Foodview: Almond Joy Frescante

During the bustle of what I would call an unusually crowded Monday lunch hour, I saw that they were making a frescante behind the counter. I waded my way through the hullabaloo of the crowd and snapped this pic for you to see.

I was able to taste and assess a Almond Joy Frescante for myself soon after. As with all the other food reviews I've done, I would taste a little, type a little, taste a little more, type a little more. Here's what I thought as I tasted and typed:


Coffee, evident in every sip, was accompanied by a few other flavors which made up the Almond Joy experience. Contrary to what I thought, the coconut was not the prominent taste of the treat, it was chocolate mixed with something else. At first I thought it was vanilla in the thickened, cold, drink, but it was actually almond, hence the Almond Joy. Almond mixed with a light hint of coconut and a delicious dosage of decadent chocolate made for a new and interesting taste which I would rate up there with the Buckeye Frescante.


It was a whole new flavor which I encourage you to try if you haven't already. While I've never tried chocolate almond milk, I imagine that the Almond Joy Frescante is somewhat of a similitude. It's really difficult to compare something to it because it's pretty different. Almond, chocolate, coconut, coffee, whipped cream... it was awesome!

~The Harvest Crier~

Foodview: Chai Frescante

A new frescante came out to help keep you cool this summer. For those of you who love chai tea, you'll have even more of a reason to come to the Moon.

Chai tea is okay for me, meaning that I don't absolutely need chai tea to live (I'm more of a green tea kind of guy). In fact, I don't think that chai tea ever struck a good cord in me. I tried it once, maybe twice, but that's about it. In college it seemed like the popular drink to have, but that band wagon totally missed me by a couple million miles.

However, when someone presented me their Chai Frescante with whipped cream practically spilling out of the top, offering it for me to try, everything about chai in my mind was totally redeemed in one sip.

It wasn't a pungently spicy drink like one of my chai experiences, rather it was cool and sweet with plenty of flavor, so flavorful that I could drink the entire thing! But I didn't, I gave it back :)

~The Harvest Crier~

Foodview: Chocolate Covered Cherry Frescante

In case you haven't noticed - it's pretty hot outside! Now, I'm the kind of guy who doesn't really like drinking anything but water, however, on very rare occasions, I'll get a fiercely fierce hankering for something other than H2O. I decided to be creative and ask the crew for a Chocolate Covered Cherry Frescante in honor of the heat stroke I feel I'm going to get every time I step outside. While the Chocolate Covered Cherry Frescante isn't technically on the menu, I figured they could make my special request out of the kindness of their big, super-duper hearts :)
And they did.

It was heaped with a mound of whipped cream on top and lines of chocolate syrup on the inside of the glass. The foam and cream nearly spilling over the edge of the chocolaty chalice made for a very formidable looking drink. The tall glass full of the milkshake-like consistency proved thick-yet-drinkable as I stabbed my straw down to the bottom. The drink was cool to the touch and chilling to the taste. It was perfect for when the weather makes it feel like Mordor outside.

The name probably gave this away, but it tasted like a chocolate covered cherry (duh, right?) with a hint of coffee to it (if you don't like coffee, you can ask them to make it without). The taste of chocolate covered cherries reminds one of a certain day in February - Valentine's Day. Perhaps this will be a good drink to have then with your significant other.


So I barely finished this toppling tower of fit-for-king frescante set before me, and when I finished it, the first inclination I had was to get to some place warm. Appearently it did the trick, because stepping outside sounded like a pretty good idea in light of my goose bumps. "But I can't do that," I thought to myself. "I have a blog post to write!" And so here I am enduring this cold while all the lucky people get to enjoy the +90 degree weather outside. Too bad for me. :(

~The Harvest Crier~

(Foodview on the Buckeye Frescante)

St. Patrick's Day Deal

Hey everyone! St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow, so Harvest Moon wanted to present a special deal to all their loyal readers on the interwebs:

#1 The Most important thing for you to know is that YOU MUST wear green to get this deal. It can be green socks, a green hat, or perhaps your favorite green lipstick (oh my). Whatever it is, it must be green. Show us the green.

#2 The second thing to know is that this deal will last all day today and tomorrow.

Irish Coffee Cocktail

#3 The third thing to know is the deal itself:
~Buy a Nutty Irishman latte or frescante, or buy a Green Energy smoothie and get another one absolutely FREE.
~Buy an Irish Coffee and get 15% off your dine in food order (sorry, this 15% off deal cannot be combined with our 10% off facebook deal we're doing for tomorrow).

So there you have it! Put your green on, come on over to the Moon sometime today or tomorrow, and get yourself something green and/or Irish.

~The Harvest Crier~

Foodview: Buckeye Frescante

Looking like a malt from the 1950s, the Buckeye Frescante, or any frescante here, is the ideal treat for you and your date to split after the game. Seriously, it's huge.

Thick whipped cream (made in the cafe) mounded on top with rich chocolate syrup drizzled over it is just the surface of this dessert. Beyond the crown of froth, foam, cream, and syrup is a deep well of chocolaty and peanut buttery taste. The ingredients are blended into a texture akin to a thick and hearty milkshake with a tinge of coffee evident in every sip. If you like coffee, you'll like the frescante. If you tolerate coffee, you'll like this frescante still because of its richness in other flavors. You could always ask them to make it without the coffee.

Very filling. I couldn't finish it actually! Looks can be deceiving though. The frescante in a glass cup looks beast compared to its little brother, the frescante in a to-go cup, but did you know that there's actually the same quantity of frescante in both? I heard the barristas talking about the way something looks being a psychological influencer on people. Most customers, when given their frescante in a glass, won't be able to finish it, but if they are given it in plastic, they drink it down like a glass of water. Now isn't that interesting?

~The Harvest Crier~