Attention Mocha Valencia Lovers

[claritapita]

Starbucks came out with Orange Mochas this week. Have any of you tried them? I bought an Orange Passion Tea but it tastes a bit artificial to me.
Updates from the field please!

Comments

[thiscantbesoy]

ORLY??

Wow! I wonder how the orange mocha compares to the mocha valencia!!

[moonrock]

Arent they... the same thing...?

[thiscantbesoy]

I kinda think it's not, since Starbucks made a point to discontinue its Valencia syrup recently, and wouldn't just replace it with the same stuff a few months later under a different name.

Plus, in the past, I've experimented with making mochas with just plain "orange" syrup, and it's absolutely nothing like valencia for some reason.

I think Valencia has a different flavor, sweetness, or spiciness to it than just plain orange.

[moonrock]

Huh. We always sold orange mochas as "you know, like a Valencia!" when I worked in shops. ;)

[thiscantbesoy]

I simply had to report back to you with my (OK, my brother's) official findings! OK, not-official findings. But whatever!

My brother the mocha valencia expert reports:

"It's eerily similar to the Mocha Valencia, but it tastes a little, I dunno, 'cheaper' if that makes sense. And the aftertaste is not as pleasant. Oh well."

So, very close but not exact. :)

But damn, the aftertaste was seriously the best part of the now-defunct mocha valencia.

[moonrock]

cheaper makes perfect sense!

of course you also have to factor the types of syrups.... i personally prefer the torani syrups to the davinici, and SO many local shops around here use davinci, its sad. Davinci is local and all, but their flavors (specifically, fruity ones) taste like laffy taffy flavors rather than the real fruit.

[claritapita]

The Orange Passion tea tasted really fake and had a bad aftertaste. It tasted like an orange lifesaver.
Luckily a few shops still have VALENCIA!

What's the first rule of mocha valencia club?

[gfrancie]

Now we can't have mocha valencia club.

Someone talked.

[thiscantbesoy]

Crap. You're right.

Re: Someone talked.

[gfrancie]

Obviously someone is gonna have to pay. I don't really drink coffee but every once in awhile I enjoy one of those that must not be named.