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Oh my goodness I completely forgot the have coffees at Dunkin' ! How crazy of me It's been years since we went into one of their shops, maybe that's why it went out of my brain... Do they sell their blend of beans either as is or do they grind them for you? I can't remember how they did their coffees since it's been so long...that said DH has heard good things about their coffees and of course all their foods.
This is so bizarre to me. Being from New England-we have a Dunkin on almost every corner.
Around here you can buy all kinds of Dunkin in stores-beans-ground-K cups.
The only flavoring he believes belongs in coffee is whiskey.
Bailey's or Caroline's are a good addition too!!
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Oh my goodness I completely forgot the have coffees at Dunkin' ! How crazy of me It's been years since we went into one of their shops, maybe that's why it went out of my brain... Do they sell their blend of beans either as is or do they grind them for you? I can't remember how they did their coffees since it's been so long...that said DH has heard good things about their coffees and of course all their foods.
We can buy DD coffee in the local grocery stores - but we don't typically.
DH is the morning coffee drinker in our house. He really disliked the Nes-CRAP-ee that Disney had. Hopefully he will be happier with Joffrey's.
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We live in the UK so when we visit WDW we don't often see a Dunkin Donuts place, we don't drive so we tend to either book onsite or off site somewhere near Disney Springs . It's the little things we miss like a really tasty coffee on a morning with a healthy muffin or granola bar. Taking our own just isn't the same since it tastes different when made with the Florida water. It's formulated for English water which can be soft or hard. When we use our own coffee maker at home we only use filtered water to make sure it's got a clean pure taste , it can make a huge difference to the iced coffees.
Oh my goodness I completely forgot the have coffees at Dunkin' ! How crazy of me It's been years since we went into one of their shops, maybe that's why it went out of my brain... Do they sell their blend of beans either as is or do they grind them for you? I can't remember how they did their coffees since it's been so long...that said DH has heard good things about their coffees and of course all their foods.
This made me chuckle a bit, because here Dunkin' is all about the coffee. Donuts (and other food items) are secondary. I teach PK and when I do my environmental print assessment, I show kids the DD logo. They ALL read it as "coffee" or actually know it says Dunkin Donuts. The only logo they know better is McD's.
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Originally Posted by wifey68
We live in the UK so when we visit WDW we don't often see a Dunkin Donuts place, we don't drive so we tend to either book onsite or off site somewhere near Disney Springs . It's the little things we miss like a really tasty coffee on a morning with a healthy muffin or granola bar. Taking our own just isn't the same since it tastes different when made with the Florida water. It's formulated for English water which can be soft or hard. When we use our own coffee maker at home we only use filtered water to make sure it's got a clean pure taste , it can make a huge difference to the iced coffees.
I can't stand the taste of Florida's water. Can't drink it, it makes the ice taste bad, and I'm sure the coffee suffers. I usually bring a Brita pitcher to WDW and always have some filtered water available in the room. You might want to try one.
As for coffee, I definately have New England coffee taste. I dislike Starbuck's regular coffee (much too strong!). Their Blonde roast isn't too bad, and some of their specialty drinks are okay. Whenever I take a vacation out west, the first thing I do when I land back home is get a coffee at the airport DD.
The taste of Florida water is not good and being that I'm from New England as well! Florida has soft water, while New England and much of the north has hard water and tastes much better and probably the best in the country as various ratings over the years have supported this!
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I am not really much of a coffee person, but I do love my blended iced coffee drinks. I have them as my "dessert". Since you can always go to Starbucks almost anywhere, I enjoy trying out places that we don't have back home. Joffrey's sounds great!
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It's been years since we went into one of their shops, maybe that's why it went out of my brain... Do they sell their blend of beans either as is or do they grind them for you? I can't remember how they did their coffees since it's been so long...that said DH has heard good things about their coffees and of course all their foods.
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