Starbucks. Berjaya owned in Malaysia. It's brand name either gives fear, hatred or utmost devotion (I'm the latter by the way). It's been known to be called Microsoft of Coffees around the world to the point that some goverments in some countries are banning them from their cities. Total domination? Probably, due to their expansion program, you can see a Starbucks in every corner in the United States, here, it's quite alot in Kuala Lumpur.
My Sri Hartamas area has 3 in a 10km distance, Bandar Utama has 3 at a lesser distance, and the shopping complex One Utama has 2. It's prices are crazy for a cup of coffee, but I kinda believe it's worth it. My dad always says "Your coffee that you spend here can give me 10 cups of coffee back in my kopitiam!", but to each its own. Now on to the review!
The Starbucks Cappucino is a standard espresso drink with frothed milk. It's frothiness is not hard, meaning that if you place sugar, it goes in. I'm seriously not sure if this is a good or bad thing because I have one friend who says that it's good if it's not hard and the other who says that it's bad, but the drink has it's promises. Some ratings over here then:
Quality: 4/5
Being that the espresso taste has been very good (review on the espresso later) it's quite good that the milk doesn't overpower the coffee. It's frothiness of the milk is quite alot, which means that 1/5 of the cup is basically foam, which is why there's a minus in the quality. For the price I pay for a cappucino it's quite lousy that I only have 4/5ths of the coffee. Then again that part is golden. For a hot drink, you get the taste of the milk for a brief period of time and then on to the coffee's black roasted taste. Best of both worlds.
Caffeine: 3/5
I've heard friends before saying that after they had this drink, they couldn't sleep for days. Although it's not really worked so much for me, it's a good drink and one cup of this could definately keep me awake for hours (like 6-8 hours roughly), it's just that I've had longer before and this is probably not tops yet.
Availability: 3/5
It's noticably available, and it's quite easy to order, tell barrista that you want a cappucino, if you can't seem to spell it, show him this blog. however I've put the score lower because Alor Setar has no Starbucks. Why man why? It should be on every state.
Price: 1/5
I believe everyone knows why I've placed this score. It's RM9.50 per tall cup (+1RM for each size). Technically if possible, do get the Venti one (largest size), it's probably a best bet if you're already luxurious to order this coffee, at least get the best caffeine shot for your money. Still, it's quite expensive to alot of people's pockets.
Overall: 4/5
I'm actually abit biased on this review simply because I kinda love this drink. It's a good hot Starbucks coffee drink that has milk in it. I usually recommend this to my friends if they're there because it's taste is solid and it's technically cheaper than the latte. However, it's high price and the foam has let me down abit, so I've placed this at a 4.
Complaints, flames, mass destruction? Comment me. :)
