alexgaddis Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 They finally took the last step in competing for the coffee dollar and are going to be offeing latte's...I can't wait to try one...their iced coffees are great.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Trick Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 They finally took the last step in competing for the coffee dollar and are going to be offeing latte's...I can't wait to try one...their iced coffees are great.... They've had them here for awhile now. Wife was addicted to them. They are free on Monday's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 They've had them here for awhile now. Wife was addicted to them. They are free on Monday's. Latte's? Really? They have had the iced coffee for a while but I have been waiting for them to get latte's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thier coffee has defenitly taken a step up since they started putting the cream and sugar in for you. I used to hate McDees coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I haven't been to a Mickey Dees since I was 17. That's nearly 23 years for those keeping score at home. When I was 17, I ate the entire menu on a bet and figured that was enough to last me the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlanta Cracker Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Thier coffee has defenitly taken a step up since they started putting the cream and sugar in for you. I hate that. Does make sense to keep some of those additional funds in the store rather than have them walk down the street to Starbucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I hate that. I hate putting cream and sugar in my coffee while driving. But the coffee itself has gotten better whereas it used to taste burned. They switched beans or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I hate the taste of coffee but love the smell of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Let me know when they're serving whiskey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmanzzzz Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 and then when I wore my first dress corporate bullAthena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoops Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I hate putting cream and sugar in my coffee while driving. But the coffee itself has gotten better whereas it used to taste burned. They switched beans or something. Yeah they went to Newman's Own organic. Their coffee definitely tastes better, love the ice coffee. Actually prefer it to Dunkin Donuts.....they have gone way downhill in the last 5-10 once they got big. I do hate that they put in the milk and sugar.....They usualy put in to much no mater what I tell them...but the decent joe makes up for it. I do prefer starbucks to the others or a local coffee house when we come across them. I tend to make strong coffee at home. Letterman had a bit about it something like "that's just what I want to spend more time in McDonalds. We come there for one reason.....The Crap! Stick to the Crap." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40Rocket Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Coffee is good. The sweet Ice Tea is killer also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Caveman_Nick Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Yeah they went to Newman's Own organic. Their coffee definitely tastes better, love the ice coffee. Actually prefer it to Dunkin Donuts.....they have gone way downhill in the last 5-10 once they got big. I do hate that they put in the milk and sugar.....They usualy put in to much no mater what I tell them...but the decent joe makes up for it. I do prefer starbucks to the others or a local coffee house when we come across them. I tend to make strong coffee at home. Letterman had a bit about it something like "that's just what I want to spend more time in McDonalds. We come there for one reason.....The Crap! Stick to the Crap." That sad thing about DD is that they made the conscious choice to allow their quality to suffer when they broke away from their original franchise model that made them such a success. They lowered their food and beverage quality standards to increase profit, choosing to ride on their name and people's habits. We had a customer at my company for a photo shoot 6 months back to so that now is a bigwig at the Meathouse. He served a similar function at DD and was a part of the group (and IIRC, to his claim one of the dissenters) when that decision was made. Sad. But it gave Starbucks a chance to come in and be successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I also heard that McD's is going to be hooking up their stores with Wifi as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I also heard that McD's is going to be hooking up their stores with Wifi as well. I picked up some pizza at Pizza Hut and they had WiFi. It's cool, but I'm not sure why I'd use it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I do prefer starbucks to the others or a local coffee house when we come across them. I tend to make strong coffee at home. In Boston? Wow. Funny thing is, when I lived in NYC it was the same story and, frankly, a rather sad state of affairs. I'd always lived in places that had great local coffee houses (Berkeley and Santa Cruz, CA) and was aghast when I moved to NYC in the early 90s to find that it was filled with places that served coffee, nearly all of it total crap. The fact that Starbucks was far and away the best you could find was a pretty sad state for such a large city. Not that I have anything against Starbucks mind you, but chains shouldn't be the standard bearer for something like that. Where I live now, there are several options preferable to Starbucks and it's not a large city. We have a local roaster Counter Culture who makes amazing coffee. In terms of places to drink it, we've got a place 3 Cups that only does French Press (my coffee of choice if I'm not drinking espresso based and maybe even preferable to that. It's what we serve at Jujube) and has a great selection of super freshly roasted beans. We have a place called Driade that makes the single most amazing cappucino I've ever had. Mind you, I haven't been to Italy, but I've been to plenty of major US markets and nobody can touch these. I brought a huge food snob friend of mine there when he was visiting and dude almost had tears well up in his eyes when he saw them making them. There are others as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I also heard that McD's is going to be hooking up their stores with Wifi as well. Dude, who the f wants to "hang out" at McDonalds?! Has it come to that? "Dude, meet me at McShiight. I'll be down there catching up on some e-mails" I have to agree with Letterman here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhoops Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 In Boston? Wow. Funny thing is, when I lived in NYC it was the same story and, frankly, a rather sad state of affairs. I'd always lived in places that had great local coffee houses (Berkeley and Santa Cruz, CA) and was aghast when I moved to NYC in the early 90s to find that it was filled with places that served coffee, nearly all of it total crap. The fact that Starbucks was far and away the best you could find was a pretty sad state for such a large city. Not that I have anything against Starbucks mind you, but chains shouldn't be the standard bearer for something like that. Where I live now, there are several options preferable to Starbucks and it's not a large city. We have a local roaster Counter Culture who makes amazing coffee. In terms of places to drink it, we've got a place 3 Cups that only does French Press (my coffee of choice if I'm not drinking espresso based and maybe even preferable to that. It's what we serve at Jujube) and has a great selection of super freshly roasted beans. We have a place called Driade that makes the single most amazing cappucino I've ever had. Mind you, I haven't been to Italy, but I've been to plenty of major US markets and nobody can touch these. I brought a huge food snob friend of mine there when he was visiting and dude almost had tears well up in his eyes when he saw them making them. There are others as well. I hear ya, we live a little north of the city. But we did have a couple of local places in Somerville (when we lived there) Diesel Cafe' and another that were good, and there's a Pete's in Harvard Sq. There's less Starbucks in our area but at least 6 Dunkin's in my City alone. We have a place in our building that serves George Howell - Terroir Coffee (of the Coffee Connection) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 (edited) That sad thing about DD is that they made the conscious choice to allow their quality to suffer when they broke away from their original franchise model that made them such a success. They lowered their food and beverage quality standards to increase profit, choosing to ride on their name and people's habits. We had a customer at my company for a photo shoot 6 months back to so that now is a bigwig at the Meathouse. He served a similar function at DD and was a part of the group (and IIRC, to his claim one of the dissenters) when that decision was made. Sad. But it gave Starbucks a chance to come in and be successful. I'm not sure that Starbucks is chipping into DD's customer base that much. People eat breakfast at DD. I don't know of anybody who goes to Starbucks for a meal. The one thing that Starbucks has done to trump DD is that they've expanded more quickly. It's difficult to find DD in the Midwest or South (they're in the Chicago area, but I've never seen them in Indianapolis or Houston) and they're non-existent in the West. Outside of the move to sell their coffee in grocery stores, they've really limited their customer base. I haven't noticed a drop in the quality of DD's food and coffee, but I rarely go there now so I'll take your word for it. As for Micky D's, I've heard a lot of good things about their coffee. But I probably won't feel inclined to try it unless I'm on the road and need a wake-me-up. Edited January 11, 2008 by Bill Swerski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I haven't noticed a drop in the quality of DD's food and coffee, but I rarely go there now so I'll take your word for it. Dunkin's breakfast sandwiches are and were bland and disgusting. I would chose Mc.Dees breakfast over Dunkins any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I also heard that McD's is going to be hooking up their stores with Wifi as well. McD's with fru fru coffee and wifi. I can't wait to hear how they're installing laz-y boy recliners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 McD's with fru fru coffee and wifi. I can't wait to hear how they're installing laz-y boy recliners. The one in the town next to me has flat screen tvs and nicer flagstone decor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I've heard they're going after the Starbucks crowd with the base coffee 60 cents less than the SBucks price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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