Going for My Favorite Drink

I went to Starbucks today. Yes, I was able to stop myself from going there for more than a week. I think the price of the drinks were a big motivation… and it's not really just that, it’s because there are lots of great tasting options here like to Pudding Milk Tea, Flavored Yogurt, Juices and what nots.

My order for today: Grande Personal Half-Caf Pumpkin Spice Latte. (Starbucks people, do I have the order wrong? Something’s supposed to come first before the other?)

So, the first time I went to a Starbucks store here in Taipei was with Dad last September 4 and I was only looking at the drinks. Today, I had more time to browse around and golly, I found out something new, while the drinks are around 30-50% more expensive than they are in the Philippines, the sandwiches and puddings are cheaper by 15-30%. Of course, they have pastries specially tailored for the season (it’s mooncake right now).

So far, the Starbucks experience has been okay. It’s pretty much like the one we have in the Philippines, except that:

1. The store was not used to the personalized requests. I don’t really know if it’s just because I’m near a school and people here aren’t used to Starbucks yet, or it’s just me who loves personalizing a drink.
2. The 2 Starbucks outlets I’ve been to are less personal than in the Philippines. They don’t ask for your name and when your order is ready, they’ll just call out your drink at the bar. There’s still some personality though, they chat with you a bit so that you feel that you’re not just merely a “customer”.

For now, that’s it about Starbucks.