Worst coffee award goes to: Dunkin' Donuts

tim hudson's?

wait, he's a baseball player. tim horton's was the donut chain.

LA

they're in texas, i remember being surprised at that too. fucking a i need to find some tobacco. later gators.

I remember Dunkin' Donuts in Los Angeles as a kid, but it looked like it either tried and failed immediately, or it was once doing alright and was dying by the time I was old enough to notice.

This was in the late 70s, btw.

I kinda equate Dunkin' Donuts with Pioneer Chicken for the same reason.

If you have a Dunkin' Donuts near you, is it a location that still makes donuts in-store or do they truck them in from some other location? Because all the ones around here do the latter now. I just had one that was probably 4 days old, but I'm not driving back to store to demand my 89¢ refund.

Krispy Kreme's always been better, anyway.

There used to be DDs in Uk.

Count your blessings.

I guess the donuts are still good when you get them fresh, but Dunkin' Donuts clearly doesn't consider that their main menu item anymore. Should just shorten the name to Dunkin' and get it over with.

The only reason I go there now is to get the 1lb bags of coffee beans for my dad, anyway. But I thought I'd pick up a couple donuts tonight and they were hard, flavorless and a waste of money.

Krispy Kreme is touting their new coffees -- anyone tried them? I like their donuts enough that I might at least consider stopping by one if the coffee is good, although I think the only remaining NYC location is Penn Station?

I had to buy a box of coffee for a party and thought to myself, "I could spend a little more and get Starbucks...eh, but America Runs on Dunkin." That is the most fucking brilliant slogan ever.

tim hortons is the worst shit iirc

Starbucks is shittier than Dunkin dollar for dollar anyway. Dunkin's espresso drinks are ok and cheap and their coffee is innocuous at worst.

i eschew starbucks for tim horton's because they're both bad but tim's is not twice as bad, and is less than half the price

there's a certain genre of coffee drinker that seeks out dunkins (ok in isolation) and claim that they only drink "good" coffee (also ok in isolation), but those two things should never go together

jim in vancouver, what if i told you that i could provide you coffee that is 2% as good as starbucks, at only 1% of the price? because i know this guy down the alley who does funny things with old grounds and i get wholesale prices

only problem is the constant diarrhea, 94/7

im in

i should note that my preference is bougie third wave coffee places that do pour over but i don't have the time for that on my 15 minute morning break

same. it's probably bad for my "career" prospects or whatever, but i prioritize making coffee at home (nothing fancy, just a press pot) even if it makes me late to work

McDonald’s has the best of the cheap coffee options imo

was my grandmother's favourite coffee outlet

agree on McD's, I rep for their coffee

If I am out and get coffee (which I rarely do) I would pick DD over anything else. I only order ice coffee black in all kinds of weather so it's the best option for the price.

what kind of country do we live in if people prefer to grab coffee at a big chain rather than the cheap, local coffee shop, which is so widespread in most major cities

america runs on dunkin

it doesn't, though

but...america runs on dunkin

*looks around for corporate support*

im not in your country but I'm in a reasonably large city, downtown, and there is no cheap coffee anywhere near where i am other than at chain places

tim hortons is the worst shit iirc

aiui a Brazilian holding company that owns Burger King bought Tim Hortons and switched coffee supplier to a shittier one

so the old supplier convinced McDonalds to switch to them

There is no cheap local coffee shop in most cities. Definitely not NYC. All the small interesting ones eventually got completely branded/chained out. I could get an anthora coffee but I really like my coffee cold.

I remember a caller on the Answer Me This podcast asking where they could get Dunkin Donuts coffee in the UK as they had developed a taste for it when on holiday in Florida, the hosts response was basically "have you tried any other non-instant coffee before? We think maybe you haven't."

also the franchised dunkins here usually have south asian owners/workers and I would rather tip them.

i can assure you there are, just not in financial districts, rich neighborhoods or around highly touristy areas

I live in Queens and most of the coffee ships around me became brooklynified already (considering I moved here from wburg). Even in south american where I live part time, a lot of places are getting complicated with their coffee.

just not in financial districts, rich neighborhoods or around highly touristy areas

you just described 92% of manhattan.

sure whats cheap

well, that's sad

i've lived in a major american city my whole life and i have usually found $1 coffee from a donut shop or deli, which are sometimes run by immigrant families

obviously, most cities do not operate like manhattan

Yeah, I don't like hot coffee so that's my thing re: the anthora/deli types of coffee. I also typically don't buy coffee out anyway unless I want to go for a walk during work or am traveling. Any dedicated coffee shop, and ice coffee black can be $4-$6 for a relatively small size.

I kind of feel like prices are similar in all coastal US cities, Philly, London etc.

it depends on the type of coffee you're talking about and the type of establishment that's serving it

there are cheaper options than dunkin' donuts, though, which is what you initially said you opted for

for ice coffee dunkin is cheap and prevalent and fast. I remember once being in montreal and making a plan to go to this supposedly amazing coffee shop a little out of our way. We finally made it there and realized they used the same coffee brand that had a shop in our neighborhood back home.

I probably have the american problem of wanting a big gulp size of coffee too.

Ordered the “Dunkin midnight” and it’s the strongest coffee I’ve had in years

1/3 of the cup is milk and it’s still a dark brown color overall

Jealous. Was excited they opened one here but they don't use the same coffee.