We tried Dunkin's new banana lineup so you don't have to

What I drank: Two banana cold foam treats: the Banana Puddin' Cloud Latte ($6.59) and the Banana Shakin' Espresso ($5.49.)

• The espresso one was tastier, but that might have been because the stronger coffee flavor masked the banana better.
• The cloud latte was more like the kind of coffee-adjacent milkshake you might get at Marylou's.

Now it's not quite fair to hold Dunkin's new banana flavor syrup up to the standards of fresh fruit, but the candy flavor was more "yellow runts" than "cavendish."

The intrigue: If you want to know why imitation banana flavor usually tastes nothing like bananas, check out "Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World" by Dan Koeppel.