Latte Conspiracy
I am very suspicious and am keen on the conspiracies. But there is one conspiracy that is more dangerous than all the lizard people combined: The conspiracy of WHO MAKES THE BEST LATTE! Many of you have read the article I wrote a couple months ago called, I had the best latte of my life today. But today I had a latte that even topped that one. It was a latte that I got from my neighborhood Starbucks in Corona del Mar. This master barista made it with foam that was more serene than a sunset inside the Horse-head Nebula. The foam was so good I almost felt unworthy to drink it. But then after a few moments of admiration I decided to take the first sip and slipped into Latte Samadhi. At the first sip I was stunned by how smooth and mildly sweet the latte was. It tasted buttery and sweet. I asked the barista if he added caramel sauce to it, he said, “yes.” So, this latte had caramel sauce and therefore was not a virgin puritanical latte as compared to the one mentioned in the previous article. But the thing was, it was buttery and soothing and delicious just like the one from Antonello Espresso Bar. Yet the difference was that the one I got at Starbucks had far superior foam to the other latte. So that made it an overall better experience. Also the one from Starbucks was a bit sweeter than the other latte but not overwhelmingly sweet. It was the perfect blend of sweetness and bitterness. It was almost a hybrid between a latte and a caramel macchiato.
I’m going to be honest with you. I think that baristas act like they are all friendly and community minded. But deep down they are very competitive and are on a secret mission to make the best drinks. It’s kind of like how all baristas seem to know a lot about music. What’s up with that? They don’t teach you anything about music when you sign up to be a barista. They teach you about foam…if you’re lucky! This is obviously a conspiracy and I’m going to get to the bottom of it.
-Relyt