Dunkin' Customer Reveals Coffee Color After Accidently Served '54 Creamers'

A Dunkin' customer has shared her surprise after receiving a "little light" coffee, only for the receipt to reveal it contained 54 creamers.

The customer, named online only as Jen, took to her TikTok account, dearantoinette, to share the moment in a clip that has since been viewed 900,000 times.

According to dearantoinette, she ordered an "iced coffee with cream and sugar" but upon receiving it, noticed a very different color than normal. The coffee appeared an off-white shade, instead of the usual light brown, thanks to the intense amount of creamer used.

"Thought my iced coffee looked a little light. Guess how many creamers they put in there," she wrote on-screen. She then turned the cup around showing the order ticket attached.

The order marked the drink as a "large iced coffee, four sugars and 54 creamers."

Despite the order reading 54, Jen said in a comment that the drink had "no coffee taste" and was "way more creamer" than she'd ever had before. "Guess I got the Michael Scott special of milk and sugar in the morning," she joked in the caption, referencing The Office protagonist's preferred hot beverage.

@dearantoinette

54 creamers for an “iced coffee with cream and sugar” 🙃 guess I got the Michael Scott special of milk and sugar in the morning #coffee #dunkin #whattheheck #awkward

♬ original sound - dearantoinette

Although the ticket regarded the drink as having 54 creamers, both viewers and the customer weren't so sure. Instead, she believed it to have less, but still a hefty amount. "I know it's not actually 54 but it's way more than the normal cream. I get cream and sugar every time and it's never this light," she wrote in a comment.

Jen concluded that the barista likely accidentally hit the "5" button before pressing the "4" button, resulting in way too much added.

Dunkin' workers in the comments were also in agreement that the drink didn't look to contain quite as many as 54. "I used to have a customer that got 30 creams and no ice and the creams would fill up ¾ of the large cup so i'm going to say that is not 54 creams," wrote one.

"As someone who works there, it's so easy to do this by mistake, but there's definitely not 54 in it. They know better," added another.

In response, Jen clarified that although there may not have been exactly 54, there was certainly "more than even five."

For other workers however, the video served as a reminder of other drink orders customers with an acquired taste have chosen. "I had a lady that used to get a large iced latte with cream instead of milk. That's 90 percent cream and 10 percent espresso in a cup that big. It was gross," wrote one barista.

This case isn't the first time a fast-food worker's generosity when it comes to serving sizes has gained attention online. Last year, a Jack in the Box worker was hailed a "hero" after handing over 140 Ranch sauces.

The customer had requested a "gross amount" of sauce, expecting just a few more than normal but gained a whole cardboard box full of ranch dressing with her food.

Newsweek has contacted dearantoinette for comment.

Dunkin' coffee cup
A cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee and a donut bag sit on a counter September 7, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images

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