Canadians in NYC rejoice . . . Tim Hortons is coming.

Everything is better than DD.

lefty

Originally Posted by lefty

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Everything is better than DD.

lefty

Dude, are you being serious here? DD is fantastic coffee..

Originally Posted by JD_May

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The thing about tim's coffee isn't that it's good; it's not. It's that they put crack in it or something.

The first time I took my wife back to my home area, she kept laughing at the ubiquitous nature of both the Tim Horton's stores and how people are constantly carrying around a TH coffee. She thought I had been exaggerating what a plebeian institution it is in blue collar Canada.

Originally Posted by gnatty8

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Dude, are you being serious here? DD is fantastic coffee..

For cutting engine grease, perhaps. For drinking, the only thing I would consider worse is starbucks.

lefty

I have long wondered how TH's coffee tastes. It's not that I haven't had my fair share of TH's - it's that the horrendous black plastic lid they use (which makes it impossible to actually drink the stuff) taints the hell out of the coffee. All I ever taste is plastic. I've always meant to dump one into a cup, or maybe drink it without the lid, but I figured maybe they know something I shouldn't know. Like maybe it tastes worse without the plastic.

Originally Posted by Henry Boogers

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I have long wondered how TH's coffee tastes..... All I ever taste is plastic.


Sounds about right.

The only good thing about Tims are those fantastic Walnut Crunch donuts.

I think most people go because it's cheap. A huge plain coffee is cheaper than a tall mild at Starbucks. The flavoured ones (mochas, cappucinos) are cheaper too.

That said, the queues can be massive and sometimes it's worth it to pay 50 cents more to get better service.

Take a look at the nutrition sheets on their food. Fats and **** for the masses. Soylent Green. The coffee is crap.

The ambiance, though, is first class.

Originally Posted by lefty

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Anyone put a love shout out to DD in a flick?

lefty

Nothing comes immediately to mind, but I'm sure there's something out there. Boston films?

Timmies is great..

Decent coffee, without the Starbucks hipster environment.

Tim Hortons is overrated, especially in the Maritimes. Here are some of my complaints:

-They're an American company that pretends to be "CANADA!" in order to fool idiots.
-Their coffee sucks. Someone should do a blind test.
-Their drive-thrus clog up traffic and create tons of pollution. Why can't the masses make their own damn coffee at home, with better taste, for maybe LESS than the time it takes to idle and wait in their cars?
-Their food is just as ***** as other places, but you don't see people complain like they would for McDonalds.
-The military spent tons of money just so our service men and women can be corporate brand whores. Okay, that's stretching it out a bit. If they want McDonalds or Prada available, then all the power to these brave men and women.

Maybe I'm just a counterculture *****. I do like the occasional Timbit though. Plus, almost all of my undergrad roommates worked there at one point, including my girlfriend. I guess they create a ton of jobs in small communities.

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Originally Posted by intent

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Tim Hortons is overrated, especially in the Maritimes. Here are some of my complaints:

They're an American company that pretends to be "CANADA!" in order to fool idiots.

Not quite, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons

I grew up three blocks from that first Tim Hortons and my family knew Joyce.

Originally Posted by intent

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-Their coffee sucks. Someone should do a blind test.

Yes, with DD coffee. Like this:

"Urbanite's informal tasters liked Tim Hortons coffee better, and they also liked Timbits more than Munchkins by a margin of five to three."

And this:

"Armed with boxes of Dunkin' Donuts' trademark glazed Munchkins and the underdog Timbits, The News decided to give New Yorkers a chance to judge the ultimate powdered sugar smackdown.

The final result was a nail-biter, with Hortons winning by a sprinkle-thin 6-to-5 margin among tasters sitting in Times Square."

And this will pretty much guarantee their success:

"I don't care if it's from Canada," said Steve Cianciotto, 26, "as long it's not from Jersey."

Originally Posted by intent

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-Their drive-thrus clog up traffic and create tons of pollution. Why can't the masses make their own damn coffee at home, with better taste, for maybe LESS than the time it takes to idle and wait in their cars?

What are you some kind of hippie?

Originally Posted by intent

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-Their food is just as ***** as other places, but you don't see people complain like they would for McDonalds.

Strawman. No one is claiming it's healthier than any other fast food.

Originally Posted by intent

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-The military spent tons of money just so our service men and women can be corporate brand whores. Okay, that's stretching it out a bit. If they want McDonalds or Prada available, then all the power to these brave men and women.

Can you believe that TH opened an outlet at Kandahar Air Field to take advantage of the battle weary Canadian troops? Corporate bastards.

Originally Posted by intent

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Maybe I'm just a counterculture *****. I do like the occasional Timbit though. Plus, almost all of my undergrad roommates worked there at one point, including my girlfriend. I guess they create a ton of jobs in small communities.

You keep fighting the good fight, son, but stay in school.



lefty