Coffee Order Runs on King Kylie
Taste testing the hottest collab of the summer.
My love for Dunkin Donuts is deep and well-documented.
It’s my favorite iced coffee from a national chain, has the best and most delicious dollar value menu items, and they love their customers right back. They give us free coffee all of the time, and their loyalty points system is phenomenal.
When I saw Dunkin tapped none other than my queen, Kylie Jenner, to curate her own menu specials for the summer, I was shook in ways I can’t even explain. Dunkin is unmatched in terms of collaborations—Charli D’Amelio, Sabrina Carpenter, Barbie, and now King Kylie? When people ask me where I see Coffee Order in five, ten years, there’s only one answer: a Dunkin menu special of our own.
While I wait, I wanted to test all of the King Kylie drinks for you guys. But I didn’t want to do that alone. I asked two of my Dunkin connoisseur comrades to assist. My sister Grace, and one of my best friends Tommy.
TOMMY DRENNAN
First off, what an honor to be writing for Coffee Order and speaking about two things I am incredibly passionate about: Dunkin and Kylie Jenner. I never thought this day would come.
When I learned of this collab, it made my gay heart sing. Kylie Jenner is the most fabulous woman in the world to me.
She’s gorgeous, she’s funny, she’s dating a LaGuardia High School alum (my alma mater).
Dunkin has always been ever-present in my life. Growing up, my Nana would bring me a pink strawberry frosted doughnut every time she saw me, and any time I have one, it reminds me of her. I am also an avid Dunkin refresher drinker—my Strawberry Dragonfruit Lemonade Refresher is my daily morning must-have. I feel like the gayest man in America walking into my fashion job with a giant pink drink, ready to start my day. This makes me very qualified to review this line-up of beverages.
The collab, entitled THE KING KYLIE COLLECTION, is in reference to her infamous era from around 2014 to 2016, for those of you who don’t know (which I am assuming is none of the Coffee Order community). King Kylie was almost the Sasha Fierce to her Beyoncé. It was her alter ego that lived solely on my Instagram and Tumblr feed, and I was OBSESSED. She was THE IT GIRL. Her bright color wigs, ultra-matte nude lips, Cartier Love bracelet stack, sky-high Louboutins, Tisci-era Givenchy tees, and of course, her relationship with the rapper Tyga, were the epitome of this era.
I love that she’s started to lean back into this era. (Does that mean Timothée is basically Tyga?) Most recently, she created a King Kylie collection for her own beauty brand and leaned back into the beauty trends of the mid-2010s as a way to celebrate 10 years of helping women (and gays) across America overdraw their lips.
The line-up for Dunkin includes 3 fabulous pinkity drinkitys (is Kylie shading James Charles? I hope). Here are my thoughts:
Pink Lemon Drop Suncloud Lemonade
Well, “what the hell is a Suncloud Lemonade?” you might ask. Good question. It’s a mix of lemonade and oat milk topped with a strawberry cold foam. Hmm. Intrigued but slightly repulsed? After trying it, I must say I’m surprised. The cold foam is the first hit and it’s very good—sweet and light with that hit of strawberry flavor. Fierce and fruity. Then we get to the oat milk/lemonade mix. On paper, it sounds really repulsive, but for whatever reason it really works? It’s refreshing and creamy. Honestly a good summer treat. I do feel like my stomach hurts after drinking three sips of this, but that could be for other reasons as well…
Rating: 6.5/10
Candy Pink Lemonade Refresher
Oh my God. The name even gives me chills… It is just perfect and so up my alley. This drink is a combo of dragonfruit, pink pineapple (is that a real fruit?), and lemonade, topped with dragonfruit pieces.
On first sip, I said “THANK YOU KING KYLIE.” I think Dunkin should add this to their regular menu. It’s a very strong dragonfruit flavor, but I loved it. Lowkey might get this on Monday? I’m not usually a fan of freeze-dried fruit pieces in my refreshers, but I was not that mad about the dragonfruit pieces here. This is also the one most similar to my everyday Dunkin order. Mine personally could have used a little more lemonade and a little less dragonfruit, but it’s Dunkin, and the cardinal rule of Dunkin is “you get what you get, and you don’t get upset.”
Rating: 8/10
Vanilla Pink Cloud Latte
I must preface this review by saying I do not drink coffee, nor do I like the taste of coffee, so maybe I’m not the most perfect person to review this drink, but I tried to be as unbiased as possible. This drink is basically an iced vanilla latte with the signature Kylie strawberry cold foam. I must say, if I was going to drink coffee, it would probably be this. The strawberry foam is ridiculously good — I would love to have a bottle of this in my home and eat it by itself. Now, the coffee, of course I didn’t like it, but that’s just due to personal reasons, so if you’re a Dunkin latte lover, this is a great drink to try.
Biased rating: 2/10
Unbiased rating: 7/10
After trying the three, the Candy Pink Lemonade Refresher is definitely my personal fav, but also, I have a limited palate, so maybe I’m not the best food reviewer in the world. The Suncloud Lemonade definitely ranks second, but try not to think too hard about the fact that you are drinking lemonade and oat milk, or else your stomach will start to hurt.
This collab is really a blessing (THANK YOU KING KYLIE!), and if you go out and try it, please share with the Coffee Order community!! Xoxo Tommy
OLIVIA & GRACE HAWKINS
Pink Lemon Drop Suncloud Lemonade
I would agree with Tommy that the idea of “Suncloud Lemonade” is confusing, but as a professional copywriter, I respect it. It’s kind of like how Hailey Bieber puts the word “peptide” all over her product because it sounds like the type of thing you want to be putting on your lips and face (or injecting). Drinking a “Suncloud” was almost enough for me to forget that oatmilk was mixed in.
Milk in beverages that it isn’t normally found in is one of my biggest OCD triggers, not to bring the vibe down for a moment. Dirty Soda is literally my worst nightmare. That said, I only planned on having one sip.
Yeah it’s good, but I agree. I don’t like the oat milk. I wouldn’t have another sip.
Olivia Rating: 3/10
Grace Rating: 3/10
Candy Pink Lemonade Refresher
I thought Grace would love this—
That’s good.
You don’t love it?
No.
Oh.
Olivia Rating: 7/10
Grace: 5/10
Vanilla Pink Cloud Latte
I don’t normally drink Dunkin’s espresso, I usually opt for just the iced coffee.
Same.
That’s really good.
Oh, you like it?
I would probably give it a 6/10. Grace is making a face.
I don’t like their French vanilla.
Olivia Rating: 6/10
Grace Rating: 4/10
Overall, I will support my queen in any of her endeavors, no matter what. Even if it includes oatmilk where it shouldn’t.
Cackled several times reading this. Thank you for your service and boots (Louboutins?) on the ground journalism
LOL! Those drinks definitely don't sound good to me, but they are pretty.