identity
history
A December 2017 supplier account describes a switch from hot-brew to cold-brew extraction for Latte Freeze concentrate. Costco Connect reported a staggered cold-brew mocha change in January 2018, though its anonymous sourcing leaves the rollout schedule uncertain. Folsom’s September 2018 kiosk and the 2019 Schaumburg purchase then document the drink on local menus. [8] [5] [7] [1]
nutrition
The table uses the cold-brew mocha row from the January 2024 chart. Its stated 16 oz portion has no gram weight. The latte is a separate drink; its values are not calculated by subtracting chocolate from this panel. [6]
| Nutrient | 16 oz, as printed; gram weight not suppliedUnited States; photographed warehouse unspecified |
|---|---|
| Calories | 580 kcal |
| fat | 8 g |
| saturated fat | 5 g |
| trans fat | 0 g |
| cholesterol | 30 mg |
| sodium | 160 mg |
| carbohydrate | 116 g |
| fiber | 1 g |
| total sugars | 111 g |
| added sugars | 97 g |
| protein | 12 g |
| vitamin D | 6 mcg |
| calcium | 493 mg |
| iron | 1 mg |
| potassium | 534 mg |
- 16 oz, as printed; gram weight not supplied: Chart printed January 17, 2024; posted March 1. Exact warehouse, capture date and recipe-effective date unknown. Serving shown as 16 oz in the chart; no gram weight supplied. Not the original pre-cold-brew mocha recipe. Source ↗
prices
distinctions
Kosuko liked the coffee aroma and lack of bitterness but found the sauce very sweet. Greg Lansing described a dessert-like drink, contrasting it with the latte’s omission of chocolate. Choya Johnson preferred mocha to caramel in May 2026, although sweetness still outweighed the coffee flavor for him. [1] [3] [4]
Chris Shott favored the latte’s coffee flavor over the mocha’s chocolate-heavy sweetness in April 2024. That judgment does not establish one shared base recipe across all versions. [9]
Local evidence
Price observations
- $2.99 · One cold-brew mocha freeze; size not stated · Schaumburg, Illinois · report published 2019-07-18; sale date unknown. Price documented in a visit report, not a nationwide current price. [1]
- $2.99 · Cold brew mocha freeze · Costco Folsom, California · kiosk photographed September 29, 2018; uploaded October 6, 2018; first sale and price-effective date unknown. Historical local price; not a current or national offer. [7]
- $2.99 · Cold Brew Mocha Freeze, as reported · United States, evidence varies by place and date · report published 2024-04-04; sale date unknown. Publicationdate; exactwarehouse/purchasedateunknown. No corresponding verifiednutritionpanel. [9]
Nutrition observations
Read the scoped nutrition table and source limits in Nutrition ↑
Last checked 2026-10-15 UTC. A listing is not a live stock check.
Sources & photo rights
Shott’s latte table prints 93 g carbohydrate and 96 g sugars for its stated 16 oz serving. This unresolved inconsistency belongs to the latte report, not the mocha panel, and is not silently corrected. [9]
Costcotuu’s Japanese-language travel posts establish a U.S. visit to Schaumburg. The 2024 chart is a customer photograph, printed January 17 and posted later, with warehouse and capture date unknown. It is not a corporate-hosted current specification. A permitted cold-brew serving photo remains unresolved; the licensed 2010 mocha image belongs to the older drink. [1] [2] [6]
The supplier’s 2017 account and the early 2018 report predate the pandemic. They describe a transition, not an exact first-sale date for every mocha-serving warehouse. [8] [5]
- 1. First U.S. Costco visit, part two Open original source
Kosuko / Costcotuu · Published 2019-07-18 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. This is a U.S. trip described in Japanese; do not assign drink to Japan. Publication date is not exact visit date.
Supporting section
Cold Brew Mocha Freeze paragraph and direct link to part one
- 2. First U.S. Costco visit, part one Open original source
Kosuko / Costcotuu · Published 2019-07-17 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Not evidence of all U.S. or Japanese menus.
Supporting section
Opening paragraphs name Schaumburg warehouse in Illinois
- 3. Mocha freeze versus latte freeze tasting Open original source
Greg Lansing / Costco Food Database · Publication date unknown · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Exact warehouse, serving weight and original label provenance not verified. Its 2020 transition framing conflicts with opened 2018/2019 evidence; latte calories are an author estimate and excluded.
Supporting section
Taste Test; calories; history subsection
- 4. Costco food court ranking Open original source
Choya Johnson / Parade · Published 2026-05-14 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Single reviewer; warehouse and precise visit date not stated.
Supporting section
Cold Brew Mocha Freeze and Caramel Cold Brew Freeze sections
- 5. Transition from mocha freeze to cold brew mocha Open original source
Big Dawg / Costco Connect · Published 2018-01-22 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Relies on an anonymous tip and purported correspondence; not authenticated operator announcement or a nationwide rollout date.
Supporting section
January 22, 2018 post
- 6. Photographed food-court nutrition chart, January 17, 2024 Open original source
Ping_shark / r/Costco · Published 2024-03-01 · Checked 2026-10-01 UTC. Customer photograph of an apparent food-court chart, not corporate-hosted. Printed timestamp is not capture date or confirmed recipe-effective date. Warehouse unknown; no photo reuse grant.
Supporting section
Full original image, column headers and Cold Brew Mocha Freeze row
- 7. Costco Food Court Self-Serve Kiosk Open original source
Devin Walker (tommyd.) / Flickr · Published 2018-10-06 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. CapturedSeptember29/uploadedOctober6. All21buttons inventoried; tiny calorie lines not exhaustively transcribed. Special-order pizza is an ordering option, not another food family.
Supporting section
Entire September29,2018 kiosk image,21visible buttons in three categories
- 8. Aspirations for Aspen, December2017 Volume54 No2 Open original source
Dan Weingart / Finlays · Published 2017-12-01 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Supplier first-party account, not retailer launchannouncement. No exactstart/end/store dates, nutrition, price or claimthat2011panelmatches2017recipe. Uploadfolder2020 is notpublicationdate.
Supporting section
Printed pages38-39; PDFpageindex19, rightmost column; fullspread independently rendered and read
- 9. Costco Cold Brew Freeze firsthand comparison Open original source
Chris Shott / Eat This, Not That! · Published 2024-04-04 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Exactwarehouse/dateunknown. Underlyingpanelnotindependentlyseen. Nutritionconflictunresolved; caffeinequantityunverified. Nohealth/personalphysiologysafetyinference, photosallrightsreserved.
Supporting section
April4,2024 fullarticle, kioskpriceparagraph, displayednutritiontable andpersonalcomparison