Ultimate Foodie

I am a “foodie” and not a “gourmet” and there for, have no high brow aversion to falling for the cheap (but effective) marketing gimmicks perpetrated by the folks under the Golden Arches to attempt to convince me to give up my “Char-Bucks” habit.

When I got a flyer in the mail with about 1000 coupons offering me a free breakfast sandwich with the purchase of a McMocha, I said “what the hell?” and headed to McD’s after dropping off my daughter at school.

I was prepared to be underwhelmed, I mean, why should I expect the masters of inoffensive (to all but Vegans and the health conscious) fast food to crank out a passable cup of Joe?

I have to say, I wasn’t really moved either way. I’m a Seattle area guy, so I have been brought up on the Starbuck’s overly roasted, bold flavor and I have to say, I am kind of used to it. The McDonald’s roast seemed… well inoffensive and aimed to please the folks who didn’t know any better. If you could drink regular coffee, you would find a McMocha pretty good - and definitely wouldn’t be turned off by any overly strong flavors or bitterness or burnt notes. In short…. the McMocha is the drink targeted at the every man.. just as you may expect.

Would I go out of my way to order one? Probably not.

Will I continue to victimize McD’s for a free one on Fridays as long as they offer them? Probably ( in conjunction with my $1 Sausage McMuffin of course)

If you are a serious Java-head… will you be impressed? Definitely not.

If you want to find out more about McMocha’s, McLattes’s or McAmericano’s you can check out their well named site at UnSnobbyCoffee.com and can even print out a coupon for a free drink