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[Mondrian]

The love for Dunkin always feels like a joke I'm not getting. I hate their espresso.

Yah I'm fairly shocked at the praise it's getting. I've never had a Dunkin coffee that didn't taste like it was brewed with warhead candy. It's always beyond sour.

 

[rashbeep]

McDonalds here in Canada is really good. Tim Hortons is garbage

mcdonalds has tim's beat in pretty much every way

 

[teruterubozu]

I've had good and bad coffee from all chains. It really depends on who's doing the brewing and whether you're getting the dregs at the bottom of the pot. Lots of people don't know the ideal amount of grounds to put in a pot.

 

[TacosNSalsa]

Dunkin' Donuts followed by Mcdonald's . Mcdonald's actually surprised me how good it was ..but I have gotten a few cups that it's questionable of how long it was sitting there .

 

[Mushroomer25]

Starbucks is the only place where I splurge on coffee, and even then it's pretty rare. The one near my office has cold brew on draft, which is really smooth. Still, I feel a bit idiotic paying $3+ for a glass of black cold brew.

 

[mcw]

Blue bottle is in SF, Oakland, New York, DC, Tokyo. Hardly a local chain

It's that extensive? I had no idea!

 

[The Cool One]

mountain dew for breakfast kinda guy?

Nah, first exposure to coffee was black, no sugar, no cream. Put me off of coffee forever

 

[BRocknRolla]

Yah I'm fairly shocked at the praise it's getting. I've never had a Dunkin coffee that didn't taste like it was brewed with warhead candy. It's always beyond sour.

Yep. It's sweet and terrible.

I know these things are a matter of opinion of course.

 

[Travo]

I really enjoy Dunkin's

 

[Sanjuro]

The love for Dunkin always feels like a joke I'm not getting. I hate their espresso.

Their coffee is generally above average.

 

[bootsthecat]

I'm not a coffee connoisseur by any stretch of the term, but I have been on a mission to convert work friends to switch from dunkins to McD. It's like $3-4 @ dunkins, while McD has large, actually well-flavored (french vanilla is da bomb!) for $0.99.

 

[big_z]

McDonalds here in Canada is really good. Tim Hortons is garbage

When Tim Hortons got bought out they dropped the supplier of their coffee blend to use a cheaper one. McDonald's snagged a deal with this supplier and now their coffee is similar to tims original while tims sells sewer drainage runoff.

 

[Qasiel]

I'm surprised by the amount of praise McDonald's coffee is getting. Maybe it's different in America but over here in the UK it tastes like pisswater.

Costa's isn't too bad and quite available. Caffe Vergano's my favourite chain, but it's London-based only.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Philz. Full stop

 

[Faiz]

I keep meaning to try McD's but Starbucks is everywhere and super convenient. Especially on a cold day, it's hard to resist it when there's one as soon as you walk in to Target or Kroger.

 

[fluffydelusions]

I keep meaning to try McD's but Starbucks is everywhere and super convenient. Especially on a cold day, it's hard to resist it when there's one as soon as you walk in to Target or Kroger.

Starbucks is better IMO but McDonalds is very good and super cheap...$1 any size

 

[SafeinSound]

If we are going with large chain, Dunkin.


My favorite is La Colombe though.

 

[DeleteMyAccountThankyou]

Temple coffee out of Sac if we're talking smaller/local chains

Philz coffee out here for the west coast, if we're talking sizable chains.

If megachain then Peet'

While Temple is good I like the Naked Lounge better.

 

[apieceofstrange]

In the bay area, it's Philz. Can't take other coffee places seriously anymore.

Blue Bottle is overrated.

 

[RBH]

Dunkin is my favorite. I only get their regular coffee, but it outclasses the regular coffee offerings from all the other chains.

Why are you drinking espresso at Dunkin Donuts?

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[AuthenticM]

Tim Hortons

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

McDonalds and I think Jack In The Box here in Hawaii both use local Hawaiian coffee...so I go with those two.

 

[SeriuzBiznus]

In the UK, Cafe Nero is probably the best "chain" coffee with Costa in a close second.

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Not a big coffee drinker, but don't mind Dunkins iced coffee.

Usually order other things from both them and Starbucks if it can be helped.

 

[Snowybreak]

Xbox

Edit: moved to OT from gaming lol.

It's more of a Pittsburgh/PA thing I think, but Crazy Mocha is great.

Oh hell yeah, Crazy Mocha is great.

 

[rokkerkory]

Philz

 

[luckygodzilla]

Peet's, but that's kind of pushing it since it's not that prevelant outside the western United States.

 

[itwasTuesday]

For just straight up black + 1 cream while on the go?

prolly mcdonalds

I do like to stop at Wawa and Sheetz when on longer drives south.

 

[thesoapster]

I liked Blue Bottle Coffee a lot when I tried it in the bay area.

 

[CherryWoodFuton]

Philz hands down


They have 2 in DC from what I remember

 

[DiamondDog74]

Verona or Sumatra at Starbucks. I really enjoy a good dark roast and most coffees are too light tasting for me now.

 

[LProtag]

Never really had a good cup of black coffee from a chain place, to be honest.

 

[Meatfist]

Starbucks and Dunkin will do in a pinch, but Dutch Bros is a west coast classic

 

[Walter White Walker]

McDonalds coffee is great.

 

[RedNalgene]

I like Blue Bottle the best with Philz and Gregorys as runners-up.

 

[Slime]

McDonalds could be worse.

Tim Hortons is awful, but their Dark Roast surprised the fuck out of me.

 

[Widdle Puppy]

Chain coffee is all the same and just pumped full of simple syrup/flavoring. It's not bad imo. I like coffee in general unless it's burned. But I almost always go to my local shop otherwise.

 

[richiek]

Dunkin Donuts coffee is absolute crap.
McDonalds coffee is surprisingly good tho.

 

[vatstep]

Starbucks absolutely shits on Dunkin Donuts/McDonalds. I prefer to support smaller places if I can but Starbucks at least has decent coffee and espresso. The others taste like varying degrees of cardboard.

Honestly think Cumberland Farms has OK Coffee as well, it's a good deal for a dollar.

I was about to revoke your New England card, but you get a pass for the Cumberland Farms mention.

Spoiler

jk I don't even like coffee

 

[Twig and Berries]

Starbucks for black coffee, Dutch Bros if I want something sweet

 

[ZOONAMI]

Dunn Bros hands down

 

[mcw]

In the bay area, it's Philz. Can't take other coffee places seriously anymore.

Blue Bottle is overrated.

Philz has an intimidatingly large menu. I haven't ordered more than five or six different things there but I have yet to find anything I love, other than the Mint Mojito, which really doesn't even count.

Also, I love cold brew now, and they don't serve it at Philz.

 

[CaviarMeths]

It used to be Tim Hortons until they switched suppliers to whatever low-grade garbage they have now.

Now I think it's McDonald's. Their McCafe line is surprisingly high quality for the cost.

Starbucks tastes like reheated coffee from my $30 Hamilton Beach coffee maker at home.

 

[Sanjuro]

Chain coffee is all the same and just pumped full of simple syrup/flavoring. It's not bad imo. I like coffee in general unless it's burned. But I almost always go to my local shop otherwise.

Flavoring?

 

[ponpo]

In Japan, 711.

In North America maybe McDonalds' iced coffee.

 

[Escape Goat]

Flavoring?

probably talking about creamers like cofeemate.

 

[Sanjuro]

probably talking about creamers like cofeemate.

I bet you're a hard assed chocolate chip cookie man!

Some aren't bad, but I'm talking like a once in a year type thing.

 

[Widdle Puppy]

Flavoring?

You know... chocolate, mint, vanilla etc. That's basically 80% of the coffee menu at these places. Like fraps and blended coffee drinks with flavoring. The beans themself all kinda taste the same but it gets overpowered and ends up just tasting sweet.

 

[Sanjuro]

You know... chocolate, mint, vanilla etc. That's basically 80% of the coffee menu at these places. Like fraps and blended coffee drinks with flavoring. The beans themself all kinda taste the same but it gets overpowered and ends up just tasting sweet.

I don't think I've ever added them. I had one place do a chocolate milk blend, but that's about it.

 

[AlphaDump]

Peets Coffee and Starbucks are about even, and overall pretty solid.