I was all excited to do a review of all the secret flavours of Starbucks Fan Flavours like I did for Cotton Candy but I am officially pissed off.
I saw that Starbucks had a “new mini frappuccino” available for a limited time and I ordered it for my Lemon Bar Frappé. I was not sure I was going to like it so I thought getting a smaller size made sense but the fact that I still ended up putting over $4 on my loyalty card did not.
Now I will admit the fact that they have a special notebook for the recipes of these special flavours at the work station was pretty cool. I certainly did not see evidence of the Lemon Bar Frappé being advertised anywhere in the store so it did feel like a bit of a secret foodie mission I was on.
Objects are way smaller than they appear!
The woman who made it kept saying how cute and adorable it was and I kept thinking, that is it?! For over $4?! WTF?!
Yes, it was surprisingly refreshing and lighter than I was anticipating and the little sprinkles on top were cute but come on! I should have checked with my friend Vivian who knows the deal on all the summer drinks out there. She wrote me that the mini is only 15¢ cheaper but you get 2 oz less. A total ripoff!
I thought this was going to be a fun summer drink project for me but I am done. I am not even a huge fan of the flavour ideas and I would much prefer a McDonald’s Iced Coffee Frappé any day. Twice the size for half the price.
I hope that gives you brain freeze Starbucks.
Couldn’t agree with you more, Suzie! In general I don’ get Frappucinos at Starbucks because I think they are overpriced, consist half of ice, and I think they have a lot of calories too. The minis just don’t make sense to me at all, except it probably is a much higher-margin drink for Starbucks. I’ll stick with my coffees and the occasional Americano.
It’s true, you’re paying a ton of $$$ for ice John. I was totally duped into thinking this was a deal. Ugh!
And another reason why I don’t go to Starbuck’s !!!
I wish I had alternatives here!!! But good for you.
Actually I don’t even go to any coffee bars .
Another thing I’ve found fun, if I spot something like this that I think might be worth trying , I’ll research and attempt to recreate it AT HOME . Twice as satisfying as you save money (hopefully) and possibly expand your skills !!
That’s a great idea Wayne! Expanding skills, saving money and not having to go anywhere to do it. That kind of rocks.