Dunkin Donuts Coffee - or is it?

[Timothy]

[QUOTE=Andy M.;1047737]

Originally Posted by Timothy

No. I haven't done a side-by-side and don't intend to. Taste is not the issue.

I see, (I think). You're just upset about the labeling and/or the allowing of this type of thing to be done at all.

Again, I agree.

I once took a merchandising course and was astounded by the amount of effort that is put into packaging products. A *huge* amount of gross product-income is spent by manufacturers to make the products more appealing to the customers by using hundreds of *gimmicks* for packaging.

Material types, colors, shapes, object representations, dimensions, textures and especially wording and how those words appear...all have bearing on sales.

People who have a product to sell will use anything with which to sell it. In most cases, it has little to do with what the package contains.

Isn't that a shame? It's nothing more than a con-game.

[Andy M.]

[QUOTE=Timothy;1047744]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

I see, (I think). You're just upset about the labeling and/or the allowing of this type of thing to be done at all.

Again, I agree...

You do see. Thank you.

[bakechef]

Originally Posted by Timothy

If you were given a blind taste test, do you think you would be able to pick out DD's coffee from others?

I'm not a big coffee drinker, so I doubt that I could pick DD's out of a lineup, but there are definite differences with coffee. At home If I am going to make a cup of coffee, I will use Folger's Colombian, to me this has a lot of the same qualities as DD's in store brewed coffee. I don't get this same flavor with Maxwell House or regular Folgers. I think that the roast or blend of DD and Folger's Colombian are smooth and take well to cream and sugar.

[pacanis]

I could pick DD's out of a lineup. As long as I can still breathe through my nose, I could probably smell the difference. I can almost taste it now.
Now, as a disclaimer, the local DD was the last store I know of to still use a paper cup. Everyone else had gone to styrofoam. And just like some plumbers will tell you they can tell the taste of water through copper or PVC, which isn't allowed to be used here anymore for potable water, I'm pretty sure having the paper cup was part of the taste difference.
Set a dunkin' donut and a double chocolate next to the cup and I'll REALLY be able to tell the difference, lol.

[Timothy]

[QUOTE=Andy M.;1047755]

Originally Posted by Timothy

You do see. Thank you.

Yes, I do see. At first, I couldn't tell if it was the con-game packaging thing or the flavor that had you upset.

I've always been a very logical thinker. Math, logic, facts...those are the things that make me and most of what I do and think.

The "artsy" side is missing in me. When I used to design databases, the art side of the applications I made were always farmed out to someone who was good at that sort of thing. If I tried to do it, it turned into something that looked like a very young child had drawn.

Tables, categories, sorting, arranging information....that's what I'm good at.

I'm pretty much the same way with food. My dishes aren't pretty, but they usually taste great. Pretty food or packaging doesn't do anything for me. Taste is my concern. I'll try it and if it tastes good, I'll continue to buy it.

What they write on the box is probably lies anyway. Lies designed for people who would believe them.

Originally Posted by bakechef

I'm not a big coffee drinker, so I doubt that I could pick DD's out of a lineup, but there are definite differences with coffee. At home If I am going to make a cup of coffee, I will use Folger's Colombian, to me this has a lot of the same qualities as DD's in store brewed coffee. I don't get this same flavor with Maxwell House or regular Folgers. I think that the roast or blend of DD and Folger's Colombian are smooth and take well to cream and sugar.

Interesting. I have tasted some coffees that had a bitter after-taste or more oils that ended up floating on top. Even some that had a powdery feeling left after swallowing. Most of those were the less expensive brands of coffee and I've always equated it with them buying lesser quality beans to make thier profit. The *coffee-taste* always seems the same to me, regardless of brand.

[babetoo]

breakfast blend of folgers is my cup of choice. i can certainly taste the difference between brands. i don't buy d.d. or starbucks. i think they are just a choice for people that want to be "up scale"

[Dawgluver]

I have a subscription to Gevalia. We got a free coffee maker and mugs, etc. We don't drink much coffee, but get their Kenyan once every six months. I usually give it away as part of a gift package to friends.

DD didn't do much for me when DH's dad gave us a huge bag several years ago. Just tasted like coffee.

I understand where Andy is coming from. Truth in advertising doesn't exist.