Starbucks
whips up its
first Frappucci** creation for Singapore
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How does
Singapore taste? Like toasted coconut and gula melaka (caramelised palm sugar), going by Starbucks' latest creation.
The coffee giant will release its
first drink created for
Singapore on Tuesday, launched ahead of the country's 52nd birthday next week.
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It's calling the
Frappucci** a
Shiok-ah-cci**. "Shiok" is local slang for pleasure, often used to describe taste or experiences.
The shiok-ah-cci**
Image: starbucks/supplied
The drink will also launch with a range of desserts incorporating local, peranakan flavours.
These include an ondeh ondeh-style gula melaka cake, made of pandan sponge and coconut flakes; a vanilla sponge cake with pulut hitam (black gluti**us rice and coconut milk) cream; and cakes with Ovaltine and Horlicks flavours in them.
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