The Food Monologues

Christmas is coming and Starbucks have started promoting their range of festive drinks. There is the mint chocolate bliss, the egg nog latte and the the gingerbread latte. Tim and I decided to try the last of the selection and it was foolish of us to contemplate sharing a venti size mug between us. The drink was covered in a thick layer of cream and underneath was a warm milky, very sweet but strong coffee with very little taste of gingerbread. There was a faint aroma of spice, but not enough for it to flavour the drink. Tim and I struggled to even drink the whole of the mug between us. Since we have both been drinking less coffee than we had in the past (for various reasons) the amount of caffeine in that drink was enough to make us queasy - or perhaps it was the high suger content?