The wacky people at Starbucks are back with another odd release that comes in a stout nine-something ounce can. It mirrors a soda more so than any RTD coffee, dwarfed not only by its competition but also other releases by the company. That said, all you need is a quick glance at the can to tell it is a nitro cold brew coffee made by the famous Seattle roasters.There is a disappointing head that creeps up to the top once you pour every ounce into a glass, as recommended by the text at the back of the can. The nitrogen hollows out the potentially heavy mouthfeel, as if made with water and skimmed milk instead of reduced fat moo juice and cream. Your tongue is bewildered to learn we have an entire gram and a half of fat here, but it is not for the better. The flavor is feebled, hardly simulating vanilla and even less impressive at impersonating java; this is again that generic canned coffee taste that are a dime a dozen in your convenience store's ice box, but this is where the texture continues to debilitate the experience. The liquid's desperate dearth of anything substantial on the palate has the consistency resembling the most diluted crap coffee with an oil-based creamer; this is not what its premium price-tag promises.
Ingredients include: cold brew coffee, low-fat milk, sugar, cream, flavors, pectin and nitrogen. We have seventy calories to work with and eleven grams of total sugar; this is a rather lean canned coffee. There is no mention of how much caffeine we have, but the buzz is not far off from what you get from an average cup of joe. Overall, Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew Vanilla Sweet Cream is drinkable, but it is not something I wanted to drink, in the first place or ever again.
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