make an eggnog frapuccino without coffee in it. Both are lovely when one is facing Xmas shopping in 85-degree heat with seemingly zero humidity.
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11-25-2006 @10:14PM Fash said... Gingerbread all the way!
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11-25-2006 @10:16PM Fash said... Gingerbread all the way!
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11-25-2006 @10:27PM Jackie said... Peppermint Mochas are definitely the way to go. I just had my first one of the season yesterday, and boy, was it tasty!
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11-25-2006 @11:12PM MJ said... Neither.They go to far with these flavored coffees!Gingerbread on the side with my coffee regular thank you!
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11-26-2006 @10:03PM Richard said... I love the Gingerbread Lattes
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11-26-2006 @11:06PM Hal said... Forget Starbucks, it is all about Peet's coffee and their eggnog latte's!
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11-27-2006 @8:43AM calamari said... Y'know, I find Peet's superior to Starbucks for regular coffee and for non-flavored lattes... but their eggnog latte never seems quite right to me. Someone (Wall Street Journal?) did a tasting study that found Starbucks coffee doesn't taste great on its own but is formulated just right to work brilliantly in the hyper-sweetened flavored coffee drinks.
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