Bo's Coffee (of Bo's Coffee Club fame) is my choice of gourmet coffee & fraps in this City of Smiles. Why?
1. Firstly, Starbucks' Frappucinos have that overpowering milky flavor coming to the fore. Their full cream milk has that nauseating flavor of heavy cream that makes it too buttery for anyone's taste. Haven't tried their soy based drinks. Meh.
2. I love the fact that Bo's coffee doesn't not have the gritty consistency unlike those of Starbucks. The coffee of the latter is not as well blended as Bo's with the icy crushed mush floating to the top while the melted elements settle at the bottom. Logical you say? Not if after three sips you begin to experience icy grittiness just like an icebreaker plowing into an Arctic sea. Bo's on the other hand has that consistent icy creaminess which tells you that the coffee, the ice and the milk have magnificently commingled with each other with the coffee dominating the taste notes. And that consistency is true even when you get to the cream on top.
The first time I tasted Bo's was in Mactan Airport and I was a convert ever since. Theirs is my mark of quality. Yum!
2. Starbucks coffee has that sour-bitter aftertaste in each of their coffee-based drinks. The blended ones not so, but still, it has that subtle sourish bitter taste that doesn't quite give you the satisfaction of blowing off $5 on coffee. Is it the roasting process or the storage, I do not know. As for Bo's (especially their White Mocha), sip after sip will not give you those bitter notes and yet the aroma of coffee beans judiciously roasted has been perfectly partnered with the creaminess of the drink. Hence, the full-bodied aroma and taste without the unnecessary hitches.
Thus, blended creamy consistency + deep rich roasted bean flavor - bitter aftertaste = perfect coffee for the movies... (FYI, I paid for all my coffees when writing this review.)
It's located at the south wing of SM Bacolod near Chowking & Booksale...
