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48-ounce buckets of Dunkin’ coffee already sold out at New England stores
The coffee buckets with handles were 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’ appeared 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, the buckets were real, and it even comes with a giant straw for easier sipping of your iced Dunkin’. But as of Wednesday, a spokesperson confirmed that the Dunkin’ buckets of New England’s dreams had already sold out after a limited time of being sold at a handful of stores.
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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.
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It was exclusively available at a handful of New England stores, being sold as Dunkin’ tested some of its biggest fans’ willingness to purchase a bucket of their elixirs starting at $8.89. The buckets were available for refreshers, iced coffees, and lattes, according to MassLive.
But where they were actually available and for how long seemed to be a mystery to those online. A list made its way on social media, stating that the buckets might have been available in parts of Boston, Wilmington, and several other Massachusetts towns, but commenters said the buckets weren’t there when they arrived. MassLive reported that the two Amherst locations had the buckets this week.
The Dunkin’ spokesperson didn’t say where the buckets were sold, just that they were now sold out. They also wouldn’t provide details about if they would return to stores.
Dunkin’ also didn’t promote 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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