Comments on: Oh, gingersnap http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/12/04/oh-gingersnap/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Beth http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/12/04/oh-gingersnap/comment-page-1/#comment-16260 Beth Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:56:13 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/?p=8018#comment-16260 Eeheehee, Peter, now I'm tempted to go order one just to try out the soggy syrup sponge you speak of. Hee :) Eeheehee, Peter, now I’m tempted to go order one just to try out the soggy syrup sponge you speak of. Hee :)

]]> By: Zee Grega http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/12/04/oh-gingersnap/comment-page-1/#comment-16256 Zee Grega Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:43:04 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/?p=8018#comment-16256 Just yesterday I wandered into Starbucks for the first time in a month--I rarely drink coffee these days--and impulsively decided to get a decaf Gingersnap. It was tasty enough until I got to the last few sips and discovered that there was something...odd...in my mouth. After I finished hyperventilating I realized it was only soggy ginger. "Soggy syrup sponge" is the most precise definition of just what they are, indeed. Fond as I am of ginger, I'm not sure I'm going to be having this drink again, it's just a little too weird for me. As for the Peppermint syrup, I highly recommend ordering a Peppermint steamed milk. The taste may not be for everyone (it tastes like a melted Starlight Mint), but the look of mounting horror on the face of the barista when they realize that, no, you don't want a Peppermint mocha, no, you don't want a Peppermint hot cocoa, no, you don't even want a Peppermint latte but simply peppermint syrup and milk totally makes it worthwhile. Just yesterday I wandered into Starbucks for the first time in a month–I rarely drink coffee these days–and impulsively decided to get a decaf Gingersnap. It was tasty enough until I got to the last few sips and discovered that there was something…odd…in my mouth. After I finished hyperventilating I realized it was only soggy ginger. "Soggy syrup sponge" is the most precise definition of just what they are, indeed. Fond as I am of ginger, I’m not sure I’m going to be having this drink again, it’s just a little too weird for me.

As for the Peppermint syrup, I highly recommend ordering a Peppermint steamed milk. The taste may not be for everyone (it tastes like a melted Starlight Mint), but the look of mounting horror on the face of the barista when they realize that, no, you don’t want a Peppermint mocha, no, you don’t want a Peppermint hot cocoa, no, you don’t even want a Peppermint latte but simply peppermint syrup and milk totally makes it worthwhile.

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