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Posted by tgl on 2005-07-19 20:42:43 +0000

the problem with dunkin' donuts

I order an iced coffee black, I get milk and sugar.
I order an iced coffee no milk no suger, I get milk and sugar.

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Really, the best bet is to stay close to home:

<table border=1>
<tr>
<td>Brand
<td>Distance
<td>Size
<td>Cost
<td>Quality (0-5)
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dunkin' Donuts - Iced Coffee
<td>4 minutes
<td>Med. (16 oz.?)
<td>$2.10
<td>0
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dunkin' Donuts - Turbo Ice
<td>4 minutes
<td>Med. (16 oz.?)
<td>$2.98
<td>2
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Starbucks - Iced Coffee
<td>5 minutes
<td>Grande (12 oz.?)
<td>$2.50
<td>5
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Second Street Cafe - Iced Coffee
<td>3 minutes
<td>one size (18 oz.)
<td>$2.05
<td>4
</tr>
</table>
Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-07-19 21:04:59 +0000
Cheap coffee best masks itself by being hot. Dunkin serves searingly hot coffee so they can get away with the sub Chock Full o Nuts crap that they serve. Old coffee (like this morning's coffee that I'm having lukewarm after burning it all day) can only get by if it had an exceptional start. (Equal Exchange Organic Guatemalan French Roast... Boom) The colder you drink your coffee, the better it has to be. Iced coffee is best as Americano with a great espresso. 1369. Diesel. Seattle. I need to travel to the big city (Acton) to get one from here.
Posted by tgl on 2005-07-19 21:16:02 +0000
I might need to drop my Starbucks iced coffee rating, Seattle's Best has an incredible iced coffee. Toddy brewed or something.

Unfortunately, the Kendall Sq. Seattle's Best is now Starbucks. That location is over 20 minutes away, anyway.

1369 is too far away to walk for a coffee as well. Damn You! Galleria Mall!
Posted by tendiamonds on 2005-07-19 21:21:51 +0000
Another good bet is to make it at home. This takes planning.
    Do this:
      1) Make an extra strong pot (press, whatever) of delicious coffee
      2) Freeze it in an ICT (you should see the paper I wrote for Sr Tech Comm with detailed instructions for ICT use)
      3) Before you head out for the Mass Transit of your choice, make a pot (press) of delicious coffee and add a couple of coffee ice cubes.
      4) Note how your coffee actually gets stronger as the cubes melt. mmmm.
      Posted by frame609 on 2005-07-20 07:49:32 +0000
      I'm with Jason. I make my coffee fucking STRONG and think that all that mersh shit sucks.
      Posted by tgl on 2005-07-20 13:52:12 +0000
      A can of Medaglia d'Oro a day?
      Posted by frame609 on 2005-07-20 17:24:15 +0000
      Two.
      Posted by rladew on 2005-07-20 18:37:01 +0000
      I was SO on top of making good coffee at home:
      -filtered water
      -bean grinder
      -Green Mountain Breakfast Blend or Southern Pecan (not usually into flavored but this S. Pecan stuff RULES)

      and then it was Parenthood :)

      Now, Im getting better at making coffee one handed at home while I carry Maddie, but the tractor beams of D. D.'s Drive In (especially after Im sleep deprived) prove to be too great a temptation (even though the serving hot observation above is usually correct). Im such a corporate whore.



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      Posted by tgl on 2005-07-20 19:40:39 +0000
      D.D.'s Drive In doesn't sound too corporate. You're should be OK, rladew.
      Posted by tgl on 2005-07-20 20:39:37 +0000
      Damn you! Galleria Mall!

      I might have found satisfaction: at the mall is a Borders bookstore with a Borders Cafe. Ahh, Seattle's Best.

      <table border=1>
      <tr>
      <td>Borders
      <td>6 minutes
      <td>Med. (16 oz.)
      <td>$1.50 less 15% with mug
      <td>5
      </tr>
      </table>

      I'm pretty sure all my sizes are off.
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