Krappy Kreme "frozen blend"
coffee week, day 1
(note: this item is only loosely "coffee-related") prologue: Krispy Kreme’s donuts blow. Now they have a crappy frozen drink too. (Actually, they’ve had it since July ‘04, but in limited release.) No surprise, it's already tanking, which you can tell cuz they’re trying to drum up biz w/ 2-for-1 coupons. (if only the DMN would come to the rescue w/ a big story like they did when krispy kreme first came to town: "donut shop opens!") Frozen blends (catchy!) consist of powder blended w/ ice -- another gross-tasting sbux clone, except this doesn’t even have coffee mixed in. There’s choc, coffee, raspberry, and something called original kreme, described as a "drinkable version of the company’s signature donut" but which is really pretty much vanilla.
posted by TG @ 8:15 AM
23 comments
23 Comments:
tg: you've linked us to some great items today. especially liked the story about how the media falls all over itself every time krispy kreme opens a store in a new town. kind of similar to the way the media falls all over itself every time star bucks opens a store on a new block or comes out with a new drink.
one more thought: in the media over-hyping story, one writer was quoted as saying the reason the media blows up the krispy kreme openings was to show it was still everyman enough to care about a doughnut shop. could the reason media people over-hype star bucks be to show they are quote/unquote sophisticated and savvy?
add reality tv to the media over-hyping list.
don't forget central market
ms. ery! shame shame! uttering bad words about starbucks on the NYCE site!
actually the much more common story rut that the media settles into when it comes to sbux is the trite old "will this new sbux destroy our local coffeehouses?!" which is a joke, since none of them existed until some shmo went to the west coast and came back with the "novel" idea of opening a coffeehouse. try doing a google search (as i just did) and see how few stories say how awful krispy kreme donuts are. it's all gush gush, whereas there are plenty of starbucks sourpusses like yourself out there
tg: i do not consider sbux a coffeehouse. that to me is a '50s type place where the walls weren't stacked with PRODUCTS and you could g.. d... SMOKE!
and i use "sourpuss" in only the most respecful manner. i welcome all starbucks sourpusses, just as a member of the church of scientology looks forward to the opportunity to submit their acquaintances to "personality tests" heh heh
right on ms.ery! what's a cup of coffee without a cigarette? it's probably because they don't understand the pairing of caffeine and nicotine that the chichi sbux set has to have froufrou additions to their coffee
ms. ery, i hear your point about the product display. but hey, at least those coffee mugs sport nice design (as opposed to bad paintings by local "artists").
sorry to say, smokers are a hunted breed (krispy kreme doesn't let 'em in either!). but as a nonsmoking coffee fan, i don't automatically associate coffee with cigs. just to give you the other point of view...
twistedlink, do you suppose that your second-hand exposure to those "joints" led to your current needle habit?
twisted: i'd like you to test your discerning donut palate with the ones you can make at home WITHOUT A DEEP-FRYER!!! just get a package of your favorite type of refrigerator biscuits. flatten them a little and cut holes in the center. then heat about 1/4-inch of UNSATURATED oil in a skillet, add biscuits, without crowding, brown one side, turn and brown the other. roll in powdered or granulated sugar and eat them while they are hot.
twisted: for beignets, cut the biscuits into triangle and definitely use the powdered sugar.
I KNOW the history of doughnuts!
nicotine is also a superlative complement to alcohol, especially bourbon and red wine
AND PURINIA. NOTHING'S BETTER THAN A CIG AFTER A BOWL OF KIBBLE.
tom: but do you understand the PSYCHOLOGY behind the craving for donuts?
the best ones are after sex!
A good cigar can be quite nice DURING sex.
tg: i am wondering about that frozen krispy kreme blend. just can't imagine a cold doughnut drink. do you think if you took ms. worth's refrigerated biscuits and put them in the freezer for awhile that you might get a comparable blend?
bill: come up and see me sometime
Doughnuts in liquid form. I wonder if they got the idea from Homaro Cantu's doughnut soup.
http://lthforum.com/bb/
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Scott
scott - whoa! that link is great. i love the french toast w/ the "hot blueberry"
meanwhile i just went back and read your comment on the pepp farm whims - exhaustive as ever! marc, the indian scout of nyce, speculated that those clusters would be the best of that bunch; your writeup saves everyone a few $
thanks to scott's tip, i did a goodle seach. for an exhaustive report on dinner at moto see atourtable.blogspot.com/2005/04/have-you-tried-doughnut-soup-18-unique.html
this blogger actually compares the soup to krispy kreme. she liked it, but not the kentucky fried ice cream
note to twisted: some moto dishes come with injectors
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