Saturday, February 09, 2008

A Slight Retraction

The last time I blogged about Barefoot I was deeply unhappy about the changes they'd made. This time I'm writing to retract my statement that I could no longer recommend them as the best place to go for coffee. While I can't say I'm ecstatic about the changes, I can at least say that I've come to terms with them and understand their reasons for it.

While I still miss the old milk, I have come to appreciate the new one as well. Barefoot is right; once I got over my disappointment that it no longer tasted the same, I did actually notice that the new milk lets the coffee come through better.

I did, however, get another surprise today when I ordered a cold latte. Apparently iced and cold lattes now comes pre-mixed using cold-brewed coffee by default (as opposed to using an espresso shot). This is probably a good thing if I was ordering an iced latte because throwing hot espresso on to the cold ice shocks the coffee. For cold lattes (no ice, just cold milk), however, I still prefer a real espresso shot. So now I have to remember to custom order my cold lattes. *sigh*

If only they'd publicize these changes instead of springing it on their poor unsuspecting coffee addicts...

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