Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts Coffee?
Jun 14, 2006 | 10:24 am
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My belated two cents .... Dunkin Donuts.
No pretension, priced reasonably, great taste. only drawback is there aren't many around here.
I'm an occasional coffee drinker, e.g. when there is a DD in the area. The exception is when I'm working in MA or NH with a DD next door to my client, then its a 1-2 cup a day "must have"
No pretension, priced reasonably, great taste. only drawback is there aren't many around here.
I'm an occasional coffee drinker, e.g. when there is a DD in the area. The exception is when I'm working in MA or NH with a DD next door to my client, then its a 1-2 cup a day "must have"
Jun 15, 2006 | 8:16 am
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Dunkin definitely. Now having said that, I usually frequent Starbucks for the convenience, sadly it's everywhere.
Dunkin frapps definitely top Starbucks.
For just a simple regular coffee, I actually like 7-Eleven as well.
I go for Caribou Coffee if it's a choice between Caribou and Starbucks.
On the weekends, for just lounging around with coffee and my laptop, I like mom-&-pops coffeehouses...if I can find one. I find most Starbucks to be too loud.
Dunkin frapps definitely top Starbucks.
For just a simple regular coffee, I actually like 7-Eleven as well.
I go for Caribou Coffee if it's a choice between Caribou and Starbucks.
On the weekends, for just lounging around with coffee and my laptop, I like mom-&-pops coffeehouses...if I can find one. I find most Starbucks to be too loud.
Jun 15, 2006 | 1:07 pm
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DD's coffee tastes better to me. Don't like the burnt, bitter taste of SB's coffee. However, I frequent SB much more than DD due to convenience.
The employees bug the hell out of me though. I almost make a point to be a pr*ck when I go there. Listen, it's 7 AM... the last thing I want is some bouncy, thick-rimmed, hair streaked 20-something act a little too happy to get my coffee. Don't ask me how I'm doing. It's 7 AM. I wish I were in bed. Don't ask me my name for the cup. When they say tall latte`, I'll go up and grab it. Don't aks me, "Would you like a pastry?" No. It's 7 AM... gimmee my d*mned coffee and I woulda asked for a pastry if I wanted one. Don't ask me if I want a pastry sample from one of your urine sample-sized cups on the counter. I woulda asked. Did I mention it's 7AM? Gimmee my d*mned coffee.
Oh, and lastly... don't look at me like I've got three heads if I ask for a SMALL latte` rather than a tall. Shut up and get me my coffee, dammit.
Starbuck's employees bug the living daylights out of me.
The employees bug the hell out of me though. I almost make a point to be a pr*ck when I go there. Listen, it's 7 AM... the last thing I want is some bouncy, thick-rimmed, hair streaked 20-something act a little too happy to get my coffee. Don't ask me how I'm doing. It's 7 AM. I wish I were in bed. Don't ask me my name for the cup. When they say tall latte`, I'll go up and grab it. Don't aks me, "Would you like a pastry?" No. It's 7 AM... gimmee my d*mned coffee and I woulda asked for a pastry if I wanted one. Don't ask me if I want a pastry sample from one of your urine sample-sized cups on the counter. I woulda asked. Did I mention it's 7AM? Gimmee my d*mned coffee.
Oh, and lastly... don't look at me like I've got three heads if I ask for a SMALL latte` rather than a tall. Shut up and get me my coffee, dammit.
Starbuck's employees bug the living daylights out of me.
Jun 16, 2006 | 8:41 am
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Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts coffee? Neither! Starpukes is horribly strong and bitter, while Pukin Donuts is so weak it may as well be weak tea. Something in between would be nice.
I don't like the donuts at Pukin Donuts either. They're stale, except in Chile; for some reason those were freshly baked in the back rather than trucked in or baked days earlier. The Chilean Dunkin Donuts coffee is great, too (pretty strong but not burnt and bitter).
I like the coffee at 7-Eleven, McDonald's, and at truck stops, especially Pilot. Other convenience stores are unreliable, with either no coffee or hours-old coffee that tastes like Starpukes.
I don't like the donuts at Pukin Donuts either. They're stale, except in Chile; for some reason those were freshly baked in the back rather than trucked in or baked days earlier. The Chilean Dunkin Donuts coffee is great, too (pretty strong but not burnt and bitter).
I like the coffee at 7-Eleven, McDonald's, and at truck stops, especially Pilot. Other convenience stores are unreliable, with either no coffee or hours-old coffee that tastes like Starpukes.
Jun 16, 2006 | 8:51 am
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Dunkin Donuts tops Starkbucks and Tim Horton's any day of the week! Starbucks is twice the cost of DD, is way strong, and tasts burnt. TH's rivals that of the OLD McDonald's.
Jun 16, 2006 | 9:16 am
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Dunkin Donuts has the best coffee in America - period.
We get our regular fix when our four pounds arrive at home via UPS every month.
It's also the best "late night roadtrip gotta stay awake for those last three hours" coffee. (Our regular stop on the 5.5 hour VA-LI drive is the DD off exit 3 of the NJTP...)
To me, Starbucks coffee is bitter and burnt-tasting. Plus, the pretentious size names are very, very annoying. You can walk into any deli in NYC, order a "large coffee - regular," and get a delicious, perfectly-made cup -- no foreign translations required!
By the way, I've had delicious coffee in Italy, France, Turkey, and the Emirates. It was dark, strong, full-flavored, and delicious. In fact, it tasted nothing like the bitter swill that SB tries to pass off as European dark roasted...
We get our regular fix when our four pounds arrive at home via UPS every month.
It's also the best "late night roadtrip gotta stay awake for those last three hours" coffee. (Our regular stop on the 5.5 hour VA-LI drive is the DD off exit 3 of the NJTP...)
To me, Starbucks coffee is bitter and burnt-tasting. Plus, the pretentious size names are very, very annoying. You can walk into any deli in NYC, order a "large coffee - regular," and get a delicious, perfectly-made cup -- no foreign translations required!
By the way, I've had delicious coffee in Italy, France, Turkey, and the Emirates. It was dark, strong, full-flavored, and delicious. In fact, it tasted nothing like the bitter swill that SB tries to pass off as European dark roasted...
Jun 16, 2006 | 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by N714DA
By the way, I've had delicious coffee in Italy, France, Turkey, and the Emirates. It was dark, strong, full-flavored, and delicious. In fact, it tasted nothing like the bitter swill that SB tries to pass off as European dark roasted...
Jun 16, 2006 | 9:48 am
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People in Seattle will tell you Starbucks is over: ubiquitous corporate coffee, tastes scorched/over-roasted (hence "Charbucks"); expensive; stupid culture.
Tully's or Caribou are better. And DD is better than any of them both for taste and lack of pretense, although there's no DD on the west coast that I can find.
Tully's or Caribou are better. And DD is better than any of them both for taste and lack of pretense, although there's no DD on the west coast that I can find.
Jun 16, 2006 | 9:50 am
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I like Starbucks. I like drinking my Quad Venti White Chocolate Mochas when school is in session, they keep me hyper along with my ADHD until the next day. Although the four shots of expresso are no longer cutting it 
Jun 16, 2006 | 9:58 am
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I like Starbucks but it's Dunkin Donuts coffee that gets my node for being smooth and easy to drink.........for a little more ummmh I've even tried the DD turbo which I believe is DD coffee with a shot of expresso in it... ^
