Tim Horton's Coffee

[VanIsle]

If I'm on the road, I'll have a Tim's. At home my Maxwell House instant is good for me. I on't have one cup a day anyway.

You can buy a one cup brew pot (or use a bodum). Somewhere here in my house is a tiny jar of Sanka. I use it only for mocha icing on a cake. Sorry but instant coffee truly is putrid.
Starbucks coffee is awful because it tastes like burnt coffee. We sell the Kicking Horse coffee at the store but it's not cheap. I do know that out of all the coffee's I've tried over the past few years none of them taste anything like coffee from years ago. I've bought deep roast etc. and it just never has that good taste. Even Nabob used to be good coffee but now - I just won't buy it. We had a nice cup at Moxie's and when we asked what brand of coffee they used the waitress came back and told us it was Lipton's!!! I have yet to see where Lipton's sells coffee.

 

[jimsdub]

Right all, I will confess, I am half Sots half German so we are frequently in Germany where the coffe is superb, never had a bad cup of coffe in Germany.
We buy our roasted beans in Germany usually "Zagafredo Zanetti Intermezzo" when they run out we generally go for Melitta brand ground by mail order from Germany.
Coffee in the UK is awful and when Tim Hortons moves in I am moving out, just another coffee chain of which we have too many in the UK and depletes the reality of a coffee exprience.
Now the ultimate sin, with a real coffee I enjoy a cigarette or a cigarillo, one compliments the other. I do not usually smoke at all but with a good coffee I give in to the coffee nicotine buzz. Sets the thought processes going for the day and makes you forget about that awful Cora's breakfast. A fat full fry with fruit to make it appear healthy - one of those and salads for the rest of the week.
But all in all and to end the post I did not have a good coffee experience in Canada.

Need to move on to the Beer next which I found none too bad, but a little lacking in finesse. Another story, you guys are not good at accepting criticism, I've noticed.

 

[TenPenny]

But all in all and to end the post I did not have a good coffee experience in Canada.

Need to move on to the Beer next which I found none too bad, but a little lacking in finesse. Another story, you guys are not good at accepting criticism, I've noticed.

We don't mind criticism from an informed source, but your claims that there's NO good coffee in Canada, and the beer is 'none too bad, but lacking in finesse' shows that you don't know much about either coffee or beer.

There's lots of good coffee, if you look for it, and the majority of the beer is mediocre at best.

If your standard for a breakfast is a full English fried breakfast (with toast made the night before and left on the rack till it's good and cold), no wonder you have issues.

 

[jimsdub]

Sorry Folks but I forgot to post this from my Canadian Cousin in Pakistan.

So this brings me back to the major. Where he’s based there aren’t many foreigners, and it’s relatively safe to wander around the local bazaar. One day, a few months back he was wondering around until a small shape on the ground caught his eye. It was a paper cup, dark chocolate brown. On the front he could make out a tiny yellow oval. In bright red letter on the oval he thought he could make out the word “Tim”. As in “Tim Horton’s”. Thinking himself being in-country too long he kept right on walking and figured that he had just been seeing things. A week or so later he happened to wander into a shop where his nose detected that familiar smell. Then his eyes feel upon a stack of cups the same as that he had seen on the ground earlier. He couldn’t deny it. There in the middle of Pakistan, was a small little shopkeeper brewing Tim Horton’s coffee, and serving it in Tim Horton’s cups. Walking up to the shop keeper, who recognized him as the Canadian major and immediately had a look of guilt and fear on his face, the major asked “I don’t care that you have it, just tell me how!?!”

Apparently the Canadians in Kabul just can’t get along without their Tim Horton’s. There is a Tim Horton’s set up there to serve fellow Canadians their Tim Bits and coffee. But the supply convoy that serves this outlet was hit, and the poor Canadians were denied their coffee fix because it was taken to Peshwar to be bid upon alongside trucks of rifles, boots and rations. Only in Asia!!!

 

[Cliffy]

Timmy's tastes like ditch water.

 

[jimsdub]

Reply to Tenpenny

I never said that, we did have a good coffee experience in Montreal, and as for the beer, there are far worse in the UK than Canadian beers some of which were pretty good. I would probably vote Canadian beers better than the UK average. So don't go jumping te gun.

 

[Risus]

Timmy's tastes like ditch water.

Have you ever drunk ditch water?? 8O

 

[YukonJack]

"I would probably vote Canadian beers better than the UK average."

I have no experience with U.K. beers, but I understand that they like their beer warm. The thought of that gives me dry heaves.

As far as GOOD Canadian beer, none better than ice cold "LA FIN DU MOND" brewed by Unibroue in Quebec.

 

[Cliffy]

Have you ever drunk ditch water?? 8O

Yup. When you are really thirsty you will drink anything. I feel that way about Timmy's. But then I'm spoiled by the roasted in BC Kick Ass and Cherry Hill coffee served in our local shops.

 

[Nuggler]

Well Timmy's ain't changed much since 2006, OP.

Glad we discussed it again though. Never know when they'll blindside ya with a bad coffee or stale donut.

eh!

 

[SirJosephPorter]

"I would probably vote Canadian beers better than the UK average."

I have no experience with U.K. beers, but I understand that they like their beer warm. The thought of that gives me dry heaves.

As far as GOOD Canadian beer, none better than ice cold "LA FIN DU MOND" brewed by Unibroue in Quebec.

They drink their beer both warm and cold, YJ. Warm beer is called 'bitter', cold beer is called 'lager'. And they do some some rather good lagers.

 

[talloola]

Timmy's tastes like ditch water.

There must be more to that story. Do all ditches taste
the same, or are there different brews, depends on the
run off I guess. Were you falling down drunk, or just
how does the story go, so that you are familiar with that
particular taste.

lol

 

[AnnaG]

And then there is the fact that different people have different tastes. Some people love Molson Canadian and call that good beer. I prefer something different. Same goes for coffee. Some people think TH's or McDUHnald's coffee is the best. I'll pass, thanks. They can have my share. I haven't tried ditches yet, so I'm withholding my opinion. lol

 

[Cliffy]

There must be more to that story. Do all ditches taste
the same, or are there different brews, depends on the
run off I guess. Were you falling down drunk, or just
how does the story go, so that you are familiar with that
particular taste.

lol

It is an expression I use to denote bland, muddy tasting coffee.I have drank from a few ditches when I lived in the bush. Spent a lot of time wandering around, climbing mountains, hunting for game, berries and mushrooms. Sometimes water is few and far between. I don't recall falling down drunk in a ditch but it is possible.:lol:

 

[TenPenny]

They drink their beer both warm and cold, YJ. Warm beer is called 'bitter', cold beer is called 'lager'.

That's a new take on it.

 

[TenPenny]

Some people think TH's or McDUHnald's coffee is the best. I'll pass, thanks. They can have my share. I haven't tried ditches yet, so I'm withholding my opinion. lol

I read somewhere (can't recall where, so this will have to be classed as anecdotal) that Higgins & Burke used to be the supplier / blender for Tim Hortons coffee, and is now the supplier / blender for McDonalds coffee.

I used to prefer the dark roast at the Irvings around the Maritimes, but nowadays, Tims is usually more conveniently located, close to the hockey rink.

 

[Risus]

I read somewhere (can't recall where, so this will have to be classed as anecdotal) that Higgins & Burke used to be the supplier / blender for Tim Hortons coffee, and is now the supplier / blender for McDonalds coffee.

I have heard that recently.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

That's a new take on it.

There is nothing new about it. Google for 'bitter beer' and 'lager beer'.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

I read somewhere (can't recall where, so this will have to be classed as anecdotal) that Higgins & Burke used to be the supplier / blender for Tim Hortons coffee, and is now the supplier / blender for McDonalds coffee.

No wonder Tim Horton and McDonald coffees are comparable in quality (but of course with McDonald you get a bottomless cup).

 

[TenPenny]

There is nothing new about it. Google for 'bitter beer' and 'lager beer'.

Well, they are made with different recipes. It's not just the temperature.

• Ale - made with a top fermenting yeast, ales are described as "hearty, robust, and fruity."
• Bitter - a mainstay in English pubs, this golden-brown draft ale is top-fermented, hoppy, dry, and lightly carbonated.
• Lager - made with a bottom fermenting yeast, lagers are characteristically "smooth, elegant, crisp, and clean." Comparable to pilsener.
• Stout - typically dark, heavy, and richly flavored, stout is "top-fermented beer made from pale malt, roasted unmalted barley, and often caramel malt."