As others have said, Canadian McDonald’s now has the old Tim Hortons coffee, and the new Tim Hortons coffee tastes like they brewed it with water they collected from a puddle in the parking lot.
Presumably McDonald’s has different suppliers in other countries though.
McDonald’s has Tim Hortons’ old supplier. They don’t have the same blend, and probably not exactly the same procedure for brewing it. The McDonald’s coffee is much better than Tim’s ever was since at least ~2000 when I first tried it.
I’m guessing their definition of “favourite” is judged by sales, or maybe litres sold? I don’t think anyone prefers Timmies, at least not for a decade or so.
It’s similar, but not the same. You’re correct about the roasting company, though: Mother Parker’s. Drive past them every day on the way to work; smells great in the area.
Yup. But it still has brand recognition and most people order something like a triple triple nowadays so it’s little more than liquid coffee crisp. At that point, the quality of the coffee hardly matters, and Tim Horton’s is way cheaper than Starbucks.
People who love coffee brew it themselves. They don’t need to endure long lines and wait for some poorly treated minimum-wage employees to burn it for them.
I suspect coffee preferences, whether someone makes it for them or not, might be down to whether their place of work is conducive for even making coffee. Perhaps there are socioeconomic lines as well that divide people. Do most people feel the need to have their coffee made for them at a fast-food establishment?
I don’t drink coffee myself but last I heard, Tim’s had their own brand of coffee so hypothetically if somebody likes it, they can still brew it at home.
I had a great place to get roasted-on-premises coffee, but the guy who ran it got me interested in the process, ran a course in how to do it, and then sold the equipment to do it. I’m a nerd. Of course I nerded out and started doing it myself!
I work on the road/various jobsites throughout the day. My first coffee is almost always one I make at home. On a long shift or a cold day, I sometimes want a second coffee, and unfortunately Tim’s often the only option around.
It might have been at one point, but that was before it was bought out by a large corporation, and a bunch of “efficiencies” were implemented which changed suppliers and generally reduced the quality of the coffee and food.
Possibly Canada’s most lucrative coffee, but I don’t know anyone who genuinely likes it. The best review you can coax even out of daily drinkers is “it’s hot and caffeinated.”
Might depend on where you’re from. I’m from a small town and especially the older generations love their “Timmy’s” in a way I’ve not heard any other brand of coffee compete with.
It’ll be interesting to how they’re impacted in 20 years or so now that newer generations have grown up with more options
Original often tastes like what I imagine a cup of water someone has put their cigarette butts into, found it pretty variable from place to place and time of day, you do sometimes get alright coffee. I tend to drink coffee black but I totally understand why so many people get double doubles at Tims.
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