Being a Starbucks junkie, I hardly venture to another chain. If I DO venture, it's usually to more of an independent coffee shop. I digress...
This Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is located in Town Square, across from the park, next to Sunglass Hut.
There is a handful of tables outside and about 4 tables inside.
I had no idea what I wanted to order, but do to the fact that I LOVE pumpkin, I got a regular pumpkin spice ice blended latte.
-1 Star: A regular is more money than a Venti drink at Starbucks.
The drink was good. Kinda tasted like pumpkin pie filling. It was heavier that what I would have liked, but still tasted OK.
-1 Star: It was so loud inside. I met my school group here to pow-wow for an assignment and we could hardly talk to each other. Luckily, a table opened up outside and we were able to relocate.
-1 Star: A cup of ice water costs $1.00! (Free at Starbucks!)
I would have liked misters on the umbrella's outside as it got really toasty sitting at the tables, but it was too loud to go inside, so we wrapped up our meeting and peaced out.
I think next time I might try out some tea as their flavors sounded good.
But if I had a choice between CBTL or Starbucks? Starbucks all the way!