If you need a coffee to jumpstart, or even survive your day just like myself, choose Dunkin' Donuts. Trust me on this.
1. Donuts. What else?
Donuts. Munchkins(especially the blueberry flavor). They pair so well with a delicious Dunkin' coffee. The best part, you can get ten munchkins for less than $2...say what! What does Starbucks have? A cake pop..? Why would I want one bite of sweets rather than 10? Some days you just a need a donut with your coffee. They have even started to sell donut fries. Could life get any better? Dunkin' Donuts is a company of geniuses.
2. It's cheaper. Like a lot cheaper.
I'm in college, I don't have much extra money to buy a fancy Starbucks drink for $6-$8. At Dunkin' I can order my usual breakfast choice of a medium hazelnut iced coffee with a sausage wake-up wrap for a whopping $5. Can you beat that? At Starbucks, I can get a mediocre drink for $6 or more. There is no difficult choice between the two to make here.
3. I don't speak "Starbucks".
Everytime I go into Starbucks, the menu is so overwhelming. Do I want a grande, venti, tall? Why is the smallest size considered a tall? Why does the employee act like they don't know what I'm talking about when I say "medium"? I have so many questions. I just want a coffee. You're lucky we can even have a decent conversation before I get my daily dose of caffeine.
4. Dunkin' Donuts simply tastes better.
Dunkin' actually tastes better. Starbucks roasts their beans until they are burnt. Dunkin' roasts them until they are just roasted... Dunkin' pastries and donuts taste fresher than Starbucks. Would you rather have a fresh donut in the morning that was baked last night or a pastry that was shipped to the store and heated up in the Starbucks microwave? I'm not saying that Starbucks is disgusting, and I do enjoy a piece of banana bread once in awhile but if I had to choose, Dunkin' is overall tastier.
5. The coffee is consistent.
I have never had a bad coffee from Dunkin' Donuts. It doesn't matter if I go to the one across the street, on campus, by work, the coffee always comes out perfectly and me being a happy customer.
I will always choose Dunkin' Donuts over Starbucks. I will always crave my daily hazelnut iced coffee before my 8am class or 5pm work shift. I can always count on the fast service from Dunkin' rather than the line out the door at Starbucks because everyone's order takes at least a minute to even say. I will give Starbucks props for their adorable reusable cups! Dunkin' does fall to the wayside when it comes to that.
Again, I am not bashing Starbucks or saying it's not a bad brand of coffee. It just can not stand up to the holy grail of coffee.
I mean they do say, America runs on Dunkin'.
