Vegan Coffee
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Coffee chains (Starbucks, Dunkin', Caribou Coffee, Dutch Bros) are mostly about the drink first and the food second. The drink side is overwhelmingly vegan-friendly - every major coffee chain stocks at least one plant milk (oat, soy, almond, coconut), and most coffee, tea, and espresso drinks are vegan when ordered with the plant milk swap. The food side is harder because pastries are usually baked off-site by a third-party bakery and almost always contain dairy and egg.

Dairy and egg trapsDefault drinks come with dairy milk - say 'oat milk' or 'soy milk' or whichever plant option the chain stocks when ordering. Whipped cream is dairy and defaults onto many drinks; specify 'no whip.' Mocha sauce contains dairy at most chains but check - Starbucks' mocha is dairy-free as of the current recipe. Java chips and certain caramel drizzles contain dairy. Pastries almost universally contain dairy and egg. Honey shows up in honey blossom drinks, honey citrus mint tea, and a handful of seasonal items.

What tends to clearBlack coffee, espresso, americanos. Lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites with oat or soy milk substitution. Most teas (chai latte with oat milk is a category favorite). Cold brew, nitro cold brew. Frappuccino-style blended drinks built with plant milk and no whip. The drink side is essentially fully open; the food side requires looking for the rare flagged-vegan pastry option (Starbucks' Impossible breakfast sandwich without the egg and cheese, for example).