Snack Review: McDonald’s McCafe Cappuccino

I hate leaving the big city. As soon as I am outside walking distance to a Thai restaurant, a bookstore, and a cappuccino bar, I start to feel queasy and uncomfortable.

That list might seem odd if you know I am a regular tea drinker and only have coffee when I have a particular need for something stronger. But it actually makes sense. It’s not just that coffee shops are an infallible symptom of the presence of civilized life. It’s also that I don’t like coffee enough – or maybe, am not addicted enough – to drink terrible coffee.

Unfortunately, when I want to get from one city to another, there is often non-city in between. And even I sometimes go for a weekend at the beach, although it is always a beach town with a Thai restaurant, a good bookstore, and plenty of coffee bars. (Hello, Rehoboth, DE! Love you!)

Well, there I was, on a recent late season drive, after a night of poor sleep, heading into a sort of monsoon, anxious about what a lousy and yet expensive weekend this was going to be. And man, did I need a Starbucks.

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