

The thing is so massive, it makes In-N-Out's secret/not-secret menu look like White Castle. That secret menu - which is so "secret" that employees have corporate-approved printouts on hand to decode it - is a rolling database, with fan-favorite concoctions added on a monthly basis. But it’s high time the coffee-drinking people of America shed the notion that Dutch Bros’ intense experiments with sugar and caffeine are for the boorish and unsophisticated and accept it as what it is: the In-N-Out of the coffee world, complete with an extensive secret menu and cultish regional following.

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The Grants Pass, Oregon-based brand is certainly unapologetic about employing young, effusive, and spiky-haired "broistas" (their term!) named Tanner in lieu of mumbly, Aeropress-obsessed beardos who can’t possibly be paid enough to act like they care ( full disclosure: that’s me!). Due to its preference for chatty baristas, flavored syrups, and loud pop music, most “serious” coffee people have distanced themselves from its colorful, sugary wares, discounting the chain as a hybrid of a Starbucks drive-thru and Abercrombie & Fitch at its pre- Jersey Shore cultural apex. The chain's drive-thru kiosks are nearly as ubiquitous in the Pacific NW as pine trees and outdated "Bernie or Bust" bumper stickers.ĭutch Bros functions as the antithesis to the bougie coffee culture of the region that spawned it. With over 300 locations spanning seven western states, Dutch Bros has grown into a veritable caffeination empire since opening in 1992.
