In the summertime... Iced Coffee!

Iced Latte From Costa

I've never enjoyed iced coffee as much as I have this year. The summer snuck up on us here in the UK, and much as I'm still drinking hot coffee it doesn't always hit the spot in the same way.  I'm being careful to only drink the iced versions of my normal faves though. The fabulous icey frappucino drinks are a bit too calorific for me at the moment!

So, do you do iced?
I've tried the costa version, and the starbucks a few times too. In fact, if you hit starbucks on your way into work at the moment you can get a £2 tall iced drink with your receipt in the afternoon.

Treat Receipt promo from starbucks

This can save you a little bit, especially if you are a regular customer there.

So, my next plan is to attempt an iced latte at home! I'll let you know how I get on.

Starbucks infographic created by ilovecoffee.jp

ilovecoffee.jp created this awesome infographic about starbucks

As you all know, I am a fan of starbucks, and I'm very jealous that Ryko over at ilovecoffee.jp got to go into the Seattle headquarters.

I'm not sure how much of this applies in the UK (especially about the gold card - I want! or the Clover coffee!) but I thought it was cool and you'd enjoy it.

Starbucks new reusable cup - Only £1

New reusable cup from Starbucks

I got an email from Starbucks last week explaining that they were launching a new reusable cup in time for UK Coffee Week which I talked about last week.  The new cups are only a pound and every time you use it they will give you 25p off your coffee.

For UK coffee week they will also donate 25p to Water charities as well.

Made of plastic instead of the usual cumbersome ceramic, it looks like a Grande paper cup.  It reminds me a little of the keep cup the original reusable cup, the same sort of plastic and weight.  I don't know if the cup is dishwasher safe (and I forgot to ask!) but it doesn't take a huge amount of effort to wash it up.

My big wonder (not worry) is whether I will actually bother to take it out with me in future.  I'd like to think I will, and I know that if I worked in the city I would definitely use it, I thought it was worth a punt anyway. It'll actually save me a little more than 25p a time, as my usual drink is a venti, which is more expensive!

I'll report back on whether I actually use it over the next few weeks, or if it'll just get used at home to make me feel like I'm getting my starbucks fix! Would you make use of a reusable cup?

World's Most Expensive Cuppa?!

This one has been doing the rounds for a while, but I really like it.
The world's most expensive cup of coffee!

At $47.50 (around £31.40 in GBP) that is around 15 of my usual Venti Skinny Lattes! And I'm not sure I could drink it... could you?

(from mashable)