Wawa To Unveil Shore Tea Hard Beverage At Opening Of New Middletown Location

Want to get your hands on the hard tea it seems nearly everyone in the region is talking about? Lower Bucks County residents are in luck.

The new Wawa with gas pumps at 639 East Lincoln Highway in Middletown Township will open its doors Thursday morning at 8 a.m.

Wawa will cut the ribbon on the first cases of the limited-edition “Shore Tea,” the hard tea beverage created in a collaboration between Wawa and New Jersey’s Cape May Brewing Company, and the new store at 9 a.m.

The new Middletown Township Wawa will be among the company’s newest location that will have a license to sell beer, a part of Wawa’s growth strategy.

The first 100 people to get to the grand opening will receive a Wawa and Cape May Brewing Company T-shirt.

Shore Tea has been much talked about since it was announced and is made with Wawa’s popular peach iced tea.

Wawa describes the drink as a hard tea that is “lip-smackingly refreshing with just the right amount of sweet kick.”

Starting Thursday following the unveiling in Middletown Township, the limited-time hard tea will be available at only two other Wawas in the county. It will be sold at a few other Wawa locations in the region and will receive a limited expansion at certain retailers starting next week, company officials said.

Shore Tea will be sold in limited quantities of six-pack cans for $12.99.

With changes in Pennsylvania’s strict liquor laws over the past decade, more convenience stores and grocery stores have been pushing into the market of selling beer and wine.

Wawa was awarded its first Pennsylvania liquor license to sell wine and beer in 2019 and has expanded that footprint since. It has sold alcohol in locations in other states for years.

Wawa plans to sell beer at their upcoming location on Cinder Lane between Bristol-Oxford Valley Road and Emilie Road in Bristol Township’s Levittown section.

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