I know that I need to post about our Rock-n-Tot adventure and Mother’s Day events, but Starbucks almost killed me tonight.
We were tired and dragging our heels to get on the road back to Cleveland, so we decided to grab a coffee on our way. I had tested right before leaving and was 151…not too shabby after a day of eating that included egg pizza, crepes, strawberry pie, ribs, tiramisu, and a cannoli (I did manage to only eat half, which is willpower at it’s best). I ordered a grande, nonfat latte (I loathe the way the freaking baristas repeat your order in the proper order, as if saying nonfat before grande makes a difference…give me a break) and figured it was about 35 carbs (it’s actually only 19, or it’s supposed to be anyway), so I bolused accordingly. We were on the road a good 10 minutes before I could finally take a sip, and I immediately tasted sugar…not the fake, chemical, sugar-replacement crap, but real tongue-tingling, sweet sugar. Last time I checked, a latte consisted of espresso and milk, but this one had been dosed with flavoring and I had no idea what it was going to do to my blood sugar. Of course, I drank it. I was really tired and desperately needed some caffeine to get me through the car ride with a screaming toddler and whiny preschooler in the backseat. By the time we got home I could feel my inner bitch coming out, my head was pounding, I was really thirsty, and I knew my sugar was sky high…293 to be exact.
True…having a high blood sugar won’t kill me instantly (it’s having high sugars over time that leads to the nasty complications associated with diabetes), but if you are going to make a point of repeating my order back to me in stupid Starbuck’s language, then you could at least get it right…
One more reason to buy coffee at Phoenix.
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Yeah, Starbucks, about the only thing I can get there without them botching it up is a Caffè Americano, pick your size, espresso and hot water, don’t add anything to it…that’s about the only thing I’ve never had them botch up.
Anything beyond that, unless it’s just regular coffee is fair game for them to not quite make right.
Try Coffee Beanery. Starbucks is disgusting. Got a white chocolate mocha when we were in Chicago and had to pitch it because it tasted so bad.
It’s too bad that Sandusky doesn’t have more local coffee shops because we’d be sure to support them when we are in town. Starbucks just happens to be conveniently located by the Rt.2 exit, otherwise we’d buy elsewhere.
When in Cleveland, we are loyal supporters of Phoenix coffee. They make a kick ass blend that I think blows the other folks out of the water.
Phoenix coffee has been rapidly expanding…fingers crossed it reaches Sandusky in the near future.
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[...] Another Mother’s Day, another trip to Sandusky. My baby mama, Erika, has the passenger seat duties of our two Chihuahua’s, Rocco and Lola and the task of keeping the kids happy in the back seat. You would think there would be more than coffee in that cup and apparently Starbucks thought she needed something as well. [...]