OK, I'll keep this third part short as we now move onto the Dirty Chegg. The barista B mentioned in Part I pointed out that the name has the unfortunately property of sounding like a slur, but thankfully ‘Chegg’ in this case is just a portmanteau of Chai and Eggnog and the dirtiness comes from adding a shot of espresso to this tea latte. The name alone makes this one great, and I felt a bit like a “bad boy” while drinking this one.
Just the act of ordering a ‘dirty’ drink hints at an unscrupulous nature dancing just beneath one’s skin---waiting to escape---and the Dirty Chegg is more than just a drink: it is a straightforward appeal to emotion and one’s basest instincts, a celebration of irrationality and chaos, and an exaltation of the id above the superego. Plus it's delicious. The extra espresso shot gives this drink a grittier feel than the ordinary Eggnog-Chai Tea Latte and chugging this one feels like drinking a Christina Aguilera video on the fourth of July. And I don’t mean that ‘Beautiful’ song, either—that song is much more inspirational than the Dirty Chegg and it has an empowering message that speaks to disaffected youth even today. No, I meant one of her other videos.
Full disclosure: I have no idea what it means to drink a Christina Aguilera video on the fourth of July, and I think the ability to write meaningless drink descriptions has now rubbed off on me after reading countless beverage commentaries from the Starbucks website.
But, yeah, I would have this one again, although I would want to explore other ‘dirty’ drinks first.
Verdict: I love the Dirty Chegg.
Score: 7 Stars and 2 Bucks out of 10
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