iced, iced mocha.
Ooooh, the happy taste of an iced mocha when the air is GENUINELY HOT as you leave your house in the morning.
There are few things that really compare to the flavour and the temperature and the joy. Generally, I don’t like anything as sweet as a mocha can be, but some days? Yes! PERFECT.
The best iced mocha I ever had was after giving up coffee for Lent about five years ago. The morning my fast ended, I woke up (I was on vacation in Kelowna) and insisted that my friend drive me IMMEDIATELY to Starbucks. I don’t think he really wanted to go, but I’m a hard girl to refuse when I’ve been waiting for something a long, long time.
I ordered an eight-shot iced venti half-sweet nonfat mocha. They asked me to repeat it four times, not because they didn’t understand, but because they didn’t WANT to understand.
EIGHT SHOTS OF ESPRESSO. WITH MOCHA. AFTER 40 DAYS WITHOUT COFFEE.
Needless to say, I was a really inspiring person until about 2 pm, when I dissolved into a pool of tears, and insisted that we “get more… can we get more? I need some more. How about we get more. How about now?”
Totally not an addict, though. Promise.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:59 am
Man oh man, I concur on the Iced mocha front! The one I had yesterday afternoon was a delight :)
However, not being a true master of coffee parlance I am confused by the ‘half-sweet’ in your insanely caffeinated coffee description above. If the milk is nonfat, where does the half-sweet come in? Enlighten me oh High Priestess of the roasted bean!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:06 am
Half-sweet on the mocha syrup, actually — I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so I prefer my mocha be less mocha-y and more coffeeish. But, you know, a bit more mocha than a latte. If that makes any sense. :-)
July 11th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Holy God Woman! Eight shots?
You’re like a coffee champ.
July 12th, 2007 at 5:51 am
Tabarnac! You ARE skilled in the coffee department. I’d be running through walls after 8 shots of espresso.
July 12th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
I’m sitting here drooling. I do prefer my mocha hot.
Actually, Grande, non-fat, no whip, half-sweet, extra-hot, peppermint mocha to be exact.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Ooooh! I used to be a barista (not at Starbucks) and I would sneakily make those and hide them under the counter! Mmmmm! So good!