With days and nights reaching almost-intolerable degrees of warmth, it is always nice to have something refreshing just about anywhere in this country. The Labor Day weekend gave a lot of urban peeps a chance to unwind and head to the beach to cool down, lucky for them. But if you're like me who'd rather stay in the metro and chill at the mall, there are other options.
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Starbucks is yet introducing another "limited edition" drink for the summer, the sparkling lemonade drinks. I tried it out last Sunday and here are some thoughts of mine that you may or may not find amusing.
1. You can get it in green tea aka matcha or coffee. Coffee and lemonade, hello acidity. So yep, I chose the former.
2. In select stores (four, actually), they're having a buy 1 take 1 promo. I happen to live nearby in one of those stores, so I got two matcha lemonades.
3. I regret adding honey. It was too sweet after the honey addition. The honey was supposed to make my son like it. He didn't drink it at all because "Iced tea isn't green!"
3. Green tea sparkling lemonade looked like murky water. Or was it because of the honey?
4. Marketing for this new product was done almost 100% right. Creating a hype for a new product by saying it is limited edition will certainly get people to want to try it now and because we live in a likeable world, the need to share it on social media will definitely increase the chances of it being talked about. At least for the availability of the drink.
5. I assumed the drink has a short life span so I asked the barista if it will be available again. She thinks it's available til May 8th. But the B1T1 promo was for one day only.
I'm not sure if I outgrew green tea now. No, honestly, I like jasmine tea better. Or just plain black. Anyhow, it's a beautiful Tuesday morning and I'm considering giving the coffee lemonade a try.
Anyone else tried the Sparkling Lemonade drinks?
Rating: 3/5 stars.
*enter stage left*
Starbucks is yet introducing another "limited edition" drink for the summer, the sparkling lemonade drinks. I tried it out last Sunday and here are some thoughts of mine that you may or may not find amusing.
1. You can get it in green tea aka matcha or coffee. Coffee and lemonade, hello acidity. So yep, I chose the former.
2. In select stores (four, actually), they're having a buy 1 take 1 promo. I happen to live nearby in one of those stores, so I got two matcha lemonades.
3. I regret adding honey. It was too sweet after the honey addition. The honey was supposed to make my son like it. He didn't drink it at all because "Iced tea isn't green!"
3. Green tea sparkling lemonade looked like murky water. Or was it because of the honey?
4. Marketing for this new product was done almost 100% right. Creating a hype for a new product by saying it is limited edition will certainly get people to want to try it now and because we live in a likeable world, the need to share it on social media will definitely increase the chances of it being talked about. At least for the availability of the drink.
5. I assumed the drink has a short life span so I asked the barista if it will be available again. She thinks it's available til May 8th. But the B1T1 promo was for one day only.
I'm not sure if I outgrew green tea now. No, honestly, I like jasmine tea better. Or just plain black. Anyhow, it's a beautiful Tuesday morning and I'm considering giving the coffee lemonade a try.
Anyone else tried the Sparkling Lemonade drinks?
Rating: 3/5 stars.
