7 Brew Ocean Breeze 7 Energy

Order a Medium (24oz) iced at half-sweet on your first visit. Full sweetness puts you at roughly 260 calories and 63g of sugar, which is a lot for a non-dairy drink - half-sweet drops that to around 130 calories and 32g of sugar while letting the blue raspberry tartness actually come through instead of hiding behind syrup. The Medium also gives you 105mg of caffeine from the 7 Energy base, which is equivalent to about one and a half standard cups of brewed coffee.

At the window, say: "Medium Ocean Breeze, iced, half-sweet." That is all the crew needs. If you are sensitive to artificial sweetness or candy-forward flavors, add "light blue raspberry, extra coconut" - that shifts the balance toward the smoother, more tropical side without losing the signature color.

If it is over 85 degrees outside, order it as a Chiller instead. The blended version transforms the texture completely - it becomes a thick, slushy sorbet that brings the coconut forward and tames the blue raspberry sharpness. The Chiller is also the version that photographs best if that matters to you, because the ice blending creates a beautiful gradient effect in the cup.

One thing to know going in: the 7 Energy base has a faint herbal-tart note underneath the syrups. It is not unpleasant, but it does taste different from a regular Italian soda or a Starbucks Refresher. If you dislike it, that slight tang fades significantly in the Chiller format.