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Old 04-19-2010, 07:19 PM   #1
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So it's like 9 am I'm hungover and all the friends want to go get something to eat. We pile into the car and make our way to the first fast food establishment we see which turns out to be a sonic. Being a nice day we pile out and eat there amongst the children's play scape and trash from the night before that still has to be picked up. Like I said I'm hungover but it's not that bad. All I want is coffee. We place the order and right away I know I'm in trouble. I tell the man over the intercom (we all managed to find our own and place orders as not to confuse the worker) and hew starts asking me all these questions. Do I want cream? Sugar? Sonic Boom Shot of Espresso, Frozen, hot, iced? I asked for coffee. Is it just me or in an age of consumer satisfaction everyone is taking it to far. I reiterate to the guy, "I just want coffee." They brought it out and to there advantage it was hot. Everything else was off. I don't know what it is but something tasted wrong. It was to "Coffee" flavored. I am sure they have artificial flavoring in there coffee. I kept half the cup and had all my friends try it and they agreed. So my review of Sonic's new coffee line up is simple.

If you can't get a simple cup of coffee correct, what chance do you have of me buying one of your $5 specialty beverages. I'll still go there for the tots, I love them, but coffee from Sonic is bad. Next hangover I'm going to Whataburger who isn't trying to impress me with specialty coffee.


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Old 04-20-2010, 04:25 PM   #2
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That sounds pretty gross. The only reason I go to Sonic is for tots and corn-dogs. Good review.
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Old 04-29-2010, 02:35 PM   #3
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I must admit to having a soft spot for the sonic coffee chiller thingie in hazelnut. "real" icecream, and "real" espresso, for a sweet, cold coffee treat it beats the starbies equivalent. But I digress Sonic Tots rule!!
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Sonic would be the absolute last place I would go to get a cup of coffee. Sonic is just in general a horrible place to eat.
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Sonic would be the absolute last place I would go to get a cup of coffee. Sonic is just in general a horrible place to eat.
Nothing better for Corn Dogs and Tater Tots but that's it. Everything else taste like a weird water down Dairy Queen. In my opinion.
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Aside from being in your situation (hung over at happened to be at Sonic), it would never occur to me to get coffee from Sonic. I might have even guessed that they didn't even have coffee.

Very interesting that you get an artificial "coffee flavor" from their coffee... I almost want to go get a cup to check it out... (in a "starting at a mangled corpse being pulled from a wreck simply because you can't pull your eyes away" sort of way).


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