Tim Horton's rant
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All this is easily avoided.
Do not go to Tim Horton's.
Why people drink coffee that isn't coffee and eat food that isn't food is completely beyond me.
There are so many Mom & Pop little diners all over the city that serve real food and coffee and actually like to have customers return.
Give these good folks your $$$. Horton's couldn't care less about you.
Do not go to Tim Horton's.
Why people drink coffee that isn't coffee and eat food that isn't food is completely beyond me.
There are so many Mom & Pop little diners all over the city that serve real food and coffee and actually like to have customers return.
Give these good folks your $$$. Horton's couldn't care less about you.
They flew pretty under the radar until Starbucks acquired them, two years ago.
Loose leaf teas to die for.
http://www.teavana.com/retail/united-states/ontario
My biggest complaint about Tim Hortons is how they feel totally fine sliding a freshly iced donut into a wax bag so that when you take the donut out of the bag, all the icing sticks to the bag and you basically are left with a plain fucking donut. To be honest I don't know how much the donut is "freshly iced" and how much it's just a NEVER SOLIDIFYING icing that they fucking apply to that piece of shit donut to make everybody THINK it's fucking fresh..
Anyway.. I'm getting on in age so restrict myself to one donut every couple of weeks for health reasons.. So when I finally order one, I REALLY fucking want it.. And when that icing comes off in the bag, I just want to go fucking nuts.. I gotta stop going to Tim's...
Anyway.. I'm getting on in age so restrict myself to one donut every couple of weeks for health reasons.. So when I finally order one, I REALLY fucking want it.. And when that icing comes off in the bag, I just want to go fucking nuts.. I gotta stop going to Tim's...
As a guy that likes to buy the Chocolate Dip donut that situation ALWAYS happens to me!!! I have complained to the store and to the customer service at the Tim Horton's office. But no changes at the store near my house that I visit.
Another problem I have noticed is the inconsistency of the coffee. I always get a large double double dark roast (original blend before dark roast existed). Some days the coffee they make for me is GREAT. Other days (even though my order is always the same) the coffee doesn't have enough flavor, is bitter or just doesn't taste right. Sometimes I even go back to the store and ask them to replace my coffee.
I ordered a steeped tea the other day in the drive-thru. My guess is the didn't have enough in the pot for a whole cup, and they topped it off with coffee . If I wasn't halfway to my destination before I tasted it I might have considered going back and tossing it back through the window.
+1. Seems worse now than in the past.
The problem is that depending on how much pressure gets applied to the cream button determines how light your coffee is. Get someone with a light touch and your coffee is darker, heavy touch and your coffee is lighter. I can't stand double cream so I really notice when they put in more than 1 cream. I especially notice this on medium coffees vs. small. Sometimes I just pitch it due to way too much cream.
I too miss the walnut crunch but my ATF were the chocolate eclairs. Mmmmmmm!
Nowadays if I want a donut I go to a bakery because they're so much better (and larger!) than Tims.
There's a Tim's near me that, one day realized they were going to run out of Timbits, so instead of selling out, they started to ration them. No one could buy more than 10. I thought that to be a little strange. Also at the same Tim's you can't buy muffins after 11:00am.
Toronto Life had a thing about the best doughnuts in Toronto.
I haven't been to any of them, but thought I'd put it out there to see if anyone else has.
Top Five: Toronto’s best doughnuts
Now dominating our collective sweet tooth: crazy, creative versions of the classic treat
Photograph by Ryan Szulc
Top Five: Toronto's best doughnuts
1. Blueberry Balsamic
Paulette’s, the online doughnut service started by Devin and Luke Connell and Graham Bower, serves dense cake-style doughnuts. This amazing sweet-tart version is made with wild blueberry glaze, lemon juice and zest, and aged balsamic vinegar. Paulettesoriginal.com.
2. Double Chocolate S’Mores
Ashley Jacot De Boinod of Parkdale’s Glory Hole makes her yeast doughnuts from scratch in outrageous flavour combinations, including pumpkin almond cheesecake and, our favourite, the Double Chocolate S’Mores, a chocolatey concoction topped with torched marshmallow. 1596 Queen St. W., 647-352-4848.
3. Nenshi
The Calgary-based shop Jelly Modern Doughnuts, which opened here last summer, named its top treat for hometown mayor Naheed Nenshi. It’s dipped in caramel ganache and topped with drizzles of maple butter and sprinkles of sea salt. 376 College St., 416-962-2053.
4. Spicy Mexican
Rachelle Cadwell of Dough by Rachelle began selling her giant doughnuts—like the Spicy Mexican, glazed with chili chocolate and topped with crushed corn nuts—from the back door of the restaurant Beast. Now you can get them on weekends during brunch service. 96 Tecumseth St., 647-352-6000.
5. Cinnamon-Sugar Minis
The tiny indie espresso joint Little Nicky’s made a name for itself with these mini-doughnuts, fried to order on an old-fashioned conveyor belt machine. The rings are perfectly pillowy, made for popping into your mouth in quick succession. 375 Queen St. W., 416-260-0500.
I haven't been to any of them, but thought I'd put it out there to see if anyone else has.
Top Five: Toronto’s best doughnuts
Now dominating our collective sweet tooth: crazy, creative versions of the classic treat
Photograph by Ryan Szulc
Top Five: Toronto's best doughnuts
1. Blueberry Balsamic
Paulette’s, the online doughnut service started by Devin and Luke Connell and Graham Bower, serves dense cake-style doughnuts. This amazing sweet-tart version is made with wild blueberry glaze, lemon juice and zest, and aged balsamic vinegar. Paulettesoriginal.com.
2. Double Chocolate S’Mores
Ashley Jacot De Boinod of Parkdale’s Glory Hole makes her yeast doughnuts from scratch in outrageous flavour combinations, including pumpkin almond cheesecake and, our favourite, the Double Chocolate S’Mores, a chocolatey concoction topped with torched marshmallow. 1596 Queen St. W., 647-352-4848.
3. Nenshi
The Calgary-based shop Jelly Modern Doughnuts, which opened here last summer, named its top treat for hometown mayor Naheed Nenshi. It’s dipped in caramel ganache and topped with drizzles of maple butter and sprinkles of sea salt. 376 College St., 416-962-2053.
4. Spicy Mexican
Rachelle Cadwell of Dough by Rachelle began selling her giant doughnuts—like the Spicy Mexican, glazed with chili chocolate and topped with crushed corn nuts—from the back door of the restaurant Beast. Now you can get them on weekends during brunch service. 96 Tecumseth St., 647-352-6000.
5. Cinnamon-Sugar Minis
The tiny indie espresso joint Little Nicky’s made a name for itself with these mini-doughnuts, fried to order on an old-fashioned conveyor belt machine. The rings are perfectly pillowy, made for popping into your mouth in quick succession. 375 Queen St. W., 416-260-0500.
Oh, and I agree that Tim's is shit these days. A shadow of its former self. Sad really what they've done to the place.
99 times out of a hundred, if you order a toasted bagel, it's cold, hardly toasted at all.
Worst fucking bagels going.
99 times out of a hundred, if you order a toasted bagel, it's cold, hardly toasted at all.
Worst fucking bagels going.
I just completed a road trip where Tim's was my only source of coffee, I now understand why it's so popular. It's a light roast with a smooth finish, but no complexity. It's the sort of coffee one serves to Leafs fans.
So what's the problem?
Country Style has superior donuts and coffee. Plus their smoothies are exceptional, sweeping the floor with what McDonald's and Tim's offers. The perfect summertime breakfast drink.
So what's the problem?
Country Style has superior donuts and coffee. Plus their smoothies are exceptional, sweeping the floor with what McDonald's and Tim's offers. The perfect summertime breakfast drink.
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LOL. Do Habs, Sabres, or Oiler fans have more refined taste in coffee? Considering the reputation of the ACC being full of sushi eating suits you'd think Timmies would be too low end.
I ordered a steeped tea last week.. the cream curdled in it... was home by the time i popped the lid on the cup, not worth it to go back... but the next time i was there, i brought it up to the manager... got nothing but a so sorry... i guess they're pinching the managers for giving out freebies as well... that location is now off my list
You would think someone would come up with a method to prevent the icing from sticking to the top of the bag.. some other sort of serving/carry vessel... At one of the downtown outlets near where I work, this server put my glazed donut in one of the smaller boxes you would get for timbits.. I didn't see him do it but when he brought the box to me, I said I didn't order timbits... he said, no, its to prevent the topping from sticking to the bag... Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding... make this guy the president of the company... a few weeks later when i ordered another chocolate covered donut, he gave it to me in the bag... when I asked wtf, he said he was told not to give out donuts in the small timbit boxes... something about it costing them more... unbelieveable..
Theres nothing worse then getting in the drive thru line up to see the people in front of you ordered 20 bucks worth of food and coffees ugh
How timely a thread..it looks like slash and burn time at Timmies
http://business.financialpost.com/2...nt-layoffs-at-head-offices-next-week-sources/
http://business.financialpost.com/2...nt-layoffs-at-head-offices-next-week-sources/
Now that they're part of the Burger King empire, expect more cutting corners like this ....
I wish Dunkin Donuts would set up shop up here...
