Burger King Coffee (aka BK Joe)

Burger King Coffee (aka Joe)Price: $1.69 plus tax
Serving: 10 oz.
Calories: 5 per serving
Fat: 0%, 0g
Cholesterol: 0%, 0mg
Sodium: 0%, 4mg
Protein: 0.6g
Carbohydrates: 0%, 0g
Fiber: 0%, 0g
Sugar: 0g
Caffeine: 200-300mg

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Burger King says: Wake up with the King

Abi says: I don’t know about you, but waking up with the King would scary the holy bejeezus out of me, prompting such questions as “Oh my Lord did someone slip something into my beverage last night?” and “Wait, did my fiance turn into the Burger King King? Is this some kind of sick joke?”

Fortunately for my liver, I don’t wake up with the King too often, preferring instead to wake up with my Keurig coffee maker (still in the testing stage because I’m not quite sure I can do a lifetime of weak coffee). But sometimes you find yourself at the San Jose airport at 7:30am and you’ve already consumed a tall soy chai and even though it only took you 5 minutes to get through security (incredible, eh?) it took 25 minutes to get through the Starbucks line and aside from that, nothing in their little pastry cage looks worth $3.00. So you notice that folks everywhere are drinking Burger King coffee and you figure that they must be getting through the line in an expedient manner.

Via the BK, I ate a Croissan’wich (bad idea, am never doing again, discarded partially eaten), home fries (mmm, potatoes), and studiously avoided the coffee. You see, it had to last me for the entire pre-boarding process. And since I was in the Southwest Cattle Call B group (on a smaller regional jet this means ‘last and sitting in the middle, sucker’), I figured that the styrofoam-encased BK Joe would last me at least 45 minutes.

It didn’t. I finished the piping hot coffee in about 20 minutes. More delicious than gas station coffee, but not quite as good as the brew at McDonalds (I can’t believe I just complimented McDonalds), with half a packet of equal and a bit of fresh half-and-half I was happy to sip my Burger King Joe and watch the hum of the airport while my brain awoke. Then I spent the rest of my wait time trying to read my neighbor’s New York Time in an inconspicuous manner. This is difficult because they use such small print.

The next time I’m at San Jose International, I’ll probably skip the Starbucks line and head straight to Burger King for some simple, fresh-tasting (I have no idea how fresh it was, rumor says they use pre-brewed liquid coffee) coffee and maybe this time I’ll try some of those French Toast Sticks.

September 23, 2008 | 6 Comments 
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