/eh

I have 3 Tim Horton's within a 7 mile radius of my house. I have 1 Starbucks within 30 miles. I wonder who's winning THAT battle.

cameroncrazy1984: I have 3 Tim Horton's within a 7 mile radius of my house. I have 1 Starbucks within 30 miles. I wonder who's winning THAT battle.

I drive past two Tim Horton's on my 5 mile drive to work. I think there's a Starbucks or two as well though. But I never really notice them.

Cue the 'Dunkin Donuts is superior' crowd.

Look people, just do what I do - make your own coffee at home. Tastes better and it's cheaper.

just loonie

cameroncrazy1984: I have 3 Tim Horton's within a 7 mile radius of my house. I have 1 Starbucks within 30 miles. I wonder who's winning THAT battle.

I moved south from Columbus back to Cincinnati and there are no Tim Hortons here, which blows. Are the Tim Hortons only located near or around NHL cities?

gopher321: Cue the 'Dunkin Donuts is superior' crowd.

Look people, just do what I do - make your own coffee at home. Tastes better and it's cheaper.

I love my Bodum 8-cup french press:


My fav roast?
Bohemian Blend from the Chestnut Street Coffee roastery (pops)

... Earthquake blend from WholeFoods is good too.
But, I suggest supporting your local roaster.

rcain: gopher321: Cue the 'Dunkin Donuts is superior' crowd.

Look people, just do what I do - make your own coffee at home. Tastes better and it's cheaper.

I love my Bodum 8-cup french press:


My fav roast?
Bohemian Blend from the Chestnut Street Coffee roastery (pops)

... Earthquake blend from WholeFoods is good too.
But, I suggest supporting your local roaster.

I ordered from here: The Green Beanery - great prices and lots of help for people starting out home roasting. 5 kilos of top end Columbian shipped to my door for $50.

gopher321: rcain: gopher321: Cue the 'Dunkin Donuts is superior' crowd.

Look people, just do what I do - make your own coffee at home. Tastes better and it's cheaper.

I love my Bodum 8-cup french press:


My fav roast?
Bohemian Blend from the Chestnut Street Coffee roastery (pops)

... Earthquake blend from WholeFoods is good too.
But, I suggest supporting your local roaster.

I ordered from here: The Green Beanery - great prices and lots of help for people starting out home roasting. 5 kilos of top end Columbian shipped to my door for $50.

HA! You can roast coffee with a freakin popcorn popper?^
Genius!

I might have to put some serious consideration into home roasting since it seems to be minimal time and effort, and easily saves you about 50%. However, I am concerned about ventilation, but that can always be worked out with some forethought.

Thanks for the heads-up, I've added that site to my bookmarks.

A real Canadian coffee shop.

tim hortons coffee is just plain BAD. sorry, fellow canucks, its true. I know, I know, for some reason we love our hockey player themed coffee store, but realistically, the quality of the coffee is horrible, the food is digusting, and the quality of the donuts is about on par with anything you get anywhere else.

What, did they switch to whole tuscan milk?

I went to one in Hamilton. Was nice eh?

FTA:
Tim Hortons Inc. on Friday reported higher third-quarter revenue.

Earnings, however, fell compared to the same period last year.

Gee, I wonder if that second sentence has anything to do with the price increase?

The ones near me are always lined up - in the morning they have people in the parking lots to direct traffic and try to keep the cars off the street.....they fail since the curb lane is usually backed up a good 5-10 cars heading into the lot.

People will still go there if they raise the prices - smart move

Have 3 timmies within 2 blocks of me. The nearest Second Cup is 1 1/2k away but worth the walk.

gopher321: I ordered from here: The Green Beanery - great prices and lots of help for people starting out home roasting. 5 kilos of top end Columbian shipped to my door for $50

You failed to mention the arm and leg they charge for delivery. I was about to order a sampler of green coffee beans for some simple pan roasting experiments... until I noticed the shipping costs were more than the product itself. :(

Anyway, Sweet Maria's (new window) is right across the bay from me in Oakland and was able to get a few lbs shipped for $6 in fees. And being so close, I can go there in person and learn from what seem to be some very knowledgeable coffee people.

My neighborhood is one of what must be a small number of areas in Canada where Starbucks has a greater presence than Tims.

It's an easy choice for me.. Tims has simply ludicrous lines at rush hour, the product really isn't very good, and the employees.. Oh god, the employees. Is it so hard to tell the difference between cream and milk? Where in the concept of "coffee with milk" did I ask for sugar? If you want to complain about it, get back in line for 20 minutes.

Starbucks, on the other hand, has a much better product, I can be in and out in under 5 minutes even if there is a line, the employees seem to be somewhere north of your average crack addict in terms of intelligence.. It costs a bit more, I think, but it's entirely worth it. Same with Second Cup, but the only one anywhere near here is inside a mall.

rcain: gopher321: I ordered from here: The Green Beanery - great prices and lots of help for people starting out home roasting. 5 kilos of top end Columbian shipped to my door for $50

You failed to mention the arm and leg they charge for delivery. I was about to order a sampler of green coffee beans for some simple pan roasting experiments... until I noticed the shipping costs were more than the product itself. :(

Anyway, Sweet Maria's (new window) is right across the bay from me in Oakland and was able to get a few lbs shipped for $6 in fees. And being so close, I can go there in person and learn from what seem to be some very knowledgeable coffee people.

Don't know about delivery to where you are, but my coffee was $44 and the Purolator shipping was another $6. Not bad.

costermonger: Starbucks, on the other hand, has a much better product, I can be in and out in under 5 minutes even if there is a line, the employees seem to be somewhere north of your average crack addict in terms of intelligence.. It costs a bit more, I think, but it's entirely worth it. Same with Second Cup, but the only one anywhere near here is inside a mall.

It doesn't cost all that much more anymore - especially if you remember your mug. A tall coffee (equivalent to Timmies large) is a 1.68 with a travel mug. A large coffee at Timmies runs north of 1.50 now doesn't it?

And as you pointed out, there's a big difference in lines - and at least with Starbucks if you get grinds in your cup, they'll give you a free drink as an apology, same with if the line takes too long. Plus free samples are always nice I think. But maybe it's just the Starbucks I like going to.

Try the double frappe homolka at Tim Hortons. You'll just die.

cameroncrazy1984: I have 3 Tim Horton's within a 7 mile radius of my house. I have 1 Starbucks within 30 miles. I wonder who's winning THAT battle.

I have over 12 Starbucks within 5 miles radius and 0 Tim Hortons. I think it depends where you live.

Bored Horde: A real Canadian coffee shop.

That has coffee that would melt a hole in a iron safe it's so goddamn acidic.

If you aren't drinking coffee that was brewed from beans that were eaten and defecated by a bat, then eaten by a bird and then that bird subsequently eaten by a large predatory cat and re-defecated, well...I just can't consider that living.

Actually that home roasting your beans thing sounds pretty fun.