Caribou Iced Coffee in an Aluminum Bottle
I don’t know about you, but I’m often frustrated by the lack of caffeinated beverage choices available to me at my local convenience store . . . not.
Enter Caribou, who’s rolling out an iced beverage in an aluminum bottle in partnership with Coke:
Coke teams with Caribou on iced coffee drink
Caribou Iced Coffee will be available in regular, espresso, and vanilla and will be packaged in 12-ounce aluminum bottles. It will be priced similar to other refrigerated coffee drinks, or between $1.79 to $1.99 each.
I’ll give it this: It sounds unique, which isn’t exactly easy in the beverage game. It’s a different angle than the Starbuck’s Double Shot and the aluminum bottle sounds like a creative alternative to the Frappucino (which I call a Frappu-crapo).
What will Dunn Bros’ bottled (or canned) coffee drink angle look like? You know it’s coming. Any speculation?
September 10th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
Oh God, I love that Double Shot stuff…Cub was out the other day and I was teh disappointed…
September 10th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Yum. That sounds far better than all those horrible energy drinks, if still a bit pricey. (Somehow, almost $2.00 for a to-go cup that you watches a barista fill seems less like a ripoff than a can you pull out of the cooler.) If Dunn Bros. is really thinking about this kind of product, they just have to exploit the quality angle – better ingredients (estate coffees?) and better flavors. Selling a 16oz can for the price of others’ 12oz’ers would be good, too.
September 11th, 2007 at 11:21 am
What’s the difference between an “aluminum bottle” and a can?
March 13th, 2008 at 4:27 am
Just tried both the espresso and regular versions. They’re both good if you enjoy coffee. A bit sugary for me but something needs to cover up the bitterness of coffee that was brewed a month ago.
The espresso is much stronger in coffee flavor, with a darker taste. They only have 5 ingredients which is impressive in our over-processed world.