bookmark_borderStarbucks In A Bottle

Stumbled this bottle in Jusco Mid Valley shopping mall. Curiosity kicks in and hence, I grabbed a bottle and paid RM11.90 for it.

Starbucks Bottle

From the side, it looks like it is imported since it has Korean language written all over it. I’m not surprised as I found it in Korean food section. Besides, I wondered why do they have it in bottle form (other than marketing purposes) since you can literally find its outlet in almost every major shopping complex.

I had high expectation since it is by Starbucks, so they say. However, it did not turn out as good as the bottle looks. It is too rich with milk till it makes you think that you are drinking diluted condensed milk rather than their famous coffee with milk. Judging by my odd taste, there is only 25% of coffee ‘scent’ and 75% of milk in it. Even the Old Town 3-in-1 White Coffee tastes better than this and it only cost a fraction of the said ‘bottled’ coffee. It is rather too sweet for my liking and hence I drank only 2/3 out of the full content. The remaining 1/3 goes down the drain.

Old Town 3-in-1 White Coffee > Nescafe 3-in-1 > Starbucks bottled coffee

It’s true.. It’s true.. There are two flavours; original coffee and Mocha. You can differentiate both of those by looking at the content colours; darker ones are Mocha flavour while lighter ones are original coffee with milk. Boy, I couldn’t imagine how sweet it is for the Mocha flavour. I dare to say that the sugar content makes me keeps me awake rather than the caffeine from the coffee.

Starbucks cap

 

This is probably the first and last Starbucks bottled coffee for me as I couldn’t find a reason to purchase it again. Besides, it does not justify by the price and taste compare to those you purchase at their chain outlet.

bookmark_borderHow Starbucks Saved My Life

Now, I don’t really like to read books because most of them I find it boring.

How Starbucks Saved My Life

How Starbucks Saved My Life

However, upon stumbled across this book, “How Starbucks Saved My Life“, by chance in Times Bookstore at Pavilion shopping mall, I got hooked to it so badly that I finished it (265 pages) within two days. The fonts might be bigger than those usual boring storybooks so book lovers could probably finish it in a day or less. However, it is not the fonts which attracts my attention but it is the story which I fond of. Not only it describes of an aging man, who owned almost everything, to lose everything and to gain back something but it also briefly describes about the working culture in US, working culture in Starbucks, what team spirit really means and one’s perspective towards different ethnic and social background in working world.

This book is probably one of the best books I have read so far besides The Kite Runner and 1421. Get it at Amazon now!




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