Listen, Wawa,
We need to talk. You know we love you, right? And we know that, when it comes to Philly, you’re about as true blue as they come. But there is something that has been bothering us: It’s your iced coffee. We have two questions: Are you serious? And, are you trying to kill us?
First, let’s talk about the beverage as a sensory experience. It’s disgusting. It’s overloaded with both “dairy” (we’re almost afraid to ask, but we think you might have bought a palate of cut-rate generic CoffeMate dust to use in this travesty) and a sweetness that we can only attribute to massive helpings of corn syrup or worse. Between the two, you both manage to mask the original taste of Wawa coffee — which, while others may chafe at the suggestion, we kinda like, as it tastes like home — and make us feel like we’re drinking some kind of weird coffee product for kids. Not cool, on both counts. Finally, at our local outpost, the Wawa Iced Coffee dispensers are serially untended to, seemingly out of product (unless it’s one of the weird “flavored” varieties), but oozing drips from the sides of the machines as if Wawa Iced Coffee itself was a festering sore upon your great brand. Which, I suppose, it is.
Secondly, there is no way this stuff could even be close to passing muster for the health-conscious. Sure, there’s your Wawa Sugar Free Iced Coffee, but that’s not what you’re pushing on the end cap near the slushies. That stuff doesn’t even come with nutritional information and, best we can tell, that info isn’t made available on your website either. But we know it’s not good. We can taste the chemicals. They are not nice.
We bring this all up because, frankly, we’re perplexed. Iced coffee is literally the easiest thing in the world. Especially when you have good (note: not great, good) coffee. Which you do. How did you screw it up so badly, Wawa? Would it be that hard to just put cups and lots and lots of ice next to where the hot coffee is, and let the people do what comes naturally? Would you think about it, at least? We love you too much to turn our backs on you now. But it’s summer, and iced coffee… well, it’s important.
Thanks for your time (but no thanks on that sizzurpy sludge),
Phoodie.info
TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL, SON!
that iced coffee is an embarrassment to the Wawa name. step it up.
Amen! It should be just black, cold coffee. (Adding ice to hot just waters it down.) Let us add the sugar or cream, if we choose, in the amounts we choose!
There’s a WAWA left in Philadelphia, that’s was so shocking about this article. i don’t really drink coffee.
fn p r i c e l e s s. After spending the day trying to sell beer in New Jersey, I needed something- anything, to make me not want to die. done.
Honestly, I kind of like it. It’s a junky sometimes treat. I do find it way way way too sweet and creamy, though, so I add skim milk to it.
I respectfully disagree. Mocha Mints are worth their weight in gold.
Wawa abandoned the City. Eff them.
I actually didn’t mind the pre-made iced coffee until I realized at 32 my face was breaking out like a 15-year old’s. Just goes to show how much junk is really in it. Now at the one on Rising Sun Avenue they do just have cold black coffee, but in my opinion it is way too strong.
I must disagree. A large, 32 oz mocha mint only contains 370 calories which is equal to 2-2 1/2 cans of soda. Only 70 of those calories are from fat. Compared to many of the cool drinks and treats–such as ice cream–out there, it does extraordinarily well in its calorie count/fat intake.
Not to mention it’s delicious.
I’m a teenager myself and I have not experienced any break-out whatsoever from this drink.
At my local Wawa, there is no “sugar free iced coffee.” It serves: Mocha Mint, French Vanilla, and regular. And there is information on these drinks! If you visit the Wawa website there is a navigation bar on the left. Go Nutrition > Launch Meal Builder > Beverages > Iced Coffee > Select flavor > Select size > and finish meal. All Your information is right there.