Worst coffee award goes to: Dunkin' Donuts

Whatever. I still call bullshit. Fuck the 'Buck.

DD is also not even that cheap -- usually $1 for a small, which is considerably smaller than a Starbucks small.

As for Starbucks, I really really can taste the difference between their blends to the point that I'll only order if they're brewing House or one of a couple others. Those are the only ones that don't have that nasty tang.

One thing I will say for DD, their latte drinks are very good.

i was in toscana for 3 weeks and people still called it cafe au lait, so i think you should stay strong with your au lait loyalties.

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Offended? I would've kicked you out for being a god damn retard.

I don't think that "tang" is much of a mystery.

"Can I have a Large Cafe Au Lait?"

"You mean a Venti Misto?"

"When the fuck did we get to Italy? See that BIIIIIG cup over there? Fill it up half way with coffee and then fill the other half up with steamed milk. Whatever you want to call it, go ahead."

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A cafe au lait is a cafe au lait. If I walked into the local coffe shop and ordered a misto, they'd look at me with a quizzical expression and say "Excuse me? What's in it, and we'll try to make it for you." The same results would not happen with use of the term "cafe au lait."

Don't over-brand shit by coopting a relatively obscure term for something that is called the same thing everywhere else in America.

Its like a person who has visited a foreign country and suddenly starts calling things "flats" or "pubs" instead of "apartments" or "bars."

LAMEASHELL

I will believe you that he was being a cunt, but you could be wrong, too.

(xpost: I don't know your life but there's a pretty big gulf between an "apartment" and a "bar". Hee.)

A cafe au lait. Thanks. Here's your money.

In some places this drink would be called "cafe con leche" I think.

xpost Dan you are standing in a very trecherous position calling out other people for ineffectual rants! I mean I might as well start calling out the Starbucks dude for being an overcorrective, smug douche immediately after posting corrections to Spanish spellings on the St. Patrick's thread!!!!!!!!!

For shame, sir; FOR SHAME.

(xpost: Ally, the complete and utter tenuousness of my rhetorical stance is what is making this fun! It's like the salt thread of March.)

Anyway I lived out west also and have never heard of this abomination but I never really frequented Starbucks til I moved back east and lived pretty much next door or above multiple Starbucks. Still it doesn't make sense, "West Coast" cafe au lait and "East Cost" cafe au lait. It's like Hellman's v Best Foods, wtf they're the same goddamn thing.

Cafe Au Lait, bitches. REPRESENT!!!! (throws oddly contorted hand gesture at computer screen)

xpost Scott oh my god.

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.