Showing posts with label starbucks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label starbucks. Show all posts

Thursday, October 07, 2010

One Fine Morning at Citos


Sudah cukup lama saya tidak ke Citos (Cilandak Town Square) di pagi hari. Janjian bertemu dengan seorang rekan pukul 8am, awalnya saya tidak menyebutkan lokasi detil tempat bertemu. Saya pikir, kita lihat on the spot, mana tempat yang paling enak untuk diskusi (pastinya yang sudah buka, ada wifi, ada colokan).


Setibanya di Citos, awalnya supir saya sempat bingung karena pintu masuk masih ditutup oleh security yang standby di depannya. Ternyata, tanpa saya tahu juga mengapa, ia hanya membuka tali pengaman apabila ada mobil yang benar-benar ingin masuk ke Citos (gak repot ya pak?)


Setibanya di Citos, Dome Cafe masih tutup. Awalnya saya ingin ke Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, namun belum buka, masih gelap, petugasnya masih mengepel lantai. Too bad, I already thought of its breakfast combo. Satu outlet yang memang sudah terang benderang dengan beberapa orang di dalamnya sudah asyik baca koran atau berkutat dengan laptopnya adalah... Starbucks. Juara deh emang!


To be fair to other coffee shops, saya pun menengok sebentar ke lorong untuk melihat tempat mana lagi yang bisa dikunjungi pagi ini... dan saya pun melihat JCo sudah beroperasi. Namun akhirnya pilihan saya kembali ke Starbucks, walaupun saat masuk, AC nya lumayan dingin. Langsung saya cari tempat duduk sesuai kriteria: dekat colokan.


Starbucks pintar juga, di ruangan yang dingin ini... pilihan tepat adalah menyeduh kopi panas dan menghangatkan badan dengan pilihan sarapan pagi yang yummy. Pilihan saya jatuh ke Hot Latte original (tanpa tambahan flavour apapun) plus blueberry muffin (yang dihangatkan + extra 2 margarine). Barista di sini helpful, proactive, charming dan handal (berbeda dengan yang saya kunjungi dua hari lalu di Kemang Village).


A chat with my friend went well ... my body got warm... a great Friday morning, I had. Blessed. (*written by Vera Makki* - http://kopiluwakstory.blogspot.com/)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Caramel Macchiato

A perfect coffee can be a perfect start for your morning in the office, especially if you feel a bit slow but having so many things to be done in the end of the week (Fri or perhaps Wed?).

Regular hot coffee latte or hot cappucino might not be the best solution (in fact, its soothing effect will even slower your day). I tried Iced Caramel Macchiato the other day for my morning (upsized from tall to grande, thanks to BCA).

What I like about this beverage is firstly the presentation of two layer of the signatured expresso and milk on top of it, plus a buttery caramel sauce (it's only 190 cals for this 16oz coffee, no worries la ya...).

The expresso really make it distictive with vanila flavour, and does energize, not only my morning, but also the whole day. I had 3 meetings at 10am, 1pm and 3pm, all of which accompanied by this grande coffee (not three cups, only by this one cup!)

Nice combination:
Try its breakfast selection, hot chicken sandwich with apple, raisin and spinach. Despite of its large portion (around 8x4.5cm), it's considered healthy for having abundant spinach, little square cheese on top of the bread, sliced of sweet apple and raisins spreaded randomly inside. Yummy!!!!
(*written by vera makki - http://kopiluwakstory.blogspot.com)