# What is so special about donut shop coffee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530 "2023-10-13T19:15:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/1 "2023-10-13T19:15:49Z")
I am seeing it everywhere in the stores-by the pound and by the pod. What makes it from other types? Is it a special blend? Is it made a special way? Or is it that coffee tastes different/better once you’ve gobbled a couple of super-sweet pastries? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/2 "2023-10-13T19:23:31Z")
It’s the Bud Light of coffees. 😝 In other words: it’s insipid and bland. I understand some people like their coffee that way. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/3 "2023-10-13T19:38:59Z")
It’s supposed to taste like Dunkin’ Donuts’ blend. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/4 "2023-10-13T19:42:35Z")
Three foods I will never understand the cultistic love of: The pre-Matt and Trey Casa Bonita Chik-fil-a sandwiches Dunkin’s donuts and coffee ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/5 "2023-10-13T22:15:06Z")
I’d heard so much about Dunkin Donuts coffee, so I bought a pound once. It was insipid and tasteless. I brewed one pot and tossed the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/6 "2023-10-13T22:27:31Z")
This is just another example of working class chic like $100 bowling shirts and overalls. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/7 "2023-10-13T22:45:59Z")
I am so out of touch and it’s not been 10 years since I left the USA. Dunkin’ Donuts now sells coffee beans in like the foil packets? To me that sounds as silly as them selling flour, sugar, eggs, butter, lemon zest and chocolate and deep-fat fryers for DIY donuts. Dunno about the overalls, but those $100 bowling shirts better be “Pin Pals” and signed by Matt Groening and John Swartzwelder. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/8 "2023-10-13T23:24:06Z")
I’d heard about Dunkin’ Donuts coffee for years, so I was excited to see that I was near a DD (I was on a solo train trip through Chicago and was at the Art Institute). Took a sip and said “THIS is what people have been excited about?” Again, just like the donuts, I’ve been spoiled by local coffee joints and bakeries. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/9 "2023-10-13T23:33:53Z")
I don’t think DD is ever going to be chic and they seem pretty happy appealing to the mass market. This SNL skit, lol: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FSvNhxKJJyU/maxresdefault.jpg "Dunkin Donuts - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSvNhxKJJyU) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/10 "2023-10-14T13:29:46Z")
It’s a very basic light roast arabica bean with no overtones of anything (spicy, nutty, chocolate, etc.) Just a slightly sweet “coffee” flavor. If you’re looking for a base to add your own mix of creamers, flavors, sweeteners to you go with a donut shop blend. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/11 "2023-10-14T15:20:31Z")
What is so special about donut shop coffee? The hype. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/12 "2023-10-14T22:02:23Z")
Coffee is an occasional treat for me. Donut shop coffee appeals to the Goldilocks in me - not too strong, not too weak. Just right. It’s smooth, hot, and satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530/13 "2023-10-15T00:17:29Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > It’s a very basic light roast arabica bean with no overtones of anything (spicy, nutty, chocolate, etc.) Just a slightly sweet “coffee” flavor. Not a coffee drinker myself, but I always thought the magic of “donut shop coffee” wasn’t the flavor, but that it stayed in the pot all day and didn’t turn into sludge.