Just What the Hell Is a Hoffacc[h]ino, Anyway?
You may have heard of it.
It’s quite possibly the fundamental underpinning of the entire security industry; a veritable life-source for over-worked security folk. It’s apparently critical to the success of Cloud, as you can see from the picture to the right.
What is this mystical thing? The Hoffacchino. Or, Hoffaccino, if you prefer.
You may hear it muttered and wonder “Just what the hell is a Hoffac[h]ino, anyway?”
Go to your local Starbucks and order the following:
The Hoffacc[h]ino
Venti Starbucks Doubleshot on ice. 6 shots, 3 Splenda (can sub sugar,) no classic (syrup,) breve (that’s 1/2 and 1/2 for those of you who don’t speak Strabucktalian.)
I cannot take responsibility for substitutions, because the recipe above took dozens of iterations to perfect for balance acidity, sweetness, caffeine, creaminess and mouth feel.
It’s like an americano over ice (without water to dilute) with splenda and 1/2 and 1/2, and it’s shaken which makes a big difference for some reason.
Now you know.
Everyone groans when they hear it. Then they try it. Then they’re hooked.
Sorry.
/Hoff
It would certainly be fun to whip out a post-it note with those instructions on it and have my local barista try it…but not sure I'm "breve" enough to do it yet!
Having recently had one of these – they are indeed well balanced, yummy, and stimulatign…
…what he doesn't tell you is that if you don't eat a cliff bar [or comparable] within x minutes afterward… you can have a full system crash.
Great seeing you in NYC, Chris!
Had my second one this morning. Think I'll finally be able to kick this nasty sleeping habit, plus the barista followed along this time with no problem.
Sounds awesome, but I wonder, what's the calorie count?
That sounds like an $8 heart attack.