The Common Critic

Hi folks!

This is drink #19!

Italian Soda, made the old fashion way! 

It was a mixture of sprite with raspberry flavoring and around 1/4 cream! The original italian Soda, according to the nice lady that worked at commons! 

My thoughts: This was sad that it had to be my last drink of the year. No worries, when I get back from summer I will continue on with this menu and finally start with blended drinks! Yipeeee! The Italian Soda itself I didn’t particularly like, while all my friends loved it. It just kind of tasted to me like carbonated flavored water..which I do not care for! So on that note! It was good, eh, wasn’t great..and I probs won’t be gettin’ it again! But go try it! Maybe you’ll like it!

So some friends and I had a coffee party! My good friend Chica, otherwise known as Makenna, and friend Natalie, and myself all enjoyed a yummy cup of coffee brewed by the lovely Natalie herself. Gentlemen, she is looking for her Boaz…(; bahaha! 
Anywho, here are some pictures to show you how much fun we had! Wee! I got to even paint my nails in the process!

Take note: the coffee pouring into my cup may look black, but as we ALL know, Erin hates black coffee. I ended up sweetening it with yummy french vanilla(? can’t remember if this is right?) coffee creamer! MMmmm. 

Iced Chai Bomb:

Thoughts: This was again, really good! I feel like I keep saying this over and over but these iced drinks really are very tasty! If you were to ever ask me, “Erin, should I get a hot or a cold drink??” I would probably tell you a cold iced something. Just simply because I love these WAY better than any of the hot ones! I don’t know if it is the weather or the mood I am in when I get the drinks…but I am having a blast with these! 

One the drink: Chai bomb=SO STINKIN’ GOOD! YIKES! GET IT! You won’t regret it! Really! Again, you gotta like Chai, and wanna be energized for a while afterwards…definitely wakes you up! Ha! And this drink was so good, I may or may not have finished it under 10 minutes… Whoopsie! (;

Iced Chai Latte:

Thoughts: This was probably one of my favortie drinks I have ever got! It was really really good! I have learned through this experience that I am a big fan of chai, that being said, I really have been enjoying these chai drinks! I would definitly get this again! It was a sweet chai iced yumminess! Really, I wouldn’t be saying that it was one of my favorites if it wasn’t. We all know how picky Erin is when it comes to these drinks! Ha! 

If you are a fan of Chai: Try it! 

I know this probably isn’t number 16, but I figured I could do it anyway and ya’ll wouldn’t mind that much! 

I have reached the Iced drinks! Yipeeee! And it is perfect considering the weather is getting warmer! It is glorious!

Iced Carmel Macchiato: 

Thoughts: SO yummy! Gash! This was like a carmel explosion in my mouth! Oye vey! I would highly reccomend this for anyone like likes sweeter coffee drinks, and carmel carmel CARMEL! Really, so good! 

Yes, Erin is still going and has been going. I am officially on the Iced drink menu! Do we think I can finish!? I sure hope so! To inform you, I am going to do one quick and picture-filled post! 

I finished off the hot drinks strong! With hot chocolate, tea, and cider! Yumm! Common’s has pretty good hot drinks!  Not gonna lie, but I have to admit, I am glad it’s over! HA! On forward toward iced! Currently I am only in the iced coffee section and haven’t got to any good ones yet but again, posts will come!

Most of the iced drinks so far I haven’t enjoyed. I have needed to sweeten all of the iced coffee’s with like 50 creamers and a LOT of sugar. Oof. But we all new Erin wasn’t much of a black coffee girl. C’mon now.

I do however have a new thing I am going to do: Whoever is taking the picture I will insist that they send the picture to me immediately. That way, I can keep up to blogging and not wait around. (: No offense to those who take my pictures! They are marvelous and I appreciate you!

That’s about it! Have fun looking at the pictures! I am trying to mix up the facial expressions for ya! Keep it interesting, and even a location change: the library. 

Onward! Hang in there guys! I appreciate it! 

March 13, 2012

London Fog

Well, I wasn’t aware actually what this drink was! Hm! Let me inform you! It is steamed milk, with an earl grey tea in it. And I also wasn’t aware of the fact, people usually put some type of sweetener in it, like a normal tea. But! Nonetheless, it was pretty tasty! It was a milky tea. Those who like tea with milk, I would definitely recommend it! I liked it, and would get it again! Plus, as you can see on the right, I got to journal while I enjoyed this yummy treat!

March 11, 2012

Irish Manhattan

March 8, 2012

Carmel Macchiato (Hot)

So, in the past I have had an iced C.M. so you could say my expectations for this hot C.M. were pretty high. And sadly, I didn’t like this drink at all. If you guys are looking for a really coffee-ey drink, with some(barely) any sweetness to it…try this. But, I didn’t really like it, nor did I feel like I wanted to sweeten it..Oof! 

But I had a coffee date with my friend Maddie Gettings and the conversation made up (by FAR) for the nasty drink. So shout out to my friend Maddie! I love her to pieces and am really excited to be getting to know her better, and watch God use her in her life as well as my own through our friendship! (: 

Here we are with our drinks! 

March 3, 2012

Chai Latte: (MY FAVORITE)

This is my favorite drink! Guys, I don’t think you understand. It’s warm, and milky, and creamy, and chai-ey…enough for me! (: It was REALLY good! I used to get this ALL the time last semester. Again, I would put it on your to-do list of drinks! 

February 28, 2012

Chai Bomb:

Guys, it was SO good. Considering this was one of the items I got religiously last semester, you could say this friendship was in needs of reuniting! 

For those of you that have not had a Chai Bomb, it kinda tastes like chai tea, but milky. And yummy! Oof! I would recommend trying it! It’s worth a shot! (: 

 

February 25, 2012

Cafe Mocha

YUMMO! You could say I enjoyed this one! First off, I was not aware that mocha is a chocolate drink, I just always thought that the mochas I was getting was some type of chocolate coffee blend or something?! Shows how much I know! Anywho, it was delicious! 

Ya’ll would like it if you like warm hot chocolate with a hint of expresso! ha! And hey! I didn’t have to sweeten it! WOOHOO!

Guys, the next menu items are gettin’ really good! You’re gonna want to check the blog out! Aw yea.  

So..

I have had this rule with myself. That I could go to commons and only go in order on their menu, but when it came to Eagle’s I could jump all over the menu. But I haven’t..I let you know the majority of things I get at Eagle’s have been tea’s…but this one I got was just too good not to share. 

I had it recommended to me by a friend who works at the coffee cart and thought, “Hey! Why not try it!”…and it was really yummy! I couldn’t keep this to myself! 

Combo: Green tea tropical, Chamomile citrus, 2 pumps raspberry, a splash of lemonade, and then a sweet’n’low. Oh shootie it was good! 
Just another option guys for when you sit by the fountain and suntan(*burn) or on a really hot day! Wooh!

So please forgive me! I had to tell ya’ll!