Getting a cup of good coffee is hard in Kota Kinabalu. We have always wondered why people are willing to pay so much for a cup of coffee at Starbucks and Coffee Beans in Kota Kinabalu. Are the coffee at these stores really good and worth the money? My husband and I are reluctant to pay more than RM10 for a cup of coffee when we can buy 1kg of pure coffee powder at around RM38 in the market.
Anyway, AmBank Credit Card has a promotion of redeeming 3800 bonus points for a cup of tall size coffee and a piece of cheese cake at starbucks until 30 Sep. Since we were free last night, and have more than sufficient bonus points to redeem before the points expired next March, we went to Starbucks at Citymall around 9pm.
I chose dark mocha frappucinno and my husband prefered Caramel Macchiato. We both had a slice of Chocolate Tuxedo Cheese cake.
Frappucinno is blended coffee, tastes more like milo than coffee. The froth milk on top of Caramel Macchiato covers the coffee flavour. My husband said tastes more like milk than coffee. T.T
We were both disappointed. I suggested that with the remaining bonus point, we should go to another outlet and try plain brewed coffee, without milk and other flavours that cover the coffee taste. Yes, we would. Perhaps the barista do not know how to make good coffee. Perhaps they are not well trained. We should go to another outlet.
By the way, at that time from 9pm to 10.30pm, we saw only young people occupying a few tables, doing their study, using iPad and notebooks. What an expensive way to study away from home.
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