Just like the picture

Back in the day, frozen beverage machines were few and far between, and most were in a state of perennial disrepair. One would expect them to contain an obviously non-frozen mixture of syrup and water and for each tap to be adorned with an “temporarily out of order” sign.

Then, out of the blue, McDonald’s decided to make Frozen Coke a standard menu item at all of their stores in Australia. It seems that service stations (the traditional home of frozen beverages) have stopped dragging their feet and started giving this contemporary cuisine the attention it deserves! The bold claims embedded in their serving suggestion images are now supported by reality. Behold!:

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And to think that a few years ago I thought that frozen beverages were almost a lost cause…