If you think about it, Eggos are more than just frozen waffles. For how can one be a player, when one created the game itself? To be Eggo is to be waffle. They are synonymous. They are one. They are by far the most iconic and well known of the frozen waffle offerings. My point is that Eggos are full of waffly essence and that is good news, because they are putting that waffly goodness into not one, not four and a half, but five different waffle-inspired flavors of coffee just for us. So leggo that skepticism, and stick around to hear what Eggo is throwing at us, the coffee drinkers of the waffle-eating world.
What can we expect from new Eggo coffee? How different can the different flavors be? What even is “waffle flavor” and can you taste the grid at all?
First of all, try saying “waffle coffee” out loud—fun right? Alright back to business. As it turns out, waffle coffee flavors can actually be pretty darn different. Eggo is launching Blueberry Eggo Coffee, Chocolate Chip Eggo Coffee, Cinnamon Toast Eggo Coffee, Maple Syrup Eggo Coffee, and Vanilla Eggo Coffee.
All of these flavors are meant to “taste of freshly toasted golden Eggo waffles with the rich, aromatic notes of premium coffee,” according to a press release, and then in addition each flavor will also taste of chocolate or blueberry, etc. or whatever other flavors the good people of Eggo decided would work well as a waffle coffee offering (another fun one to say). They even suggest waffle/coffee pairings in the press release, so be forewarned that Eggo recommends pairing chocolate chip waffles with the corresponding chocolate chip coffee and churro waffles with the cinnamon coffee, etc.
As for format, these things are a collab between Two Rivers Coffee Company and Eggo and will be sold in Keurig-compatible pods on Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, and TwoRiversDirect.com in 12 packs for about $7.99 or 40-packs for $24.99.
Will we be able to “taste the grid” of the waffle in every sip? That remains to be seen. If a waffle still a waffle without the shape? Without the tell-tale grid lines, is a waffle just a pancake with one less egg and a dream? Only time will tell. Or maybe this coffee will. Either way, I am intrigued and would even be willing to l’eggo my preconceived notions about waffle flavor and if that is even possible, in order to give this a try.
Eggo is also doing an Eggo Coffee Café pop-up in NYC for people to give the coffee a taste. They a also kicked off a sweepstakes where you could win these coffees and a bunch of waffles – potentially the best prize of all time. All of this is happening in time for National Coffee Day on August 24th.
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