Wednesday, June 01, 2005

I am nine coffee flavors and then some

If you know me, you know that while I may occasionally drink a Starbucks beverage, I'm a Dunkin' Donuts girl. I stopped in to my local this morning for the daily medium iced coffee, and what did I see? A sign that wasn't there yesterday, proclaiming that the coffee is now available in NINE flavors! NINE! In case you aren't "in the know," those NINE flavors are:

Blueberry
Caramel
Cinnamon
Hazelnut
Marshmallow
Raspberry
Toasted Almond
French Vanilla
Coconut

Now, Hazelnut? French Vanilla? Been there, done that, wasn't moved. But Coconut? Toasted Almond? Please! That's so exciting I can't stand it. I'm skeptical of Blueberry and Marshmallow, but you know what? I go there EVERY MORNING. No reason not to give them a try. I made my way up to the counter, firm in my decision that I'd start the tasting with the Toasted Almond.

"Hi!" I said brightly. "Can I please have a medium iced Toasted Almond? Skim milk, no sugar!"

"Nah," the girl behind the counter said. "We don't got it."

My face fell.

"Okay," I said, resigned. "Can I just have a regular iced coffee then?"

"Nah," the girl behind the counter said. "We don't got that either."

"Do you have any iced coffee? Any flavor?" I sounded desperate, even to my own caffeine-deprived ears. She shook her head.

My neighborhood Dunkin' Donuts may have NINE flavors of coffee today, but that doesn't make it any less ghetto than it was yesterday.