― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― java critic, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― naus (Robert T), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Coffee Xpert, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― estela (estela), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 04:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― Coffee Xpert, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 05:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― kaaate, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 06:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 07:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Peter Densmore (pbnmyj), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 09:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 11:03 (eighteen years ago) link
not much flavor, tho.
― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 11:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rotgutt (Rotgutt), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Weird, this is the almost the same way I drink my coffee.
The coffee I don't like is Starbucks, if you try drinking it black or near black it has this ashy, burnt quality. I think they depend on people pouring tons of sugar, cream etc. to make their coffee palatable.
― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:51 (eighteen years ago) link
i second this emotion.
"The coffee I don't like is Starbucks"
and this one. burnt overroasted beans gross me out.
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
My response? "No. Its a French name for it. Misto is the Starbucks name for it. You're trying to brand cafe au lait? Seriously?"
He acted very offended. Whatever. I worked at a real coffee place, and I speak French (or at least used to). Its a fucking cafe au lait.
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Whatever. I still call bullshit. Fuck the 'Buck.
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― quincie, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Offended? I would've kicked you out for being a god damn retard.
― Tuna Sandwich, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't think that "tang" is much of a mystery.
― Dan (HINT: It's Urine) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan ("Come, Muffy; These Cads Don't DESERVE Our Custom!") Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
"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."
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuna Sandwich, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan (+3 Foolishness) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
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."
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― tehresa (tehresa), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuna Sandwich, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
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
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
I will believe you that he was being a cunt, but you could be wrong, too.
― Tuna Sandwich, Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
(xpost: I don't know your life but there's a pretty big gulf between an "apartment" and a "bar". Hee.)
― Dan ("Brainwashing"???????) Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
A cafe au lait. Thanks. Here's your money.
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
In some places this drink would be called "cafe con leche" I think.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
wait, he's a baseball player. tim horton's was the donut chain.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 31 July 2008 00:21 (fifteen years ago) link
LA
― uh oh I'm having a fantasy, Thursday, 31 July 2008 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
they're in texas, i remember being surprised at that too. fucking a i need to find some tobacco. later gators.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 31 July 2008 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Mackro Mackro, Thursday, 31 July 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
There used to be DDs in Uk.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― Disraeli Geirs (Hurting 2), Friday, 30 September 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
tim hortons is the worst shit iirc
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
Starbucks is shittier than Dunkin dollar for dollar anyway. Dunkin's espresso drinks are ok and cheap and their coffee is innocuous at worst.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
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
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
only problem is the constant diarrhea, 94/7
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
im in
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
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
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
McDonald’s has the best of the cheap coffee options imo
― Heez, Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
was my grandmother's favourite coffee outlet
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
agree on McD's, I rep for their coffee
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:18 (five years ago) link
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
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
america runs on dunkin
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
it doesn't, though
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
but...america runs on dunkin
*looks around for corporate support*
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link
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
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link
tim hortons is the worst shit iircaiui 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
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:30 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:33 (five years ago) link
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."
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:35 (five years ago) link
also the franchised dunkins here usually have south asian owners/workers and I would rather tip them.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
i can assure you there are, just not in financial districts, rich neighborhoods or around highly touristy areas
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:38 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:41 (five years ago) link
just not in financial districts, rich neighborhoods or around highly touristy areas
you just described 92% of manhattan.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
sure whats cheap
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
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
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
obviously, most cities do not operate like manhattan
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:47 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
I kind of feel like prices are similar in all coastal US cities, Philly, London etc.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 21:51 (five years ago) link
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
― John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, Thursday, 21 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
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.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
I probably have the american problem of wanting a big gulp size of coffee too.
― Yerac, Thursday, 21 February 2019 22:22 (five years ago) link
Ordered the “Dunkin midnight” and it’s the strongest coffee I’ve had in years
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:45 (three months ago) link
1/3 of the cup is milk and it’s still a dark brown color overall
― calstars, Thursday, 15 February 2024 11:46 (three months ago) link
Jealous. Was excited they opened one here but they don't use the same coffee.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 15 February 2024 12:36 (three months ago) link