{"id":14512,"date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=14512"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:25:50","slug":"review-silk-vanilla-iced-latte-coffeehouse-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/04\/review-silk-vanilla-iced-latte-coffeehouse-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Silk Vanilla Iced Latt\u00e9 Coffeehouse Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Silk<\/a><\/p>\n

I consider myself very lucky to have no food allergies. I’m allergic to dust, pollen, weeds, grass, animals, and I suspect just “going outside”, but I have no aversion to lactose, gluten, or anything else food-related.<\/p>\n

This is fortunate for me, since I have very little self-control. If I ever became lactose intolerant, I would probably spend the rest of my life sharting myself, because I love dairy products and you’ll have to pry a slice of pizza with extra cheese out of my cold, dead hands. I’m assuming I died from diarrhea-related dehydration.<\/p>\n

Many others are not as lucky as I, however. Fortunately, for those with an intolerance to cow milk, there’s soy milk!<\/p>\n

I’ve known a few moo milk-drinkers who have tried soy milk and been all, “Ew, gross, this tastes and feels nothing like real<\/i> milk.” Well, no, because it’s not cow milk. Please try not to faint from shock when something tastes different than something else because it’s made from completely different ingredients<\/i>. God forbid you eat a tofu burger; you’d probably have a heart attack. Or not, because you’re much more likely to have a heart attack eating red meat.<\/p>\n

I say all this like I’m the greatest lactose intolerant\/vegan sympathizer out there. In reality, I’m a total asshole and constantly make fun of my hippy friends who are vegetarians, and deal out juvenile fart jokes to anyone I know who can’t eat dairy.<\/p>\n

That said, I’ve quietly cheated on cow milk with soy milk quite a few times in my past. It had nothing to do with health \u2013 in fact, I generally have a natural aversion to anything that’s good for me \u2013 I just like the way it tastes, specifically the vanilla and almond varieties.<\/p>\n

When I saw that Silk had come out with “iced latt\u00e9 coffeehouse drinks”, I immediately thought of Starbucks bottled Frappuccinos, and wondered how the two would compare. Before you get your panties in a bunch over the fact that latt\u00e9s and cappuccinos are different, consider that these are pre-made store products, not drinks created by your favorite barista.<\/p>\n

Silk’s Iced Latt\u00e9s come in two flavors \u2013 vanilla and mocha. I chose vanilla simply because I prefer it over chocolate. Don’t get me started on people who think vanilla isn’t a legit flavor \u2013 I just spent two paragraphs defending soy milk, which goes against every opportunity-for-mockery bone in my body. Those are most of my bones, by the way.<\/p>\n

Silk’s website sez: “Be your own barista with smooth, refreshing Silk Vanilla Iced Latte. A wholesome blend of Silk soymilk and espresso from premium Arabica coffee beans, our Iced Latte is deliciously dairy-free, with no artificial sweeteners, colors or flavors and no high-fructose corn syrup. Coffeehouse-quality taste, conveniently located in your home fridge.”<\/p>\n

Right off the bat, I like that they don’t use HFCS, because I’m a total snob about that. On a sarcastic note, I also like that they’re too lazy to use the \u00e9 in “latte”, despite it being obviously present on the carton. Hey Silk, it’s not that hard to learn alt codes. Or copy and paste the symbol off of Wikipedia, which is what I’m doing for this \u00e9ntir\u00e9 r\u00e9vi\u00e9w. See how easy that is?<\/p>\n

Now then, to the drink itself.<\/p>\n

Silk Vanilla Iced Latt\u00e9 Coffeehouse Drink is a little thicker than normal Silk soy milk, but not quite as thick as a Frappuccino, or a latt\u00e9 you’d get at an actual coffee house. This is to be expected, since soy milk is generally more watery than moo milk. I don’t usually mind this, but when you start getting into fancypants coffee territory, viscosity is important, and Silk juuuuuust missed the mark on creaminess.<\/p>\n

\"Silk<\/a><\/p>\n

What it may lack in texture, Silk iced latte makes up for in flavor. I could immediately taste the vanilla, and it wasn’t just “soy milk vanilla”, it was “shot of vanilla syrup” vanilla, which is important in a coffee drink. It also had just the right amount of sweetness, which is something I can’t even say for some other coffee drinks \u2013 I’ve had some vanilla latt\u00e9s that were so sweet they made my stomach hurt afterwards.<\/p>\n

As for the coffee itself, I found its flavor to be a little lacking. Not in quality, but in quantity. There was a nice coffee finish, but it was too muted. I like my share of fru-fru coffee drinks, but I also want it to actually taste like coffee. In a perfect drink, I like my vanilla and coffee flavors to be about 50\/50. I felt like in this drink, it was more 70\/30.<\/p>\n

Silk Vanilla Iced Latt\u00e9 Coffeehouse Drink isn’t perfect \u2013 the consistency is a little too thin, and the coffee flavor too muted \u2013 but if you’ve been looking for a lactose-free, gluten-free alternative to Starbucks bottled vanilla Frappuccino, this drink isn’t too shabby. The non-HFCS sweetness and vanilla flavors are pleasant, and it does<\/i> actually have some caffeine in it. Although the carton does not specify how much, the Silk website says it has 64 milligrams of caffeine per serving. All in all, it’s a decent off-the-shelf coffee soy drink.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 1 cup \u2013 100 calories, 0.5 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 45 milligrams of sodium, 28 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 20 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Other Silk Iced Latt\u00e9 reviews:<\/b>
\nThe Good Karma Kitchen<\/a><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Silk Vanilla Iced Latt\u00e9 Coffeehouse Drink
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.49 (on sale; regularly $4.59)
\nSize:<\/b> Half gallon
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Albertson’s
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Nice vanilla flavor. Juvenile fart jokes. Just the right amount of sweetness. Caffeine. No high-fructose corn syrup.
\nCons:<\/b> Coffee flavor was too muted. Sharting. Could have been creamier. Silk’s copy writers being too lazy to put an accent mark over the “e” in “latt\u00e9”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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