We review Costa Coffee Iced Whipped Latte and new spring range
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00:00Hi guys, this is Ria, and I am trying out Costa Coffee's new spring range.
00:08So I am trying Costa Coffee's Cinnamon Bun Latte, along with a lovely trio of desserts.
00:17That is the chocolate and pistachio cookie, a squidgy chocolate muffin, and a strawberry and vanilla cake.
00:27So this is the Cinnamon Bun Latte, I can't say it properly, Cinnamon Bun Latte.
00:36I'm about three sips in, and it's fragrant, it's light.
00:43I'm not the biggest fan of heavy cinnamon spices, but that's actually really, really nice.
00:51So you have the option of having a cinnamon stick plunged into the drink.
00:57I find that's quite a nice touch, you can't see it now because I've kind of just stirred it and it's gone a little bit cray-cray.
01:04But yeah, really nice.
01:06I'm enjoying it because I do love Easter flavours, I love the chocolates, I love the warming spices.
01:14That's actually really, really fragrant and warms my soul.
01:21So I'm now trying the pistachio and chocolate cookie.
01:29I'm going to try prizing this open, if I can.
01:34We've got a crumbly cookie situation going on here.
01:37So when I pop it open, that's the top, and inside is the pistachio filling, can you see?
01:47It's like a...
01:50Oh, that's lovely, a lovely pistachio fondant.
01:55That along with the chocolate, let me just have a bite together, hang on.
02:03The mouthful of the chocolate pistachio cookie is beautiful, it's really, really nice.
02:11It's got like slightly fudgy after notes, and it reminds me a little bit of a cookie pie, like the actual texture of the biscuit.
02:23Now it's like one of those, you know when you say whether it's a cake or a biscuit, this feels like this.
02:32So the cookie is forging on the verge of cake, does that make sense?
02:37So also on the Costa Coffee new menu, I think this is a returning fan favourite.
02:42It's the chocolate muffin, and I can feel that it's quite squidgy and soft, and it looks really lovely moist as well.
02:54Again, with the Costa Coffee pastries, they're not overly sweet, I don't find this one overly sweet anyway.
03:03Some might find the pistachio chocolate one a little on the sweet side, but that's fine.
03:09I like how there are discernible chocolate chunks on the muffin, really, really well done Costa.
03:18I'm done eating this.
03:20So there's three layers of sponge, with buttercream and jam in the two layers, and then on top as well.
03:33What I'm liking actually is how pretty it looks.
03:36So it just feels like, dare I say it, spring has sprung.
03:41And it feels like a really seasonably apt cake to be enjoying.
03:51So out of all the things I've tasted today, that's the cinnamon bun latte, the chocolate muffin, and the strawberry sponge.
03:59I've got two favourites.
04:01I'm surprised actually by how much I like the cinnamon bun latte.
04:07It's smooth, it's easy to drink, so that's my number one.
04:11And joint number one is the strawberry and vanilla slice.
04:18So overall, Costa, a really solid effort on creating lovely dishes.
04:23And then on top as well, the pistachio cookie.
04:27See how much is left of it? This is how much I enjoyed it.
04:29It's literally like a bite full left.
04:31So yes.
04:33So I'm about to try the Costa Coffee's iced whipped latte.
04:40I don't know if you can see, but there's about three discernible layers.
04:46There's the salted caramel sauce at the bottom, and it feels like the topping is quite thick and mousse-like.
04:57Can you see?
05:04The topping is quite strong on the coffee front.
05:09I'm going to give it a mix to get the full flavour of the latte.
05:15Just a heads up, or a caveat even, I'm used to enjoying my coffee hot.
05:21I'm not the biggest fan of cold coffee.
05:25In fact, when I have coffee usually, I usually have to have it extra hot with the cup itself heated with boiling water.
05:34So let's see how I get on with this iced whipped latte.
05:37I've got to try it because I have to write about it.
05:39And now the knack is, you've got to mix it before you have it because otherwise you'll be having a whole bunch of salted caramel sauce.
05:55Now, I do love a milkshake because when I mixed it all together, the texture was quite thick.
06:10Now, if that was a milkshake, I would have loved it.
06:14Assassinized whipped latte, it's nice.
06:23I do like the contrast of the coffee, which is quite potent, mixed in with the salted caramel goodness.
06:30I love salted caramel.
06:32It's right there with the matcha pie flavours and the pistachio.
06:35Digressing now.
06:40It's viral. This drink has gone viral online and rightly so.
06:44I look forward to seeing more flavours with salted caramel and the whipped coffee.
06:53Maybe if it was in a hotter version, I'd love it even more.
06:57But for now, I think it's nice.