Food

Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino

Complete Score: 18.5 / 42 = 44%

Though ridiculously priced ($2.69 at Tedeschi's on Neponset Avenue in Dorchester), the Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino is a tasty coffee drink that will give you a bit of a sugar and caffeine boost. I've had the vanilla and coffee versions of this drink before and they simply do not compare to the grand Mocha flavored concoction. Make sure you shake the bottle to arouse the delicious chocolate powder that's settled on the floor of the coffee ocean contained inside the bottle (OK I got a bit carried away there)

Value

At $2.69, there's simply no way this drink is worth the cash. For that price you can easily buy and make yourself multiple coffee drinks. If you're studying or working late and have no coffee at home and no 24 hour supermarkets in the area, then sure a Starbucks Mocha Frappuccion makes for a suitable, tasty and expensive alternative. Also, at least the ingredients are natural so you're paying a premium to get a quick caffeine and sugar high from coffee instead of artificially flavored soda. With this bottled coffee drink, you know you're paying for the convenience of a pre-made caffeine drink, not for the quality or quantity of coffee inside.

Score: 1.5 / 5

Quality

They're too expensive but damn, these mocha filled drinks sure are tasty. Just like the Bolthouse Farms Mocha Cappuccion protein drinks, these Frappuccinos are quite addictive. I'm begining to think that mocha itself had some strong addictive properties. It's surely not the caffeine as I've long grown past a mere caffeine addiction. Back in my days of attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill I'd frequently buy a pack of these drinks to keep me going on my long car trips to and from Boston. Since then, I believe I've become immune to the effects of caffeine, as I can drink coffee before bed and fall asleep just fine (even though I'm a natural insomniac).

Score: 4 / 5

Innovation

For a bit of nutrition with your caffeine shakes, try blending up a banana or two and mixing in a little bit of milk and a Mocha Frappuccino. It is extremely delicious, and for you smokers out there it eases the throat quite nicely. As for the effectiveness of the drugs inside this drink, I find it to be a little bit weak on awakening power but I have drank about a 900,000 of these so I'm also immune by now. If Starbucks invented some way to jack up the caffeine dose, or at least increase its effectiveness, perhaps this drink would score higher in this category. As is, it's simply coffee, sugar, milk, and that oh so delicious mocha. An argument could be made for Starbuck being innovative in charging so much for this drink, but I will not encourage them!

Score: 1 / 5

Social Benefit

At this price range, we must consider the impact of such a highly priced drink on society. For $2.69 you could feed someone for the day, but instead Starbucks and the consumer get together to exchange some caffeine and sugar for a few US dollars. Surely, there's better ways we as a world can spend our money on, but obviously there's worse things too.

Onto the good, Starbucks used natural ingredients in this coffee drink and ships it in a glass bottle. On the negative side though, they wrap the top part of the bottle in plastic, even though it has a sealed top. It's an unnecessary piece of packaging and only serves to contribute to waste.

Overall, it's an overpriced, overpackaged, coffee drink that you could make yourself for a portion of the costs and environmental impact. If it came in a plastic bottle and had artificial ingredients it'd get a zero here.

Score: 1 / 5

Freestyle!

Personally, I've enjoyed the taste of this drink many times in the past, especially during my college years. Now though, it's rare that I buy one of these, though every now and then the craving for an overcharged Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino strikes me. It must be some bit of programming Starbucks injects into the drink, because on rational grounds there's no need for this drink.

Score: 11 / 22

Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino Coffee Drink Mocha is available from Amazon.com.

Complete Score: 18.5 / 42 = 44%

Tags: caffeine, coffee, mocha, starbucks

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