Today I’m trying Starbucks’ new spring coconut drinks, and I went in so excited because I’m a coconut-in-coffee girl through and through. I started with the Ube Coconut Macchiato (and yes, I was obsessed with the purple right away). It has toasted coconut flakes on top, ube coconut cream cold foam, and toasted coconut syrup—mine had about three pumps. But honestly? The coconut flavor was way lighter than I expected, and the drink just didn’t have much personality for me, so it was a no. Then I moved on to the Toasted Coconut Cream Cold Brew, which is cold brew + vanilla syrup + toasted coconut cream cold foam, with those same toasted coconut pieces (which I actually liked). At first it tasted like a vanilla cold brew and I was disappointed… until I realized the lid situation was totally messing me up. Once I actually tasted the cold foam, the coconut flavor was there, and it was so much better. I bumped it up to a 7.5/10, and I’d try it again—next time I’d add toasted coconut syrup to make it even more coconut-forward (and I’m already thinking about pairing coconut + caramel in my favorite iced espresso).