Worst coffee award goes to: Dunkin' Donuts

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Im the outlandish racist remember?

AND Republican!

Gogo globalization.

Spink, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

apparently my girlfriend has capitulated and has been ordering "mistos" for a while now.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link

If Starbucks were the only option (as it often is) and you don't want to deal with the condescension/over-branding, I guess I would have capitulated as well.

Luckily, I have other options than the 'Buck.

Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link

A couple of years ago, I was in my hometown in the States, saw that there was a new coffeeshop downtown, went in and ordered an espresso macchiato -- the manager asked, "Sir, have you had our macchiato before? It's not like Starbuck's -- it's just espresso with foamed milk on top." "Right," I answered, "it's an espresso macchiato." He smiled hugely and asked me if I lived in Europe, then grandly offered to put my drink in a non-styrofoam cup.

Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 13:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Starbucks is basically a last resort, and Dunkin Donuts is a last resort when there's no Starbucks.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:06 (eighteen years ago) link

has anyone ever been to the DD test store in rhode island?

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Wait, there's a fucking .gif?

Dan (GIF) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link

From the above graphic shown, are we to conclude that Rwandan Blend coffee contains human flesh?

As an owner of a gargantuan corporation, I would like to know what benefits this coffee may have for my collective organisational unit.

Ron Dennis, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link

has anyone ever been to the DD test store in rhode island?

I don't think so - where is it? I've been to a lot of DD in Rhode Island but mostly college hill, fox point, downcity in Providence & then out in East Providence.

Dunkin Donuts coffee is amazingly good if you just buy a bag of the coffee beans, grind them yourself and make it fresh w/no cream or sugar.

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I am at the point where I no longer trust any kind of coffee from anywhere, like those who salt food before tasting, I demand hazelnut, vanilla or caramel be added and loads of whole milk, only then can I be comfortable that I'm not throwing away my money on diluted battery acid that I'm going to throw away after 5 sips.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link

It's like I'm in the fucking 17th century of coffee, here, everything available to me besides the instant espresso in the pantry at home is so reliably shit that I've turned into a coffee pussy, I'm actually afraid to drink stuff that isn't polluted by gallons of milk and syrup anymore, like some old lady refusing to eat meat that hasn't been overdone and salted to death because with moisture comes disease.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link

You cannot reliably get a good cup of plain black coffee ANYWHERE in this city, Tom. Although Murky Coffee was fairly decent, I give them a pass. If you want a good cup of coffee, you kind of have to make it yourself. Usually I get the Eight O'Clock Colombian beans and grind them at home, I had a little French press that made excellent coffee but I've misplaced it..

Right now I'm drinking a cup from the work coffeemaker and it's horrendous.. milk & sugar wouldn't help, they'd just make the coffee breath phenomenon worse.

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link

Not even the Krispy Kreme @ Dupont? I tend to like KK coffee.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link

coffee snobs = people too lazy to be wine snobs

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:15 (eighteen years ago) link

I just don't like bad coffee. Or bad food, or bad wine. Simple!

FYI if anyone DOES want a cup of that burnt Starbucks blend, they're giving out free cups until noon today. I don't know why, exactly.

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Don, OTM.

Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:19 (eighteen years ago) link

love ya darla, but the next step is declaring that there's such a thing as bad pizza. And that slippery slope leads to declaring that there's such a thing as bad sex.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

So - bad coffee = kissing your sister?

Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

not with that breath you dont'!

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah but if you don't already think there is such a thing as bad pizza or bad sex, your standards are appallingly low.

Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Or, you're a very lucky person.

Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Liking some things and not others is a sign that you're at least European and possibly gay.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Roger Ebert comes to mind, for example.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm sorry.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

exceptions don't make the rule. anchovies and fake orgasms,for example. not saying there's no such thing, just putting it into context.

and that context is that DD coffee isn't so bad, unless you are a coffee snob.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link

How can you manage to be kind of quietly infuriating about a even topic like coffee, dude.

Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link

hahah tracer otm.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:12 (eighteen years ago) link

the prototype store is in Pawtucket.

they showed it on the phantom gourmet show in Boston. it's all warm muted browns and reds, made to look like a cross between panera and starbucks i think. they sell paninis and big soft cookies and all sorts of amazing looking test crap

as well as looking like they're brewing good coffee for once.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

tracer so so otm actually.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Vote from person who has not read thread: it's very smooth and buttery and not-too-bitter and not-too-acidic, and so yes, it goes well with milk and sugar to create a really un-harsh, creamy cup of coffee. I think that's generally a good thing -- it's like comfort coffee, fuzzy-blanket coffee. It never tastes too watery to me; usually I get that watery sense more from strong, acidic coffee, which can seem thin and lacking in body. Dunkin coffee is very, umm, round, and full. Perhaps Rubenesque. I like it. And on the goes-with-sugar front, keep in mind that this coffee was originally developed for sale at a donut shop.

nabisco (nabisco), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link

hey nabisco, do you add sugar and cream before you even TASTE it black first?

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh for christ's sake.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link

i think we need to know.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link

How can you manage to be kind of quietly infuriating about a even topic like coffee, dude.

Allzay, if I knew it was this easy to yank your chain, I'd be tempted to do it a lot more often. Keep that in mind when you start a thread called "Worst pizza award goes to: Pizza Hut" or "Worst sex award goes to: losing my virginity"

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I wonder when Momus is going to come profer his opinion.

Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Worst sex: The roommate/Trucker Cap sex Gear witnessed on his couch.

Easily.

Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link

but best sex for us.

AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Did any of you take advantage of the free coffee at Starbucks today? I tried, but I also found out that the "Starbucks" in my building is actually a contractor front-company that doesnt even honor starbucks cash cards that my grandmother keeps giving me.

Krispy Kreme fucking rules. I cant believe it took that long to bring it up. Somehow their coffee tastes like a donut...but without their donuts I wouldnt give a damn about the coffee.

Spink, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link

coffee snobs = people too lazy to be wine snobs

-- don weiner (dandydonweine...), March 15th, 2006.

Nonsense. Coffee is something I drink every day, thus making its taste much more crucial to me than that of wine, which I have maybe once or twice a month.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link

No no you're not getting it. When weiner says you're too lazy he means you should get off your ass and get a REAL job that pays the CASH so you can BE a wine snob, coffee snobs are nothing but cost-control day laborers. Everybody WANTS to be a wine snob, of course, you're just too shiftless to do what needs to be done and achieve your dreams.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I love Dunkin' Donuts coffee! I sort of hate really strong coffee, which is why I have problems with Starbucks, Misha's, Murky, etc. I was fine with Porto Rico Importing Co. though--maybe I like rich coffee, but not overly strong and bitter coffee.

I didn't know cafe au lait was not common in the U.S.; maybe that's why I sometimes don't see it on menus. I always order it, or cappucino. What is the difference between cafe au lait and cafe latte? I ordered one in Las Vegas, Neveda, and my server had a snit and acted like he'd never heard of it before, and I said, I thought it was on the menu, and then he said, oh, the other one.

Maybe this is why I love iced coffee so much--because it gets so watered down with the milk and the ice cubes.

No sugar, by the way.

P.S. Would it kill Panera to offer some kind of coffee besides regular coffee, fill it up yerself? Since they purport to be a bread and bakery, shouldn't they start with the some Starbucks-esque action there?

Mary (Mary), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:26 (eighteen years ago) link

According to a lab test sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Dunkin Donuts coffee indeed has less caffeine per serving than Starbucks, but more than 7-Eleven:

The Wall Street Journal earlier this year sent samples of coffee from Starbucks, 7-Eleven, and Dunkin' Donuts to Central Analytical Laboratories. The lab reported that a 16-ounce Starbucks house blend coffee contained 223 milligrams of caffeine, compared with 174 and 141 milligrams in comparable amounts of Dunkin' Donuts and 7-Eleven coffee, respectively.

from http://www.slate.com/id/2107807/

o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

When weiner says you're too lazy he means you should get off your ass and get a REAL job that pays the CASH so you can BE a wine snob, coffee snobs are nothing but cost-control day laborers. Everybody WANTS to be a wine snob, of course, you're just too shiftless to do what needs to be done and achieve your dreams.

No, what Weiner means is that being a wine snob takes TEN times the EFFORT of being a coffee snob. Weiner, regardless of his CASH position or his REAL occupation, hasn't ever WANTED to be a wine snob and isn't. TOMBOT is ALSO apparently TOO lazy to ask Weiner what he MEANT so TOMBOT makes up shit to MAKE himself feel SUPERIOR.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:42 (eighteen years ago) link

TOMBOT...booyah.

Spink, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Being a coffee snob can get pretty expensive, especially for those who trick out their kitchens with industrial-grade espresso machines, coffee mills and roasters.

o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:47 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll stick with tea, I think.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Is THIS thing where you RANDOMLY write out WORDS in ALL-CAPS for no DISCERNABLE reason a white GUY thing?

Dan (JUST Wondering) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link


I dunno, I couldn't figger out why TOMBOT was doing it but it looked fun.

don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Who wants to be a snob? I don't. But I don't like bad coffee. There wasn't any deliberate effort involved - I like coffee, I drink it every day, I don't like it to taste bad. But then, maybe wine snobs want to be snobs? Food and drink should be pleasurable, and if you're enjoying good food or a nice glass of wine, it would ruin it to be in the company of a snob.

Nothing goes better with a nice after dinner espresso than a lecture on laziness. I'm sure that's a hit at parties.

dar1a g (daria g), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

if Mr. WEINER had a sense of HUMOR he would have realized I was just poking FUN at the argument, not him PERSONALLY, though really basically I think what we've determined on this thread is that we are all happy being TERMINOLOGY SNOBS which is easily the laziest snobbery of all.

TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link


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