Anyone could have taken a shotofespresso and added steamed milk to it, but Starbucks was smart enough to sell it as latte and produce it--and everything else--consistently and well.
For dessert, make one of my quick and easy favorites: top two scoops of vanilla ice cream with a shotofespresso or coffee, and put biscotti on the side (you can find these in the cookie section of most grocery stores).
As coffee snobs myself included will tell you, pressure is crucial to pouring a customized shotofespresso. 7 bars of pressure yields a pour lighter in body and crema while extracting more of the floral tones of certain blends.