(Minette laughs)
- Hold on, I'm gonna do the coffee sip.
(Minette sucks in air)
Yeah! - Wait, ready?
- Make it real weird, yeah.
Just start slurping.
(both slurp coffee)
(Minette coughs)
I just did the same thing.
Don't do the coffee sip.
You okay?
(coffee shop music)
- Hi, I'm Danny.
I am a barista.
And I've been a barista for about one and a half years now.
- Hello!
I'm Kelsey.
I'm also a barista.
And I've been a barista for a little over three years.
- Hi, I'm Rachel, and I'm a former barista for seven years.
- Hi, my name is Minette Norgaisse
and I'm a barista for one and a half years.
What is your favorite fast food coffee?
- I think McDonald's is pretty good.
- East coasters would know what Wawa is.
- What's your favorite fast food coffee?
- I think Jack In The Box.
The iced coffee, it's really good.
- I gotta go with McDonald's coffee.
Because that's really just the backbone of America.
- I think you could've given me every type before
and I'd still have no idea.
But I'm gonna stay optimistic
that I'm gonna be able to get a solid...
- Two?
- I was gonna say a solid two.
- Bring on the coffee!
(icons ping)
(bell dings)
- Oh, hello!
I think I know what this one is.
- Oh!
(Kelsey swallows)
- Oh yes, ma'am.
That is like a punch to the teeth.
- Oh.
- Man, every morning at 5:30 I'm making these coffees,
so I'm like- - Oh!
- Dang, I don't know.
Maybe that- - Is this Pike?
- I'm doubting now.
- Yeah, hold on, hold on.
- This is Pike, isn't it?
- It could be Pike.
- You see what I'm saying?
- It smells like very medium roast,
which is Pike. - Yes, very medium.
- I'm tasting the filter.
(smacks lips)
- Oh! - I'm tasting...
- Mm, some sweat?
- Dirt, straight dirt.
- Maybe some fryer oil left over?
- The reason why I think it's Starbucks
is because this is just a stronger blend.
It just tastes like a more quality of a brand.
If it isn't Starbucks, I'm gonna go to this place.
- I'm gonna give it a four.
A four with personality.
- 1.2.
(both laugh)
- Rude!
But I respect it.
- In regards to quality, it's like a seven.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's like a good coffee.
- I'd give it a seven and a half.
- This has gotta be McDonald's.
- I'm gonna go with 7-Eleven.
- Yeah, it's Starbucks.
- I think it's Starbucks.
- [Producer] That's the right answer.
- Oh my god!
(claps hands)
That's two out of-
- Thank god!
- Oh, you can't run this.
Wait!
(both laugh)
(bell dings)
- It's not a very strong smell
that you're getting in the first one.
Because the Starbucks one
has definitely got a stronger smell.
This is like, pretty mild. - Oh, Dunkin Donuts.
(Rachel sips)
(mysteriously playful music)
- Mm-mm.
- Oh!
Oh my...
- It's like watery.
- Yeah, I'm not into the wateriness.
- No.
- It's also more acidic, this one.
- Yeah.
- And we know how I feel about acidity.
- We don't like her.
(laughs)
- She's not welcome.
- It's just like a stronger water.
It just doesn't have the bean flavor.
It seems like it's-
- Watered down.
- Very watered down.
So it's either like it's not,
it just wasn't brewed the right thing.
Or this is that light of a blend.
- I would rank this a one out of ten.
Don't do it.
- Rank this about a two.
- Yeah, I would probably rank this like a four.
- I give it a three.
And I think it's Dunkin Donuts.
- I think it's...
I don't think it's Dunkin.
I think it's like...
(Minette chuckles)
- Burger King.
- I'm gonna say McDonald's.
- I don't think that's McDonald's.
I think this is...
I think this is 7-Eleven.
- [Producer] It's McDonald's.
- Really? - Really?
(Kelsey laughs)
- Wow.
- What?
- That was my other idea.
- Oh, my first one too!
It was my first thought.
- I thought it was either Burger King or McDonald's.
But I thought McDonald's had better hot coffee than this.
(bell dings)
- It's hardly got a smell really.
- It doesn't really.
(joyful music)
- Is this Dunkin Donuts?
(Minette swallows)
- Oh my god.
After you have the Starbucks, you just don't go back.
(Minette laughs)
- We started too hot.
- This is, we did!
- Oh. That one's a little sour.
(Danny smacks lips)
- Mm. No.
No, no, no.
- No. - No, no.
- Hm! Hold on.
- [Producer] What are you tasting, Danny?
- Um, sadness?
- Oh.
- Spite?
- This is, this is strong, this is definitely
a stronger coffee that was brewed better.
It does have the same lightness of it.
- I think I'm just gonna scale everything up.
Because I'm being far too hypercritical.
So we're gonna move the four to the six.
McDonald's to a three.
I'm gonna give this one a two.
- Yeah, I'll give this one a two.
- I would rate this coffee like a six.
It's not bad.
It's just not, personally I think,
I might even give it a seven.
- Really?
I'm gonna go with a four.
- Burger King.
- I'm gonna say Burger King, too.
- So I'm gonna say, I'm between Dunkin and 7-Eleven.
But I'm gonna say this is Dunkin.
- I think it's 7-Eleven.
- One of those would be right.
- [Producer] It's 7-Eleven.
(Minette chuckles)
- Yeah!
Nice.
- 7-Eleven.
See, to be fair, never actually got coffee from 7-Eleven.
- Mm-mm (negative).
- When a slurpee is the option.
- Oh, slurpees.
- It's the option.
(bell dings)
- This one has a stronger smell.
- Oh yeah. - For sure.
(playfully mysterious music)
It's an okay smell.
(playfully mysterious music)
- Ah, yes.
Water.
From the Los Angeles tap.
It's a little acidic, but it's not like a lot.
It's mostly just water.
- Maybe someone just forgot to make a new pot?
(playfully mysterious music)
- Oh, I'm gon-
Yeah, lighter than I thought it was gonna be, though.
- Yeah, it's lighter.
- I'm gonna give it a three out of ten.
- I'm gonna give it a two.
- What are you gonna give it?
- I think I'll give a six.
If it's-
- I was gonna say, - Yeah. I give this a six.
- It's like I'm giving everything that number.
- My final answer is Dunkin Donuts.
- Is this Dunkin?
I'm just gonna do the opposite of what she said,
and I'm gonna say it's Burger King.
- We gotta get this one right.
- We have to get this one right!
(laughs)
- [Producer] Dunkin or Burger King?
- Oh, I'm gonna say Burger King.
Because I believe Dunkin could be better.
(laughs)
- You know, we did Burger King the last time,
and we were both wrong.
- I know, but it's coming down to the end.
- Okay.
(clears throat)
(drumming)
- Burger King.
Burger King.
- [Producer] Dunkin Donuts!
- Dammit!
- No!
- [Producer] Dunkin Donuts.
(Minette laughs)
- It's not that bad.
It's lighter than what I remembered for some reason.
- I think over the years,
coffee's, in these fast food restaurants, changes for sure.
(bell dings)
- So we already know it's Burger King,
but we're still gonna rank it and stuff.
- Last one, cheers.
- Cheersing.
- Toast it, madam.
Yes.
To the king...
of the burgers.
(record skipping)
- Ew.
- This one's, this one I could smell.
It smells a little smokey.
- It does, like burnt.
- Yeah.
I was gonna wait to see if it was actually burnt.
- Oh no!
- Oh, it's an "oh no."
- I feel like I have that awful coffee breath of like...
You know that person that whispers in your ear
and you smell weird coffee?
- Whisper.
- Yeah.
(laughs)
That.
- This is so interesting.
Who made this decision to pick this one?
(Minette chuckles)
It's just a weird coffee.
Because it hits your mouth,
but then all of a sudden there's no taste to it whatsoever.
- I don't feel it anywhere on my palette.
I don't feel it anywhere.
- That's the thing, you don't feel it after.
- You don't feel it after anywhere.
- Which I wonder if they do that
because they're so heavy with food.
- I'm gonna give this a two out of ten.
(laughs)
- I'm gonna give this 1.5.
(laughs)
- It's like a four.
- Yeah, because it's so watered down.
(crowd clapping)
- I don't know if I was really surprised by anything.
I think a lot of them kind of made sense.
- I think the second answer.
I know it was McDonald's, but I was like,
"Let me, I don't wanna be too obvious."
I think I only got a 100 though, but...
(laughs)
- I think I got one right.
- I think, yeah!
- I was supposed to get stuff right, wasn't I?
- What's it in?
- Eight years.
(Minette laughs)
- Right?
(Minette laughs)
Half your life.
- Maybe we were a little harsh.
- Lot.
- Lotta harsh. - A lot.
- Lotta harsh.
- I, yeah.
I'm not better than these coffees.
No one is.
- No one is.
- I'm definitely surprised.
I thought they were all decent.
- It was really good.
- Wasn't terrible.
I'll drink 'em all.
- It's fast food coffee.
You know?
You're there to get your caffeine fix,
and all of them have that.
(relaxing music)