This week’s drink of the week comes to StarbucksMelody from a Starbucks partner in Ontario, Canada. Nicholas writes:
“My drink is a chai and I swap out one pump of the chai for a pump of mocha, no water of course to get a spicier drink. I liken my drink to that of Mexican chocolate. Starbucks once had a chocolate chai, but was way too sweet. This version is just the right hint of chocolate and delish through to the last sip!”
Thank you Nicholas for the excellent pic and drink suggestion!
I sent Nicholas a $10 Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room card as a thank you, since I used his submission.
Any partner can submit a beverage to be featured on this site. Include a photo of the drink (full) and a description of the recipe and/or information on the drink build. Include your name, location, and a return address. Also include snippet as to why you like this drink. My email address is Melody@StarbucksMelody.com.
Look for drink of the week every Monday. I hope that by featuring this new category, it will give customers (and partners) ideas of new things to try. 🙂
As a reminder, when you modify a beverage, there could be up-charges for things like syrups or sauces, depending on what you’re getting and what the original drink recipe included.
Enjoy!
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Not a fan of chai but I might have to try this! Can’t go wrong with a Mexican hot chocolate! Also, might submit a drink or two. 🙂
@Diele Kyhn – I hope you do submit a drink!
Ohhh I like this suggestion…oh wait its mine. Tee Hee.
Thanks Melody for selecting mine as the DrinkOfTheWeek! 🙂
PS, did a Pantheon Blend coffee tasting for my DM and Partners last night. Think I scored some brownie points with my DM on that one. I refused to tell him what we were tasting until the actual tasting started, immediately he said, guess I am going to the reserve pages, as I tend to do reserve tastings with him.
Sounds delish! Definitely going to have to try this!
This sounds wonderful! Thank you Melody and Nicholas!
Sounds good and I may have to try it. I tried to like the chocolate chai but just didn’t. Maybe this will be better.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE chocolate but find many of the mocha drinks just to sweet. However, this sounds delicious! (The description stated “no water” What did Nicholas mean by that? Do they tend to add extra water to fill the cup size?)
@sheila Traditionally the Chai Tea Lattes (Classic and Oprah) are made with water first to the concentrate to dilute it then steamed milked is used for the remaining portion, about a 50/50 split. I prefer mine without the water to have a full milk based drink. When done this way it gives a Chai Tea Latte a different flavour profile. Give it a try, its a spicer drink when no water is used (in my opinion).
Just note that if you are a calorie watcher the calories will be higher due to a higher milk content.
Thanks Nicholas! I’m sure I would like the “spicier” flavor. Have you ever tried it with soy?