Thank God 2024 is over and we can get back to our hobby of being terrified by the year 2025. I like to slide right into that level of productivity by getting super-buzzed on caffeine, which I did to the tune of drinking 12 espressos in mid-December. Have you ever clocked 12 shots of espresso in 45 minutes? You did? Was it right before you went to a bathhouse with an attractive woman? Because I have to tell you, that you become poignantly aware of the nitrogen roiling out of your pores when you’re sitting in an infrared sauna, and TRIPLY aware when you have someone kind of out of your league sitting close by. Anyhoo, here are my extremely fast thoughts on everything I tasted from the Starbucks winter menu additions, 2025 edition: cortado, vegan cortado, pistachio latte, pistachio cold brew, spicy falafel pocket, and the revised matcha latte.
