Drinks

I've come to realise that I love trying limited edition, seasonal drinks. After trying a festive spice latte from Costa yesterday, I realised that this strange passion could actually become a talking point for my site

Coffee

Starbucks Creme Brulee Latte

Amazing, 5/5 drink. I remember feeling the beginning of a sore throat and then drinking this anyway just because it was so good.

Starbucks Strawberry Matcha Latte

The strawberry cream part of this was really good. The matcha part, not so much, although I'm not the best match for matcha (see what I did there?). Overall, 3/5 (although keep in mind my bias against matcha).

Pret Gingerbread Latte

Pretty decent. It's similar to the PSL for me, I'd give it a solid 3/5.

Blank Street Banana Bread Matcha Latte

4.5/5. This is so good that it overcame my mixed feelings towards matcha.

Matcha Latte (miscellaneous)

This a general statement rather than for a specific drink. I want to like matcha lattes so much, but it never works out for me... Special shoutout to Pret's Rice milk Matcha, trule one of the few 0.5/5 ratings from me. Why would you get rid of milk as a menu option and keep this disgrace?

Costa Festive Spice Latte

I quite literally had this yesterday and I don't remember anything about it. 2/5 for lack of memorability.

Black Sheep Gingerbread Latte

It's a no from me. Something about this drink makes me stomach feel like Vesuvius a few weeks before the eruption. It doesn't really taste as good as the PSL either from Black Sheep, so a 2/5.

Pumpkin Spice Lattes

I realised that I've tried so many different pumpkin spice lattes that I need a separate page for them.

Pret A Manger PSL

Overall, a half-decent choice. Pret isn't my first choice for coffee anymore, although I used to drink this religiously before I branched out to different brands. I think it's a solid 3/5 stars. If you're wondering why I ranked it kind of high, wait til you find out my reasons for downgrading the other ones.

Starbucks PSL

2/5 stars. They've overdone it with the 'spice' part, because this just tastes like curry to me (specifically korma). For a brand that is arguably well-known for their pumpkin spice latte, this was disappointing.

Starbucks Iced Pumpkin Cream Chai Tea Latte

4/5 stars. This was really good, it's just that I docked a point since (in my opinion) iced drinks and autumn/winter should never mix.

Puccino's PSL

1/5 stars. Same issue as Starbucks except so much more savoury, somehow.

Blank Street PSL

4.5/5 stars. This is just a joy to drink.

Black Sheep PSL

4/5 stars. While I wouldn't say this is better than the Blank Street PSL, this one tastes unique compared to other pumpkin spice lattes. It tastes very autumnal, and I can get behind that.

Hot Chocolate

Fizzy drinks

Pakola

Mango Pepsi

Vanilla coke

Cherry coke

Boba