Coffee talk
February 26, 2017 | 12:54 | Written by: snake911
While not the biggest fan of coffee and coffee-live beverages, I do on occasion like to indulge and see if my taste for it has changed. Take for example on Friday when I went to Dunkin Donuts to get my favorite thing on the menu: the Dunkaccino. I usually get the chilled version, but this time I opted to go with the hot version to see I can now handle a scolding hot drink. And with it, I’m sorry to say that I’m still not ready; even when using those coffee lids that have a door on it to help with sipping so you don’t take in too much at one time. Now even though I can’t handle coffee that way, for whatever dumb reason I’m better at handling hot tea! Not sure why (is coffee served way hotter?) but that’s how it is.
Then while shopping at an Asian market, I came across a brand of chilled coffee drinks I’ve never heard of before. Mr. Brown, based on the can’s label, I think is a product of Taiwan and at the store they had three flavors to pick from: Cappuccino, Iced Coffee, and a rainbow colored can called Macadamia Nut. I took home the Cappuccino and Iced Coffee flavors. I bought them only based on the picture of the dude, who is probably Mr. Brown himself, giving me the thumbs up saying that his product is okay.
Between the two that I brought home, I preferred Cappuccino over Iced Coffee; although the label for the Cappuccino can made me nervous by it saying you might see some stuff floating in the liquid. They shrugged it off and said it “was normal” and shouldn’t be a concern. Hmm. Never saw floaters in coffee drinks before, but fortunately mine didn’t have any.
In the end Mr. Brown was just ok. Nothing to brag about. For chilled can drinks, I’ll stick to Columbus, the stuff I was bragging about last year. Although it’s now harder to find since 7-Eleven stopped stocking it. But now I’m curious about how Japan’s canned coffee drink called Boss Coffee tastes. You know, those commercials that starred Tommy Lee Jones. They look pretty good, especially when I saw a video of this guy trying the premium one. I look around to see if any Asian markets sell it here Stateside.
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