I agree the coffee tastes very average, as a coffee geek who only drinks black coffee and espresso I would have to say that the one thing Tim's has going for it is that the caffeine content per ml is extremely high. The bottom line is its a good buzz....look around at Tim's and if you see older people there they will usually be smiling.
btw, McDonald's coffee is way to hot and i don't agree about 7-11. 7-11 coffee is sometimes days old as they don't have the turnaround. Good percolated coffee is about turnaround and freshness.
Didn't they get sued and had to lower their temps?
I think Tims is better suited for canada is because they are cheaper or as cheap as most fast food places here. But in the States every fast food joint is cheaper.
The faux Canadiana thing bugs me, but not as much as the drive-thru lines wrapped around the building no matter where you are in this country, or what hour. People's (even my own at one point) daily obsession with that place actually kinda creeps me out a bit.
It reminds me of Mike Myers as the dad in Axe Murderer, in his rant about KFC. What kind of unholy power causes a person to wait in line for over 20min for coffee when it can be had at a different place in the same parking lot in 2min?
If by "ours" you mean the shareholders of Tim Horton's, then yes, it's "ours". If you are referring to Canadians then, no, it is not "ours". It's a corporation designed to make money, it's no more "ours" than Rona or any other Canadian company. It's been marketed as some sort of cultural institution, and apparently they got that hook pretty deep into your gills.
Again, I don't really recall some sort of campaign revolving around "Be Canadian, buy Tims". Unless you're referring to Canada day donuts and such.
Tim Hortons is cultural to Canadians because Canadians choose it over all other coffe providers by a huge margin. And from that stems the cultrual institution tag. And yeah Tim's plays it up with the aformentioned Canada donuts and maple things and so on, but I really don't think it's a bad thing. So its a Canadian company that targets Canadian interests....must be evil!
Canadian people made Tim Hortons a distinctly Canadian thing. Not Tim Hortons itself.
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Again, I don't really recall some sort of campaign revolving around "Be Canadian, buy Tims". Unless you're referring to Canada day donuts and such.
Tim Hortons is cultural to Canadians because Canadians choose it over all other coffe providers by a huge margin. And from that stems the cultrual institution tag. And yeah Tim's plays it up with the aformentioned Canada donuts and maple things and so on, but I really don't think it's a bad thing. So its a Canadian company that targets Canadian interests....must be evil!
Canadian people made Tim Hortons a distinctly Canadian thing. Not Tim Hortons itself.
Maybe not in those exact words ... but they definitely wrap themselves in the Canadian identity.
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Maybe not in those exact words ... but they definitely wrap themselves in the Canadian identity.
Can't watch the vids at work (check them out later), but my argument is that this is not the cause of some mass marketing campaign Tim's came up with to instill themselves in the hearts of Canadians, it was Canadians that flocked to the stores, allowing them to put one every 15 feet in Canada. And it's Canadians that still today, even after all the evil indoctrination, come out to Tims in drothes. Tims would have been crazy not to latch onto it and play it up like they do. If you were a business owner, what would you do?
I dont mind the 'faux-Canadiana' thing. While it may suck to be represented by mediocre coffee, dont kid yourselves it isnt bottom-of-the-barrel swill, its just not 'gourmet.' And again, mediocre food.
You get what you pay for. You're not going to get a large Kopi Luwak and filet mignon for $6, get over it.
Ultimately though, as an organization they're not terrible. They sell a mediocre product at a very low price. But they're also decent corporate citizens, they donate a lot of money to minor hockey and soccer and various other charities and organizations.
We could be 'represented' by worse.
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Can't watch the vids at work (check them out later), but my argument is that this is not the cause of some mass marketing campaign Tim's came up with to instill themselves in the hearts of Canadians, it was Canadians that flocked to the stores, allowing them to put one every 15 feet in Canada. And it's Canadians that still today, even after all the evil indoctrination, come out to Tims in drothes. Tims would have been crazy not to latch onto it and play it up like they do. If you were a business owner, what would you do?
I don't blame them for doing it at all. I just see it for what it is, a corporation milking some attachment based on misguided feelings of nationalism, not a place we should all support just because it's Canadian.
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I dont mind the 'faux-Canadiana' thing. While it may suck to be represented by mediocre coffee, dont kid yourselves it isnt bottom-of-the-barrel swill, its just not 'gourmet.' And again, mediocre food.
You get what you pay for. You're not going to get a large Kopi Luwak and filet mignon for $6, get over it.
Ultimately though, as an organization they're not terrible. They sell a mediocre product at a very low price. But they're also decent corporate citizens, they donate a lot of money to minor hockey and soccer and various other charities and organizations.
We could be 'represented' by worse.
I would disagree. Macdonalds is a far better coffee than Tim's, and it's a lot cheaper.
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Everyone hates Mr. Popular. Remove 'Tim Hortons' insert 'Apple' and would be the same thing with haters telling everyone how terrible their products are.
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You get what you pay for. You're not going to get a large Kopi Luwak and filet mignon for $6, get over it.
Ultimately though, as an organization they're not terrible. They sell a mediocre product at a very low price. But they're also decent corporate citizens, they donate a lot of money to minor hockey and soccer and various other charities and organizations.
Everyone hates Mr. Popular. Remove 'Tim Hortons' insert 'Apple' and would be the same thing with haters telling everyone how terrible their products are.
That new peel and win thing on the tim horton's cup is about as evil as itunes. It's the product of Satan also.
I used to drink coffee from Timmies on a fairly regular basis a few years back. Not religiously, as some around here, but I would grab a Tim Horton's double double if that was one of the options around at the time. 3 years ago, however, I decided to get a bit healthier and drink my coffee black. At the time I made that switch, I was working at a location without a Tim Horton's near by, so I started drinking the coffee shop around the corner's, or office coffee black. Took me some time to get used to, but I started enjoying the taste of black coffee. Months later, my friend at work said "hey I'm going on a Timmies run, should I grab you something?" to which I said "yeah, large black coffee please". When I took one swig of their black coffee I almost vomited. It was probably the worst thing I have ever drank in my life.
Anyways, moral of the story is.... People that like Timmies coffee don't really like Timmies coffee, they like Timmies cream and sugar which hides the taste of their garbage coffee.
Everyone hates Mr. Popular. Remove 'Tim Hortons' insert 'Apple' and would be the same thing with haters telling everyone how terrible their products are.
Totally true. I'm trying not to come off as a coffee snob here, but I really, really, really hate Tim Hortons.
To each his own I guess. I'll vote with my wallet and won't judge someone who drinks it, but if I ever discuss it with anyone I'm going to tell them it tastes like a burnt pot that has been boiling tin foil all night......
I don't blame them for doing it at all. I just see it for what it is, a corporation milking some attachment based on misguided feelings of nationalism, not a place we should all support just because it's Canadian.
See this is my issue with some of the statements in here. Nationalism is nationalism. Its not fake or "faux", it's just something that happens. People identify with something enough it becomes part of the culture. And whether people like the food/coffee/drive thru lines/etc.. or not, it is stil a part of the culture.
I'm not saying nationalism is always good (its definitely not), but there are far worse things that could be considered part of our culture than a mediocre coffee shop. Like guns or obesity, or bad food (in the case of England). Do you think England likes being associated with bad food?
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For all intensive purposes that was mind-bottling.
Sorry not sure how to spell it. Nice of you to pick out a tiny, random spelling mistake though.
Anyways, moral of the story is.... People that like Timmies coffee don't really like Timmies coffee, they like Timmies cream and sugar which hides the taste of their garbage coffee.
While I'm not a big coffee drinker in general, I only put 1 milk in my coffee and no sugar. I get through a Tims just fine.
