"1"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "2018-03-10T00:00:00"^^ . "1"^^ . . "I have a challenge for the management/executive/formulator/whatever at Starbucks.\n\nI challenge you to have a Hot Chocolate and then look at me with a straight face and tell me that the liquid you just drank was\n\n1- hot\n2- tasted anything like a chocolate or\n3- had any taste whatsoever.\n\nWhat is it that they serve? It was a cold foamy concoction on top and a vaguely brown lukewarm watery no-taste liquid below it.\n\nI will personally wear a sign and stand at the corner of any intersection of your choice proclaiming that I was wrong.\n\nIs this how low humanity has fallen? A hot chocolate beverage has no chocolate or taste whatsoever and it is served by the biggest beverage chain out there?\nPresumably, they would go bankrupt if they had a good product, right?\n\nI was at the supermarket and stopped for a quick beverage as it was cold outside, but alas aside from the mud-water thingie the caf\u00E9 area is uncomfortable and noisy (shoppers, TV, music coming out of the speakers in addition to the TV, etc.) making the whole experience one best forgotten."^^ . "1"^^ .