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The coffee buckets with handles are only available for a limited time and at limited Dunkin’ locations only in New England.
For those days when you just can’t seem to get out of bed, you can’t find your keys, and you put on your sweater inside out, Dunkin’ appears to have an answer for your troubles: 48 ounces of coffee, poured into a bucket with a handle for the java drinker on the go.
Yes, this is real, and it even comes with a giant straw for easier sipping of your iced Dunkin’.
The news possibly brings to mind a certain Parks & Recreation “Soda Tax” episode, in which the fictionalized Paunch Burger justifies naming their 512-ounce sodas “child size” because it’s equivalent to “if the child were liquified.” Sure, a 48-ounce Dunkin’ isn’t nearly the size of a liquified child, at three pounds of liquid, but as The New York Times puts it, it’s enough space for 25 Dunkin’ Munchkins.
The bucket doubles the amount of coffee beverage that customers would get if they ordered their usual medium iced Dunkin’ at 24 ounces. A large goes for 32 ounces of beverage.
It’s also exclusively available — for now — at a handful of New England stores, being sold currently as Dunkin’ tests some of its biggest fans’ willingness to purchase a bucket of their elixirs starting at $8.89. The buckets are available for refreshers, iced coffees, and lattes, according to MassLive.
But where they’re actually available and for how long seems to be a mystery to those online. A list has been making its way on social media, stating that the buckets may be available in Brighton, Wilmington, and several other Massachusetts towns, but commenters said the buckets weren’t there when they arrived. MassLive reported that the two Amherst locations have the buckets, and three New Hampshire locations have completely sold out.
Boston.com reached out to a Dunkin’ spokesperson for confirmation of locations, but didn’t hear back before publication. Dunkin’ also hasn’t promoted the bucket beverages on its social media, with news of the 48-ounce beverages largely circulating from Dunkin’ customers sharing photos and videos on social media.
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