http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/10/30/starbucks-dry/ inspired musings... Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/2009/10/30/starbucks-dry/comment-page-1/#comment-22386 MoHoyt.com » Blog Archive » Drinking these days… Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:29:34 +0000 http://www.mohoyt.com/blog/?p=235#comment-22386 [...] Essentially this is just a filter coffee with two shots of espresso, a little almond syrup and some hot milk. But there is oh-so-much-more to it than that. To get it tasting good, a few principles have to be observed. 1) Assuming you’re ordering this in Starbucks, don’t get Estima (whatever you do!), get whatever else is going (even if it’s the morally questionable (don’t ask me why) House Blend), I find Sumatra, or something fairly bold is best. 2) Only get one or two pumps of almond syrup. If it’s a tall, then it’s gonna have 3 pumps normally, which is a tad too sweet. 3) Espresso is espresso, at least at Starbucks it is. Regular or decaf is fine. 4) Only get a little hot milk (a quarter/half inch will do). Even better if it’s dry. [...] [...] Essentially this is just a filter coffee with two shots of espresso, a little almond syrup and some hot milk. But there is oh-so-much-more to it than that. To get it tasting good, a few principles have to be observed. 1) Assuming you’re ordering this in Starbucks, don’t get Estima (whatever you do!), get whatever else is going (even if it’s the morally questionable (don’t ask me why) House Blend), I find Sumatra, or something fairly bold is best. 2) Only get one or two pumps of almond syrup. If it’s a tall, then it’s gonna have 3 pumps normally, which is a tad too sweet. 3) Espresso is espresso, at least at Starbucks it is. Regular or decaf is fine. 4) Only get a little hot milk (a quarter/half inch will do). Even better if it’s dry. [...]

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