Saturday, February 5, 2011

Cafe con leche now at South Florida Dunkin' Donuts

Lattes and cappuccinos are great, but a cafe con leche has a Latin kick. I remember the first time I had a cafe con leche, and I was impressed with its strong flavor. Now South Florida is in luck, because Dunkin’ Donuts serves cafĂ© con leche! The Dunkin' cafe con leche features freshly brewed espresso from Fair Trade Certified coffee beans, steamed milk and sugar, for $1.99. You can pick one up at Dunkin' Donuts locations in southeastern Florida from West Palm Beach south.

I had a chance to sample Dunkin' Donuts' cafe con leche at a tasting event here in South Florida. I discovered the new drink was the idea of Steve Roitstein of the Miami Afro-Cuban funk band PALO!, who tweeted about it. That's the power of Twitter! Not only did a group of South Florida social media folks get a chance to try the sabor of the cafe con leche, but Dunkin' Donuts also let us try some other goodies like the Coolatta:


(My baby was going for the whipped cream, not the coffee. Really!)

And their chocolate donuts....



(Who knew penguins liked chocolate donuts?)

...and I tasted their veggie flatbread. Mmm.

Dunkin' Donuts also gave us the cutest thumb drive ever!



Dunkin' Donuts everywhere are running the SweetLife Sweepstakes. Use an American Express card through Feb. 28 to be automatically entered for a chance to win prizes like a VIP trip to Universal Orlando Resort, tickets for admission to both Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure, a full year of air travel on JetBlue®, free Dunkin' Donuts coffee for one year or free Dunkin’ Donuts Cards. Find out more details or enter the SweetLife Sweepstakes without a purchase here.

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Dunkin' Donuts offered free samples of their products and provided a Dunkin' Donuts tote bag with the thumb drive and a PALO! CD. I also was randomly chosen to win a Dunkin' Donuts robe at the event.