Drinks

From now until June 24th, at select Dunkin’ Donuts locations nationwide, the Vanilla Bean Coolatta will be making its way back onto their menu. According to SlashFood and DD’s senior director of brand marketing, the drink is a mysterious creation of ice and a “dairy-based cream”, along with the taste of vanilla bean. The drink will be priced at $1.99. Dunkin’ Donuts usually maintains a pretty solid track record when it comes to their morning beverages, let’s hope for this one to be no different!

7-Eleven is stepping up its coffee offerings by introducing two new flavors of Iced Coffee into approximately 4,500 of its convenience stores across the United States. The new flavors include French Vanilla and Mocha. The coffee drink is self-serve; customers pour the coffee drink into a clear cup full of ice, in essence, becoming their own barista. Early price points project numbers cheaper than McDonald’s and Starbucks offerings, with an introductory price of 99 cents for a medium sized 16 oz. drink. According to the Maven, the price will jump in July to $1.99 for a medium, and $2.49 for a large.

The commercials are in full force if you have a Sonic’s location in your proximity! On Wednesday, June 3rd, from 8 PM to midnight, swing by your local Sonic’s to pick up a completely free 10 oz. Root Beer Float!

Ever get bored opening your beer with a lighter, or the can opener that doubles as a bottle opener? We figured as much, so we present a novelty bottle opener that doubles as a fully functional mini crowbar. Now, next time you’re breaking into a safe, you can stop for brewsky. Made of stainless steel with a baked enamel coating, and measures 8 inches long. Available for $15.

Beginning June 1st through August 22nd, Chick-fil-A will be adding a new peach flavor to its line of Hand-Spun Milkshakes for the summer. Among its chain mall and stand-alone locations, the new Peach Milkshake is made with real peaches and is hand-spun with the chain’s”home-style” Icecream^® and topped with light whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Along with the Peach Milkshake release, Chick-fil-A is also introducing a smaller, permanent milkshake option in the form of a 14 oz. or 20. cups, priced at $2.49 and $2.89, respectively.

Tropicana Orange Juice recently became the first consumer product in the U.S. to become carbon certified. Teaming up with The Carbon Trust, Tropicana took several steps to calculate the carbon/environmental footprint of their 64-oz carton of pure premium orange juice from grove to grocery store, and in turn, how to reduce these footprints.

The summer drinks are becoming more relavent with each passing day. Here we present a combination alcohol and sweet tea in the form of Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Vodka ($20). Brewed in southern Kentucky, the drink is a 70-proof sweet tea flavored vodka favored by the American fighter pilot. (Thx Uncrate)

Boasting a strong and natural flavor, the new Red Bull Cola drink creates a new variation on the Red Bull line with a drink that contains notable “natural flavours from plant extracts” and “natural caffeine from coffee beans”. Also included in the mixture are coca leafs, kola nut, lemon/lime, cloves, cinnamon, caramom, pine, corn mint, galangal, vanilla, ginger, mace, cocoa, liquorice, orange and mustard seeds. Sounds a bit intense! Apparently the drink has been classified as a “narcotic” in certain parts of the world, including Germany, whose own food safety institute conducted research that revealed traces of cocaine. While the research institute claims that the levels of cocaine did not pose a health threat, Red Bull responded to the allegations stating, “De-cocainized (sic) extract of coca leaf is used worldwide in foods as a natural flavouring.” I guess, drink on?

With Father’s Day rapidly approaching, it’s time to get into the gift-searching mode. If your dad is a fan of a good time, you may want to consider this Custom Engraved Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottle. The bottles are individually numbered, in 750ml or 1.5L bottles, comes with a gold engraved message of your choice, just below the label. The bottle runs about $220 and you can order your own bottle by calling up 877-JW-BLUE-LABEL. (Thx Uncrate)