Adventures: Bakehouse Wanders Brighton Part 2 Hi everyone! After months of procrastination, I'm thrilled to finally share part two of my Brighton adventure—because who doesn’t love a seaside story? Picking up from last time, I started my day at the Flint Owl Bakery for breakfast and coffee, followed by a visit to Vero Gusto, an Italian bakery, to pick up some delectable treats. Although I’ve been to Brighton plenty of times, my adventures have mostly centred around the Marina and the beach. This time, I wandered into The Lanes—a popular spot with locals and tourists alike, but a place I’d never explored. I didn’t even realise I was in The Lanes at first—that’s what happens when you don’t have a plan. From what I gathered, The Lanes are a mix of independent shops focused on ‘hip’ culture (do people still say ‘hip’?), fashion, and antiques. None of these are really my thing, but you know what they also had? A pasty shop. Now that is definitely up my street… or lane. The ...
Short Treats
Starbucks Pistachio Latte
Happy Saturday!
Welcome to a new type of post I’m calling "Short Treats"—bite-sized reviews for things that don’t quite need a full-length blog post. Think of it as the blog equivalent of YouTube Shorts.
Today started as a simple trip to town to buy a new cookbook (stay tuned for that review), but thanks to winter's icy grip, it felt more like navigating a bobsled track. Living on a hill in January? Definitely a winter sport.
While passing Costa, I couldn’t help but wonder what their post-Christmas menu might look like—surely nothing could top the Black Forest Hot Chocolate.
There was no adverts in the window, whatever it is I shall wait to find out, then I looked across the road at Starbucks, a very green poster in the window caught my eye: Pistachio Latte.
I wasn't actually going to get a coffee out, personally its very rare, there has to be a reason to hand over many hard earned pennies for something I can make in a minute at home, but Pistachio sounded too weird to pass by.
Grande to take away sounded good— however it tasted, I would have something to defrost me as I freeze my nuts off, pun very much intended, on the tundra hike home.
They made a bright green frozen drink, I was re-reading the poster to make sure it was meant to be hot, advertising an ice drink in January would be a bit weird— turns out the girl in front of me ordered an iced matcha, glad it wasn't mine, at -1°C outside a questionable choice.
Now, the drink itself: it genuinely tasted like someone had got a decent sized handful of pistachios and chucked them in my coffee, I say coffee, Starbucks I never really find tastes that much of coffee. (Golden rule: Costa if you want actual coffee; Starbucks if you want novelty.)
Often when a drink has a flavoured syrup, its only a resemblance, but I was astonished how close it was—second to the Eggnog latte, which granted has actual Eggnog in it—the question though, is it a flavour you want your coffee to taste of?
Past the first few sips, which were mostly just being impressed that it actually tasted like salted pistachios, I found myself questioning if i liked it—clearly it wasn't horrible, just a bit weird.
About half way home I came to the conclusion that its really nice, you just need to get past the oddity of its flavour being in coffee. I assume pistachio coffee is a bit like farmer's coke (peanuts in Coca Cola), not something I've tried, but I hear is surprisingly nice, despite sounding awful.
In the end, I decided I liked it. It’s definitely a drink for those who enjoy the novelty factor or just love pistachios. Would I order it again? Yes.
If you’re curious, give it a go—unless, of course, you have a nut allergy!
That’s all for today. Just a little story to share about a random discovery that brightened my day. Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you next time—possibly with a review of the cookbook that snowballed into this post!