With Panera's new coffee subscription service, MyPanera+, the first 3 months are free, and you can get 1 drink every 2 hours. That's possibly 8 drinks per day! This week I put quality of this coffee to the test.
I signed up for the three month free trial and tried out three of the drinks. To stay in the "free" spirit, I also customized it myself. I bought skinny syrup bottles to keep in my car and add my own flavor.
Different items included in the MyPanera+ Coffee membership:
Hazelnut Coffee- $2.59-2.99*
Decaf Coffee- $2.59-2.99
Cafe Blend Light Roast- $2.59-2.99
100% Colombian Dark Roast Coffee- $2.59-2.99*
Iced 100% Colombian Dark Roast Coffee- $2.89-3.29*
Hot Tea- $2.59*
* = Drinks I tried this week
Tea Flavors Available:
Honey Ginseng
British Breakfast
Ginger Peach
Orange Ginger Mint
All drinks can be customized with espresso & syrups (all $.99/pump/shot):
Caramel syrup
Bittersweet Chocolate Syrup
Espresso shot
Madagascar vanilla syrup
Milk can be added for free:
Milk
Almond milk
Half & half
Skim Milk
There’s a variety of sweeteners as well, which are all free.
Reviews:
Hazelnut Coffee: 3.5/5
It was good enough for me to take a few sips without adding anything. It wasn’t watered down and was actually enjoyable even though it’s not the best coffee I’ve tried. It had a small burnt taste.
Hot Tea (Honey Ginseng): 3.75/5
It was really dull, too much milk was added so it wasn’t as strong as it could be, and I would get without milk next time.
100% Colombian Dark Roast Coffee: 4/5
The taste is the best so far, it’s good with only a small amount of vanilla syrup. It was actually enjoyable to drink.
Iced 100% Colombian Dark Roast Coffee: 2/5 stars
It was watered down, even when fresh and tasted like hot coffee was poured over ice. I definitely wouldn't recommend this to someone else.
Final thoughts
If someone were to ask if this subscription was worth it, I would say absolutely not. The coffee wasn't good quality and that's with the free trial. If you want coffee from Panera I would recommend one of their other drinks like the cold brew or vanilla latte, which aren't included with MyPanera+.
Credits:
Created with images by Christoph - "coffee coffee beans cup" • Engin_Akyurt - "coffee cafe table" • Pexels - "coffee hot chocolate cup" • cocoparisienne - "coffee coffee cup cup" • shixugang - "coffee milk coffee beans"