Costa Coffee

[purpleben]

What is your favourite order? I'm looking for inspiration. I love my Costa but have to say I'm getting bored after years of ordering the same, small white latte with premium blend. I'm after a similar taste but with a kick. Maybe a syrup added or just something different.

What's your favourite tipple?

I like flavoured lattes - they usually change the syrup selections ever now & then - and mocha - get them iced if the weather is nice. Chai lattes are nice. Flat whites are good.

@purpleben

Is cortado similar to latte?

It's got less milk

Great info here, I'm going to try a Cortado next time I go and a vanilla latte sounds tasty. At least I'll feel a bit more confident next time 😂

I am another who likes a coconut milk latte even though I am a dairy milk drinker.

So if that's a cortado and a latte, what's a flat white? I thought cortados were really small, I'm so confused!

Also, I'm quite fancying an oat milk coffee now but doesn't it go all curdly? I think the taste would be lovely but I'm not sure about the texture.

I’m going to be that annoying poster and say that if you fancy something different then go to your local independent coffee shop and ask the barista there! Small businesses really need our supper right now.

A cortado in Spain is the equivalent of a macchiato in Italy. It's an espresso coffee with a bit of hot milk, no froth. The Costa cortado is twice the size you'd get in Spain.

I agree @Bimblybomeyelash - can’t beat my local independent run by Italians who import and roast their own beans.

I rarely go but it's a hot choc for me or a cappuccino

I don't even know what a chai latte is

OP as a barista in my teenage years.. very confused at what a 'white latte' is?!

You can always ask the Barista if you're unsure - I've never had a bad experience with their staff who are well trained and know their stuff.

I like a plain old flat white (like a small latte but not as foamy) but if I want a little sweetness I ask them to add a pump of chai or hazelnut.

Caramel Cortado is also good but much smaller milk/coffee ratio so a bigger caffeine kick.

@Nuggetnugget

Chai is an indian tea. Its made with warm, sweet flavours like cinammon and vanilla. I think in Costa it comes as a flavoured syrup which they add hot milk to to make a Chai Latte.

Its a very pleasant, cosy drink.

Another chai latte fan here. I’d been craving one for ages and had a Starbucks yesterday. It did not disappoint!

Flat white always. I like to taste the coffee.

I’m going to be that annoying poster and say that if you fancy something different then go to your local independent coffee shop and ask the barista there! Small businesses really need our supper right now.

This is true, they certainly do, but Coata et al also employ people and will cut staff if their profits/ footfall dip.

The only responsibile solution, is to drink more coffee and give them all your patronage. 😀

Coconut latte!!! Always!

Coconut flat white for me.

Vanilla hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows chocolate sprinkles. But I don't order this no more as I've started thee gym and this is about 500 calories apparently

Decaf skinny cappuccino or a hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows are my two costa drinks. Possibly something iced in summer. DD despairs at my decaf skinny cappuccino as she says what's the point? But too much caffeine makes me feel really unwell.

Caramel Cortado is also good but much smaller milk/coffee ratio so a bigger caffeine kick.

Mmm sounds nice 👍

@els10

OP as a barista in my teenage years.. very confused at what a 'white latte' is?!

And I keep asking for this then realising what I've said, always get a giggle from the barista. See this is how rubbish I am at asking for coffee 😂

Mine is always medium hazelnut latte. I’m I’m feeling like a bit more of a treat, I’ll ask them to add squirty cream. In summer I might switch it to iced hazelnut latte

Oat caramel latte

I love a chai latte but definitely not from Costa, the ones from Starbucks, Pret or Café Paul are miles nicer.

From Costa I'd go for a skinny vanilla latte extra hot