Spotted: Ramaz girls hovering en masse around a gleaming new addition to the lunch room. No—it’s not an upgraded salad bar or panini maker. This feature, of course, is the school’s new iced-coffee station. The station, complete with a variety of creamers and sugars, is located right near the juice machine and was installed earlier this month. The oversized dispenser is guaranteed to catch any student’s attention and maybe even cause them to consider replacing their daily peach iced tea purchase from the vending machine with an iced coffee. In a recent poll, 70% of students said that they enjoyed the iced coffee station whenever they had the opportunity to stop by the lunchroom. 

However, the new lunchroom feature did not appear overnight. In fact, according to Caitlin Levine ’21, who implemented the idea, the entire process took an entire year and a half. When asked why she wanted to pursue this idea, Levine explained that “students with older siblings/friends were able to get coffee, but many students didn’t have access to coffee unless they got it in the morning before school.” Levine then sent out a survey to the student body in which the majority of voters supported Ramaz providing coffee. After getting elected to the G.O., Levine’s idea became reality when the administration agreed to get involved. In particular, Levine explained that Ms. Krupka was “extremely helpful throughout the process and really made this happen.” 

Overall, the new in-school station allows fellow coffee addicts to relieve themselves of the stress of finding upperclassmen to get them coffee throughout the day. In addition, students can save money from a trip to Sant Ambroeus, the school’s closest go-to coffee bar where a cup sells for about $6.00. In-house iced coffee is certainly something that makes sense, and students are most definitely happy they can get their caffeine fix without leaving the building.