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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Anna Betts

‘This is awkward’: Coffee-Mate released piña colada creamer before White Lotus finale

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Jason Isaacs and Parker Posey drinking piña coladas on the White Lotus. Photograph: Fabio Lovino/HBO

Coffee creamer brand Coffee-Mate developed two limited-edition flavored creamers – piña colada and Thai iced coffee – in collaboration with the HBO hit television show The White Lotus. But, after the show’s season finale aired on Sunday night, the Nestlé-owned company was taken aback when a batch of poisoned piña coladas nearly caused the deaths of four of the show’s main characters.

“Well this is awkward” the creamer brand wrote in an Instagram post on Monday, accompanied by a picture of the piña colada-flavored creamer.

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