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Where I sit here and I analyze
the latest and most incredible
Consumable drinkable concoctions on the market today .
Starbucks has another one out for you.
Starbucks, I go to Starbucks every day.
I'm a big consumer of their wares, you can say.
I usually just stick with the the standard.
You know, lattes and whatnot
and sometimes the baked goods.
They've been branching out of the baked goods,
but they've got a new Frappuccino out.
You know how they do this stuff up,
they go hardcore, you know.
When they see an idea out there
for a Frappuccino.
They don't just see it. They seize it.
They just blow that thing right out of the water.
And I mean they always just go all out
and this one is no exception.
It's the Crystal Ball Frappuccino from Starbucks.
And I mean this is something else.
It's a Frappuccino, right?
It's supposed to be peach flavored which was interesting.
I'm not a big, you know, peach connoisseur, you know.
I can't say I grab a peach you know,
from the tree outside,
and squeeze the juice into my mouth
every morning or anything like that.
So it's odd, you know, it's odd.
I was thinking a peach flavored drink from Starbucks.
But you know, what the heck,
it might be something interesting, something to try out.
So I'm still gonna go for it anyway.
Supposed to be peach flavored,
have a peach flavored whipped cream
and then here's the big thing,
they call it a "Crystal Ball Frappuccino". Well, why is that?
Because they say,
You have the possibility
of getting one of three different
candy gems in this beverage,
and they said not even your barista knows
which one it's gonna be.
It's like a crystal ball, you know.
It's trying to predict the future and you just don't know.
So it's adding that air of mystery to it.
And you know, you're just gonna want to go out and buy this just to think,
"Gosh, you know, what color sprinkles am I gonna get on this?"
You know, crazy stuff. Well anyway,
By candy gems, of course, they mean sprinkles.
Hence what's there. And you get one of three different kinds.
You can get these purplish
You know, purple
I'd call it a purple type of color sprinkle on it.
You could also get a greenish color one,
you get a blueish one too.
I like the little hue and this is actually very pretty.
I like how it kind of starts off more white towards the top there.
And then kind of gets a little green toward the bottom.
That's really cool, actually. I like that kind of actually suits
their logo pretty well. Anyway, but that's cool.
So that's the view of the drink there.
You could see the gems right there.
And there's the rest of the beverage.
And there's me with the beverage and now we're gonna
find out what it tastes like so again,
I'm expecting some peach flavor out of this,
but you never know, you know. I haven't tried this yet.
You never know till you try, so I'm gonna try this right now.
That's the Crystal Ball Frappuccino from Starbucks, going in.
Wow, boy,
that's something else.
Real smooth, goes down easy.
You know as you'd expect from a Frappuccino,
Little bit of tug or drag to it,
from the fine ice particulate matter, but nothing of any
Inconvenience just pretty smooth as it should be.
Try this whipped cream here.
Try and get some of these crystals here,
or gems or whatever they call.
The time travel Frappucchewy from Starbucks.
I was actually taken aback from the first sip.
To be quite honest, when I, you know, they described it
on their website very straightforward.
They say that it's gonna be peachy,
it's gonna have this peach flavor.
But considering a lot of the drinks
that you get from Starbucks, It's not a familiar flavor
on their repertoire, you know. You're not really used to it.
You expect something to maybe have that...
which is that but just coffee-esque taste.
yeah, at least don't as...
I mean I'm a big Starbucks consumer myself,
and I always got these coffee.
You know, latte type drinks.
It always has that certain specific flavor to it.
It could be vanilla, it could be caramel, could be etc.
There's a certain type of little, you know,
a certain unifying flavor to it.
and in the form of just, you know, coffee beans.
And, well, this one, on the other hand,
it's like you're drinking... I mean it's really like you're drinking almost
Peach juice.
I mean, that's how it is. It's crazy.
It's uh...
It's very sweet.
It's very peachy and it's very profoundly
so in both of those categories.
There's no coffee-like flavor to this.
None whatsoever.
No bitterness.
Nothing of any of that sort. It's the smooth drink,
really sweet,
sugary obviously.
And extremely peachy. if you like peaches
you're gonna love this thing if that's all that I can say really.
You know it's uh...
It's like a dessert-esque beverage I'd say.
Considering the sweetness that goes along with it.
And again, if you just like peaches you're gonna really like this.
If you abhor peaches, if you say, you know,
I hate this stupid peaches, you know, if I saw one
I might run it over with my car.
You know, because I hate peaches so much,
then you wouldn't like this drink.
But otherwise,
otherwise you might... you know, otherwise you might just
have an air of indifference to it, but again if you like peaches,
you're gonna like this dream.
Now when it comes down to the whipped cream,
and then the last thing, the little crystals that you get on top of the beverage
They did mention that the whipped cream
was supposed to be peach flavor.
It was a little bit, but really, the drink itself is far more peachy.
You know, I guess, peach flavored than the whipped cream is.
And as for the little crystals,
that's really I felt what they tried to laud the most
when it came down to this, you know.
Crystal ball. I guess I called these crystals.
They really... they call them gems in the Starbucks.
But I call them crystals.
Look more like, more crystals to me anyway.
They're flavorless.
you know, it's like they're just little sugary candies.
Kind of when I was looking at the website there,
and when they advertised that I was expecting
and you'll see the way they worded
like they give you this huge giant, you know,
Unique piece of candy there,
that's gonna look like a gemstone of some sort.
I thought that was gonna be like the big decorating garnish.
But actually it's just a fancy word for the little sprinkle-like candies
that are topping it which are just sugary.
But it's not like each one has its own distinct flavor.
Rather it's just that they're sugary.
It adds more sugariness to an already sugary beverage,
but for what it is, I think it suits this springtime season very nicely.
Just you know, what you're in for now.
And again, if you like peaches you'll like this, but all in all,
I think they executed this drink very nicely.
Tastes pretty good as I said, it's smooth
and for the price I'd say this was pretty good too.
Now speaking of actually, I got the receipt here.
Let me just get the specific price.
I remember from what it was, it wasn't too bad.
Let me find it... it's $5.45.
This was for a grande.
But again with all of these Starbucks, novelties of course,
you're paying a little bit extra because it's limited time.
You know, the whole deal when it comes down to that,
but they did a good job with it.
so you get your money's worth.
And again, I think it's a pretty good seasonal drink.
Enjoy it while it's out. You know it's gonna be gone...
I think Tuesday, so enjoy it while it's there.
You know I'm enjoying this one and out of ten,
I'm gonna be giving this... I'm gonna give it a 9.0 flat out of 10.
Because again, even I myself, I'm not the biggest
peach consumer in the world, but for what it is,
they did a good job.
And I haven't really much if any criticism to send.
It's why I think they just did a good job with it, and that's all that I have.
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was for the Crystal Ball Frappuccino from Starbucks.
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