Not just a brand change from Cafe Menu to Gold, but a switch in the name from Latte Caramel to Caramel Latte. On the whole the new name and branding works better for me. Cafe Menu I always thought was an awkward name and Latte Caramel just felt like they'd got the words the wrong way round - perhaps Nescafe was attempting to sound more Italian.
Anyway, it's the same idea, but a shifting around of ingredients, particularly bringing in a sprinkle of ground coffee to up the connection to proper coffee. The end result is still a sweet, milky, frothy instant drink that nods in the direction of coffee which walks past ignoring it.
I want to emphasise that I do like these frothy coffees, and these days its the closest I can get to coffee unless I want to do decaf; but even though we like them and drink them fairly frequently, I have no pretensions as to what they are. They are to coffee what lemonade is to champagne.
Date: Feb 2019 Score: 5
The price of these instant milky coffees varies, but is generally around £2 for 8, so about 25p a cup. That's a lot cheaper than going to Starbucks, and there's not going to be much difference in taste. Buy yourself some styrofoam cups for the office, and a few packs of these instant milky coffees - you'll save yourself a fortune, and you won't have to queue up and get your name spelled incorrectly.
This is milky with a hint of sweet caramel. Easy drinking. It's not coffee, but then, let's face it, neither is a cup of flavoured latte from Starbucks.
I'm really getting a taste for these!
Date: Jan 2016 Score: 5
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