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#66- East Meadow Runs on Dunkin'

Pick up all of your favorites at the famed coffee shop.

Three weeks ago, everything was going great.

You started off the new school year, whether as a teacher, parent, student or administrator, with the alarm going off promptly at the crack of dawn every morning. You prepared a healthy, energizing breakfast and brewed some coffee at home. As the days push forward though, you've started racing through the morning due to a desperate need for sleep.

Instead of fiddling around in the kitchen before the sun has barely risen, let do the job for you with all of your favorite coffee options, plus nutricious and hearty breakfast choices to get the day off to the right start. With four locations in town, changes are there's one of these shops on your way to work.

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Since is quite popular, you probably already know your favorite drink. However, if this whole concept of a get and go breakfast is new to you, perhaps you're in need of some Dunkin education. Hot and iced coffees are also available. Add in some caramel or mocha flavor for a bit of extra sweetness and taste. Need a shot of espresso to really get on the move? Indulge in a hot latte, which brings hints of creamier flavor, or an iced one on the few hot days that we may have left.

Although many are interested in blasts of caffeine in the morning, not everyone heads in that direction. Right now, in honor of the fallis serving up both hot and iced apple cider, so taste the flavors of the seasons each morning. Venture to the 'fridge for some bottled water and orange juice to stay hydrated throughout the day.

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Perhaps you'd like to make the whole office happy for the day. In that case, pick up a box of donuts or munchkins to save for that afternoon sugar craving and share them with your coworkers. For breakfast, choose from breakfast sandwiches with eggs, cheese and the like, wake up wraps on tortillas, which make for easy eating or a bagel with all of your favorite spreads.

Customization and personal preference is key. To that note, always has an array of bagels - whole wheat, everything, etc. - , donuts - Boston creme and jelly filled to name a couple - and plenty of muffins such as delectable chocolate chip, so "one size fits all" is absolutely not the motto here!

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