Coffee Challenge From Bret
Coffee snobs, take note! Bret Bernal offers the following thoughts about your brew.
Like me, you've probably done this same thing a million times. You want to stop at STARBUCKS (or other fancy coffee shop) and you're either running late or you see that the line of cars in the drive-thru goes all the way to Kansas. Suddenly you have two choices to make: 1) wait until you get to Focus and grab a hot cup of $6 java from the cafeteria, or 2) swing through a fast-food chain for your caffeine buzz.
It's usually choice #2 for me and thankfully I've discovered one fast-food coffee that stands above the rest. It's at McDonalds. I know what you're thinking, "McDonalds coffee = GROSS!" But that's not the case. Their coffee is a satisfying substitute for the expensive stuff. Of course you can't order a Venti, two shot, non-fat, 2 pumps of sugar-free vanilla syrup, add whip cream latte. But if you're dying for that taste of coffee, it will do the trick. And the price is right. (Somewhere around $1.30 for a large)
While I'm on the subject, I'd like to point out that McDonald's also has the best fast-food coffee lid in the business. They've recently upgraded, which is a good thing, considering the old lid's plastic pull-tab ripped in half when trying to remove it. I dare you to sip a steaming, sloshing cup of coffee with half the lid missing. That's a trick for those with numb lips, stuntmen, or idiots. The new lid pops off at the spout, then can be popped back on for minimum spillage.
BURGER KING has a pretty decent lid, too. (But their coffee tastes like hot PENNZOIL--fresh out of the engine--so don't bother.)
Tomorrow morning if you're forced to hit the fast-food drive thru, I urge you to try McDonalds coffee. If it's not better than you've imagined, pour it out and I'll replace it with the home-brewed STARBUCKS in my thermos. Now that's good coffee.
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Like me, you've probably done this same thing a million times. You want to stop at STARBUCKS (or other fancy coffee shop) and you're either running late or you see that the line of cars in the drive-thru goes all the way to Kansas. Suddenly you have two choices to make: 1) wait until you get to Focus and grab a hot cup of $6 java from the cafeteria, or 2) swing through a fast-food chain for your caffeine buzz.
It's usually choice #2 for me and thankfully I've discovered one fast-food coffee that stands above the rest. It's at McDonalds. I know what you're thinking, "McDonalds coffee = GROSS!" But that's not the case. Their coffee is a satisfying substitute for the expensive stuff. Of course you can't order a Venti, two shot, non-fat, 2 pumps of sugar-free vanilla syrup, add whip cream latte. But if you're dying for that taste of coffee, it will do the trick. And the price is right. (Somewhere around $1.30 for a large)
While I'm on the subject, I'd like to point out that McDonald's also has the best fast-food coffee lid in the business. They've recently upgraded, which is a good thing, considering the old lid's plastic pull-tab ripped in half when trying to remove it. I dare you to sip a steaming, sloshing cup of coffee with half the lid missing. That's a trick for those with numb lips, stuntmen, or idiots. The new lid pops off at the spout, then can be popped back on for minimum spillage.
BURGER KING has a pretty decent lid, too. (But their coffee tastes like hot PENNZOIL--fresh out of the engine--so don't bother.)
Tomorrow morning if you're forced to hit the fast-food drive thru, I urge you to try McDonalds coffee. If it's not better than you've imagined, pour it out and I'll replace it with the home-brewed STARBUCKS in my thermos. Now that's good coffee.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Please send a comment about this post, and about McDonald's coffee if you've recently tried it. Click the comment button below right.
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