I've tried all this coffee and even got into roasting my own. I drink Hercules strength coffee and guess who has the best?
Sorry haters, Starbucks still wins. Just because they are successful doesn't mean it's a scam. The guys cracking gay jokes about ordering there, that's a projection of confused feelings you harbor about your own sexuality.
If you think a hot coffee from dunkin is in the same league as a hot cup from Starbucks in terms of caffeine content or flavor, I'd prefer you stay out if Starbucks.
Before you get your labia twisted in knots trying to "school" me I went down this rabbit hole. Roasting my own beans and cold-brewing my own coffee. I understand the process and there's a reason Starbucks is king. Sure they sell sugary bitch drinks for people who can't handle their java but bars sell beer and mixed drinks for queers who can't handle whisky. Zero difference.
Coffee snob here and I'm telling you haters, you're clueless. What's the true crime is dunkin charging similar money for at-home quality drinks. If you buy a hot coffee at DD and go "I buy it there because it tastes so moooooch Betta than when I make it at home" you are special. I don't mean unique or gifted either. More like touched.
Coffee is less about the materials involved and more about how they are handled. That's why that coffee roaster/grinder/prepper on the counter at Starbucks is 70 GRAND! Yes. 70. And apparently they also feel the beans must be handled correctly.
You get what you pay for kids.