What is special about Tim Horton's coffee? My co-workers pay $1.50 for it , when we have free coffee at work?

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pianogal73

Actually, you really shouldn't buy Tim's. The coffee that Tim Horton's buys (the beans) is not produced in a fair-trade manner. For that matter, their coffee is amongst the WORST for fair-trade violations.

Here's a very good link about why you should only drink fair trade coffee http://www2.oxfam.ca/news/MakeTradeFair/Launch02.htm

For that $1.50 cup of coffee at Tim's, the coffee farmer receives only 2 cents!

Places that have fair trade, such as J.J. Bean in Vancouver, offer fair-market prices to the farmers that grow their beans.

Part of it's an identity thing - we only drink Timmy's, Canadian beer, Bloody Caesar's, smoke our own cigs, shop at Canadian Tire, eat butter tarts, back bacon, spell colour with a "U" etc. Otherwise America would swallow us. And it's what we grew up with, Tim's coffee and doughnuts. The stores are always clean and you get the same quality wherever you are. Now maybe you can explain grits, collards, chitlins and chicken fried steak to me? ;o)

nasty f

I personally find the coffee a bit strong - as my eastern friends in NB call it "so strong it would make a rabbit F@%# a polar bear-- but if its half as addictive as the Cappuccino ($2.10) which i pay humbly pay ----perhaps we should have the ingredients tested for addictive properties or at least extra caffeine -- what i wanna know is what's with the frothy non coffee drinks they serve -yuck warm sugar anyone

Lee

Personally I don't get it and never have. Next to McDonald's I've always considered Tim's coffee to be the worst ever (BEST DONUTS - crispy creams are repulsive little grease bags)

My biggest issue is that you cannot put your own milk and sugar in it (unless you've brought some along or take the coffee home). Double double is not enough of either. Now that I've said all that I DID enjoy a triple triple driving accross country this fall HOWEVER I was mocked when I ordered it and the counter cow looked at me like I had asked for the unimaginable.

So yes it must just be habit. Here in Vancouver many of my coworkers will pay 3.50 or more for Starbucks when we make "Starbucks" coffee free on each floor. i guess once you get used to something being burned you have to have it that way.

pamjoan74

I don't get it either. I find the coffee strong and bitter, I find people who don't drink their coffee with cream sometimes don't like Timmys is it something in the cream? I see people wait in line with 20 cars in front of them to get that stuff. I just wouldn't wait that long for coffee I would rather go to second cup where there is no line. 7-11 has pretty good coffee too, no line.

Goldista

As someone has mentioned before-
I have heard that a small amount of Methaqualone being added into the coffee.

Che jrw

My theory is that they blend a small amount of Methaqualone into the coffee (Methaqualone is one of the most addictive substances in the world). That way after a few cups, you are hopelessly addicted and cannot drink normal coffee anymore or risk suffering painful withdrawal symptoms.

Personally, I think it's disgusting. Way too dark a roast for my taste, it's like drinking battery acid.

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