Disney World has added a new freebie at EPCOT.
Guests visiting the park already have hundreds of food and drink options spread between World Celebration, World Discovery, World Nature, and World Showcase, where dining has become almost as important to the EPCOT experience as its attractions.
Most of those options come at an additional cost. That is especially true during EPCOT’s seasonal festivals, which bring temporary food booths, specialty cocktails, desserts, and tasting-sized dishes to the park throughout the year.
Now, guests visiting on Fridays and Saturdays can add one complimentary drink stop to their plans.
Free Twinings Drinks Arrive at EPCOT
The Tea Caddy in EPCOT’s United Kingdom Pavilion has started offering free samples of Twinings Refreshers.
Three flavors are currently available: peach mango, strawberry raspberry, and blueberry lemon.
Unlike a permanent self-service drink station, however, the new samples are only available for a limited period each week. The station opens at 11 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and continues while supplies last.
That means guests visiting EPCOT from Sunday through Thursday will miss the new offering altogether.
The Tea Caddy sits inside World Showcase’s United Kingdom Pavilion and primarily sells Twinings tea, tea accessories, British sweets, cookies, and royal-themed merchandise.
Guests who enjoy their free sample can purchase boxes of the Refreshers from the store.
Twinings Refreshers are designed as cold herbal tea drinks rather than traditional hot tea. The company currently offers the same peach mango, strawberry raspberry, and blueberry lemon varieties being sampled at EPCOT.
The new tasting comes as Disney World is in the middle of one of EPCOT’s busiest food-focused periods of the year.
The 2026 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival began on August 27 and is scheduled to run through November 21.
During the festival, temporary Global Marketplaces join EPCOT’s permanent restaurants and food stands, offering dishes and beverages inspired by destinations around the world.
Festival access is included with EPCOT admission, but food and drinks purchased from the individual marketplaces cost extra.
That makes the complimentary Twinings samples one of the few opportunities to try something inside World Showcase without spending anything beyond the cost of entering the park.
The United Kingdom Pavilion already has several established food and drink locations.
Yorkshire County Fish Shop serves British-style fish and chips, while Rose & Crown Dining Room and Rose & Crown Pub offer a wider selection of British dishes and alcoholic drinks.
The pavilion also sits between the France and Canada areas of World Showcase, putting the new sampling station directly along one of EPCOT’s busiest walking routes.
EPCOT Guests Can Already Find Free Drinks Elsewhere
The Twinings promotion is not the first place where Disney World guests have been able to sample beverages for free at EPCOT.
Club Cool, located in World Celebration near Creations Shop, offers complimentary samples of Coca-Cola drinks sold in different countries.
Guests can use the self-service machines to try several international flavors without making a purchase.
The location is perhaps best known for Beverly, the bitter Italian beverage that has developed a reputation among longtime visitors as one of the worst EPCOT snacks.
Club Cool has existed at EPCOT in different forms for decades.
The previous version closed in 2019 as Disney began redeveloping the former Future World section of the park. A redesigned Club Cool opened alongside Creations Shop in September 2021.
Unlike the Twinings samples, Club Cool is normally available throughout the week rather than being restricted to Fridays and Saturdays.
The new weekend offering nevertheless expands EPCOT’s small lineup of complimentary tasting experiences, while fitting neatly into the park’s broader emphasis on international food and drink.
World Showcase currently features 11 country pavilions: Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Guests can find everything from margaritas and tacos in Mexico to crêpes in France, sushi in Japan, and fish and chips in the United Kingdom.
Seasonal festivals add even more options throughout the year, including Festival of the Arts, Flower & Garden Festival, Food & Wine Festival, and Festival of the Holidays.
