Tim Hortons Coffee

It’s been a while I had Tim Hortons Coffee as I usually drink my Esspresso but coworker got me this on Friday and it was Ok not bad  not my typical standard of taste of coffee..

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Alan 

OK, I can't leave this alone...I like coffee.  I roast my own beans and brew with a pour over set up and drink it black.  That said, I'm not a snob about it.  I will buy beans sometimes when I'm out or haven't roasted and I will even drink instant  - Nescafe is ok but I prefer the Juan Valdez brand of instant.  As far as bought coffee goes, I'm ok with several of the independent cafes and I dont mind MacDonalds coffee, second cup and Starbucks will have to be a latte or flat white because their brewed coffee beans are over roasted and basically just burned but far and away the all time worst coffee I've ever had is Tim's.  I've never understood the attraction.  It's just bad coffee.  Remember I said I drink my coffee black.  Well one day a few years ago a coworker offered to buy me a cup of Timmies - not wanting to be rude and telling him Id rather drink drain cleaner I said OK and decided to try it the way everybody else seems to drink it - double double (2 creams/2 sugars).  Well that explained it, it basically tasted like a hot liquid mocha candy bar.  I get it now - Tim's isn't popular because of the taste of their coffee but the taste of their cream and sugar.  But as they say YMMV    Its a free country...for now.

I never had Tims and drink coffee once every few years. Decades ago I'd drink LOTS of coffee for the caffeine kick. But too funny! Taste of the cream and sugar!

FWIW, I do drink a faux coffee grain beverage CafLib, and a chicory brew. Both with half and half and Monk fruit as a sweetener.

Not all that long ago there was a Tims not far away, but it didn't last long. IDK why.

I used to frequent the Tim's Brian refers to, as it was close to the WalMart I worked at, back when 2 pharmacists worked there during weekdays, allowing us to actually get stuff done AND leave for 30-45 minutes for a lunch break. Tim's had great lunch entrées, with fresh bread, sweets, and wonderful soups. But ours and the one in Augusta closed up shop overnight. Rumor I heard was the franchisee wasn't keeping upgrades up to date. But I also heard the company was scaling back it's US presence as Dunkin was trying to make good on the America Runs on Dunkin idea. Next to Starbucks (fully agree with Marko ) DD is the worst coffee around. As Brian doesn't imbibe in coffee, I can't ask his opinion, but I found the coffee at the Circle K gas stations to be pretty good. They have these machines that brew a cup at a time with a hopper full of beans above the machine. Supposedly, it grinds my coffee then brews it for me.

But to AlanH81 point, I don't know if I had Tims black or with cream ever. I just know they had great baked goods, baked there I believe, instead of heating frozen stuff from the truck.

Remember donut shops that made the donuts behind a glass window, man I loved that set up, from back in the 80s is the last time I remember seeing it. Bunch of us sitting on stools around a W -shaped counter as a waitress kept our mugs filled as we munched down donuts!

When I go back to visit my friend in Buffalo, he insists on starting our day at a Tim Horton's for a bagel and coffee.  Like Dunkin Donuts (I guess now known as just Dunkin) I simply do not get the attraction.  Yet Greater Buffalo is awash in Tim Horton's.  I always assumed that was because of it's proximity to the Canadian border.  Dunkin was never able to get a hold in the Buffalo area.  The bagels at Tim Horton's are a disaster but that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm a Jewish boy who was born and reared in Brooklyn, the home of truly great bagels.  When we go, I always order a small, and, like Marko, I tend to drink my coffee black.  My friend always tries to convince me that it is much more cost effective to get a medium or large and trying to explain to him that quantity and quality are not the same sometimes just falls on deaf ears.  One morning the coffee was particularly bad so the next morning I got it with a single of milk (but no sugar as I dislike it in coffee).  Like Mark, the taste improved a bit.  That's probably because the milk masks what makes the coffee so "meh" at best and awful at worst.  I am no connoisseur of coffee at all but I know when it is bad.  Tim Horton's will never win prizes, in my book.

When I go back to visit my friend in Buffalo, he insists on starting our day at a Tim Horton's for a bagel and coffee.  Like Dunkin Donuts (I guess now known as just Dunkin) I simply do not get the attraction.  Yet Greater Buffalo is awash in Tim Horton's.  I always assumed that was because of it's proximity to the Canadian border.  Dunkin was never able to get a hold in the Buffalo area.  The bagels at Tim Horton's are a disaster but that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm a Jewish boy who was born and reared in Brooklyn, the home of truly great bagels.  When we go, I always order a small, and, like Marko, I tend to drink my coffee black.  My friend always tries to convince me that it is much more cost effective to get a medium or large and trying to explain to him that quantity and quality are not the same sometimes just falls on deaf ears.  One morning the coffee was particularly bad so the next morning I got it with a single of milk (but no sugar as I dislike it in coffee).  Like Mark, the taste improved a bit.  That's probably because the milk masks what makes the coffee so "meh" at best and awful at worst.  I am no connoisseur of coffee at all but I know when it is bad.  Tim Horton's will never win prizes, in my book.

All I know no coffee like my  Esspresso the way I make it a true taste and a real coffee not a dishwasher coffee as I like to say sometime as a joke lol..

But nice to see your opinion and I’m not a huge Timmis Fan but once in a while it’s Ok..

Alan H

I was first introduced to Tim Horton's coffee with business trips took me to Toronto. The company started in Canada and did venture into the States, but was not particularly successful. I do not know how many of the stores are still operating in the States. Tim Horton's coffee is available for sale as Keurig cups and perhaps other formats. We purchase several brands of coffee for our Keurig and Tim Horton's is one of them that we like.

When I go back to visit my friend in Buffalo, he insists on starting our day at a Tim Horton's for a bagel and coffee.  Like Dunkin Donuts (I guess now known as just Dunkin) I simply do not get the attraction.  Yet Greater Buffalo is awash in Tim Horton's.  I always assumed that was because of it's proximity to the Canadian border.  Dunkin was never able to get a hold in the Buffalo area.  The bagels at Tim Horton's are a disaster but that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm a Jewish boy who was born and reared in Brooklyn, the home of truly great bagels.  When we go, I always order a small, and, like Marko, I tend to drink my coffee black.  My friend always tries to convince me that it is much more cost effective to get a medium or large and trying to explain to him that quantity and quality are not the same sometimes just falls on deaf ears.  One morning the coffee was particularly bad so the next morning I got it with a single of milk (but no sugar as I dislike it in coffee).  Like Mark, the taste improved a bit.  That's probably because the milk masks what makes the coffee so "meh" at best and awful at worst.  I am no connoisseur of coffee at all but I know when it is bad.  Tim Horton's will never win prizes, in my book.

All I know no coffee like my  Esspresso the way I make it a true taste and a real coffee not a dishwasher coffee as I like to say sometime as a joke lol..

But nice to see your opinion and I’m not a huge Timmis Fan but once in a while it’s Ok..

Alan H

Alan, folks like Marko and you know way more about coffee than I and, of course, making one's own and getting it exactly as one likes it is one of life's little pleasures.  However, I don't tend to make coffee at home so I look for small independent coffeehouses and, fortunately, San Diego has many.  The one I go to most often is right across the street from where I live.  Their Americanos suit me and their pastries are something Tim Horton's can only dream about.  The Tim Horton's, Dunkin, Starbucks big boys are all about getting their customers in and out as fast as possible with a basic brew that will be least offensive to most people.  The best chain coffeehouse I have ever patronized is in the United Kingdom, Caffè Nero.

By the way, this has proved to be a most interesting thread; thanks for sharing.

I was first introduced to Tim Horton's coffee with business trips too me to Toronto. The company started in Canada and did venture into the States, but was not particularly successful. I do not know how many of the stores are still operating in the States. Tim Horton's coffee is available for sale as Keurig cups and perhaps other formats. We purchase several brands of coffee for our Keurig and Tim Horton's is one of them that we like.

Ray, I don't know about the rest of the U.S. but the Buffalo metropolitan area has so many Tim Horton's that I don't know how they all stay in business. Honestly, in this city, Starbucks is an afterthought.

I am not surprised that there are still Tim Horton's in Buffalo due to the proximity to the Canadian Border. There used to be stores in other states as well, but many of them have closed. I always enjoyed grabbing breakfast at Horton's when I was traveling in Canada. I might have gone to one in Buffalo as well, but I have not been there in nearly 20 years.