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| - I ordered an iced pumpkin chai with light ice (I have crazy sensitive teeth, but it's too 100 something degrees out to order hot beverages). My drink was literal perfection. 5 stars, hands down. I declared my new allegiance immediately and made my three compatriots try it on the spot. We were sold; that's is, until the rest of them got their drinks. Yikes. The breve was basically all half and half, the vanilla carmel latte with almind milk was so burnt that it tasted peppery, and the drip coffee was over roasted and was likened to Starbucks. While I tried to convince my sister to return her coffee, she was very adamant about not causing a fuss. (Obviously not the barista's fault. They were so kind, and I'm sure they would have swapped it out.) My sister proceeded to buy an iced pumpkin chai with almond milk to go, given the dream that was my drink. Her drink was so thick. It tasted like straight syrup. I want to love this place. I've been hearing about it for a while, it's close to my house, and it's not a chain. Unfortunately, only one out of five drinks being really good, and only two out of five being drinkable, and the inability to replicate a good drink mere minutes after being served the first by the same barista? I will not be in a hurry to try Goldbar again. I'm really hoping it was just an off day, but it was a big waste of money. Two stars, one for my perfect drink, one for the kind baristas, and negative one star for each drink that ended up in the trash.
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