i was ready to leave at 11, but due to dawdling on everyone’s part — though least of all, mine — it wasn’t until after noon that i left the house, and when i reached the top of the street, i saw the bus pull up at the stop, and then pull away. this turned out to be a good thing, because i walked a few more blocks, to starbucks.
it’s been a few weeks since the new promotional banner appeared on the footpath: for “coffee with a taste of the tradewinds”, the banana caramel frappucino. i was sceptical at first; i mean, banana and coffee! and also, i had sworn off coffee (again) a couple months ago after a raspberry mocha knocked me out for half the day. but then five minutes later the jaunty yellow banner won me over. i had just been biding my time. today was it!
the chalkboard behind the counter said “we’ve gone bananas!”, and in case you doubted the conviction, there was also a drawing of two bunches of bananas. so, apart from the banana caramel frappucino, there was banana caramel cream, banana caramel bread, banana cake and banana chocolate chip biscuit slice. do not think that there would be no customer so obsessive as to tailor a complete banana-themed meal; just before xmas i snuck in there and had a gingerbread frappucino and a slice of gingerbread loaf — a dense brick frosted in thick cream cheese and bright orange candied ginger.
it wasn’t until i was mid-way through ordering that i looked up at the menu board to check the prices and discovered that there is also banana mocha frappucino, which immediately cancelled out the banana caramel frappucino. sitting in the corner, reading annie proulx, i was pleased to find that it tastes like chocolate and banana paddle pops.
such are the little pleasures to be had in a child-free afternoon. there was also: a fantasy about buying a new teacup; a slow trawl through the borders magazine aisles; the following conversation:
“oh, and may i also have a brownie please?”
“would you like a big one or a small one?”
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I am sad to say that I tried one and I did not like it.
the mocha? i’m sad to say that i’m gonna go back and try the caramel. and then the coffee-less one. and then maybe the cookie. i’m sadder to say that my starbucks card finally ran out today. 🙁
I tried the banana caramel frapuccino a few weeks ago and expected it to be sickly sweet,it was not,quite yummy.
I love their banana and walnut loaf as well,goes well with coffee.
no, I tried the caramel. truth be told, I’m a savoury girl so its not surprising.
And what else? The crab spawn cakes made their way home today 🙁
OH MY GOD, I LOVE BANANA.
But…mmm. …mmm…I’d rather have a banana muffin. BANANA CHOCOLATE CARAMEL MUFFIN WITH CREAM UHHH.
i had the banana mocha frap myself which i thought would be a dissapointment (like the gloria jeans violet crumble frap was), but was still intruiged. could have used more coffee in mine though.
did you buy a teacup?
i don’t think i have ever read your blog before. but, it is exactly my speed. i love it.
too bad the cavendish banana is going extinct 🙁
YAY. i am pleased that there are no coffee snobs amongst my readership who would not deign to have banana-flavoured coffee.
saffron: i was very disciplined and returned home with NO teacup, despite fondling quite a few in the shops.
violet: welcome! and thank you! i really like your teacup. 🙂 and hey, at least we’ll have starbucks banana flavour to make up for extinct cavendish bananas.