When I drink a cup, I'm 15 years old again, living in New England, eating a dozen donuts and still weighing 120 pounds the following morning. I'm sitting with friends in a booth... We're debating how best to get out of Viet Nam, arguing over whether the Beatles or Doors will be around the longest and annoying the hell out of everyone else in the place except the 16 year old server who comes by to refill our cups every 15 minutes or so. So, I guess it''s kind of a time machine....
So true. SO true. For me it's post-midnight study breaks in the dead of a New England winter... skidding across the pack ice and into an all-night DD with the hum of the flourescent lighting in your ears, the smell of coffee and fried shortening and cleaning agents in your nostrils, garish orange-and-purple Formica all around, and a disheveled roly-poly counter lady with a pink uniform dress and a Baaahstin accent filling large cups to go... 25 below zero outside, warm and secure and happy inside, condensation on the plate glass windows making the taillights in the parking lot streaky and faint... our whole lives in front of us, four hours to sunrise, nothing spoiled yet... I get that back when I have DD coffee. A la recherche du temps perdu, BamaVol.
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As a proud NJ resident, I have to correct this misunderstanding. As point of fact, our chemical factories are exclusive suppliers to Folgers.
Actually, I think I read in Fast Food Nation that NJ chemical factories supplied most of the flavors for McDonalds food, but I don't recall that coffee was mentioned. No offense to your home state, but McDonalds coffee tastes of cigarettes to me and I cannot stomach the stuff.
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I have yet to duplicate restaurant taste from ANY coffee I've purchased in the store. However, many of my relatives like to add a pinch of salt to their grounds before they hit the "brew" button - they swear the coffee tastes better that way.
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Coffee or donuts? I don't believe I've ever tasted KK coffee - or is it koffee?
They give you a choice at Krispy Kreme on how dark or light you want your roast to be. So it's a big improvement over whatever they make at Dunkin Donuts.
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For those who do want to make DD at home (although I agree it is not exactly the same taste as when brewed at a DD store), be aware that the bags now being sold in supermarkets and drugstores are only 12 oz. They are selling in my area for $6.99, sometimes $5.99 on special. The bagged coffee from the DD store is still 16 oz for $7.99, and 2-3 times a year it is on special, 2 pounds for $10-$12.
For those who do want to make DD at home (although I agree it is not exactly the same taste as when brewed at a DD store), be aware that the bags now being sold in supermarkets and drugstores are only 12 oz. They are selling in my area for $6.99, sometimes $5.99 on special. The bagged coffee from the DD store is still 16 oz for $7.99, and 2-3 times a year it is on special, 2 pounds for $10-$12.
I had a feeling. However, a special trip to DD for me is about 65 miles each way at $2.54 a gallon and 25 mpg.
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For those who do want to make DD at home (although I agree it is not exactly the same taste as when brewed at a DD store), be aware that the bags now being sold in supermarkets and drugstores are only 12 oz. They are selling in my area for $6.99, sometimes $5.99 on special. The bagged coffee from the DD store is still 16 oz for $7.99, and 2-3 times a year it is on special, 2 pounds for $10-$12.
The Dunkin' Donuts packaged coffee sold in supermarkets is specially roasted to use less coffee per cup than the packaged coffee sold in Dunkin' Donuts shops. And it delivers the same great Dunkin' Donuts taste!
The Dunkin' Donuts packaged coffee sold in supermarkets is specially roasted to use less coffee per cup than the packaged coffee sold in Dunkin' Donuts shops. And it delivers the same great Dunkin' Donuts taste!
So apparently neither tastes like that brewed in the store.
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I remember during my previous career in the (US Army) Infantry that adding salt to coffee DID improve the taste but then we took out the old socks before brewing.
Originally Posted by BamaVol
When I drink a cup, I'm 15 years old again, living in New England, eating a dozen donuts and still weighing 120 pounds the following morning. I'm sitting with friends in a booth... We're debating how best to get out of Viet Nam, arguing over whether the Beatles or Doors will be around the longest and annoying the hell out of everyone else in the place except the 16 year old server who comes by to refill our cups every 15 minutes or so. So, I guess it''s kind of a time machine....
Originally posted by Bear X220
So true. SO true. For me it's post-midnight study breaks in the dead of a New England winter... skidding across the pack ice and into an all-night DD with the hum of the flourescent lighting in your ears, the smell of coffee and fried shortening and cleaning agents in your nostrils, garish orange-and-purple Formica all around, and a disheveled roly-poly counter lady with a pink uniform dress and a Baaahstin accent filling large cups to go... 25 below zero outside, warm and secure and happy inside, condensation on the plate glass windows making the taillights in the parking lot streaky and faint... our whole lives in front of us, four hours to sunrise, nothing spoiled yet... I get that back when I have DD coffee.
Wow, three flashbacks out of one thread... I've just bought a few bags of the DD coffee out in Omaha. Way too far for a road trip to pick up, but always try for a few cups when working out east.
When a cook in the army (23 yrs ago now...) when in the field, we would boil 15 gal water, add a 3 lb. can of coffee grounds, Stir, let sit for 10 minutes, add 3 cans of cold water to "settle the grounds" and dip the stuff out into huge thermos bottles. Yum, but the last few cups were always full of coffee mud.
I really miss the time machine aspect of BamaVol's comment.... Wish I wasn't so cynical now.
I can smell/see the setting Bearx220. Wish I could walk up to that window and swipe it with my finger making the condensation drips run down to the floor.
