A friend of mine back in Canada is a cop and he told me that ever since they switched from Costa Rican beans around 2010 the coffee has been bad. I remember a friend of mine got a job there and he was like the only things that are fresh on the menu are the tomatoes and lettuce, literally everything else comes shipped into the store frozen - yet their tagline, on the sign of every store and on every cup of coffee, is 'always fresh'. heh
>ever since they switched from Costa Rican beans around 2010 the coffee has been bad
The unfortunate problem for Tim Horton's in Canada is that going to McDonalds (of all places) is better in every single way- their basic coffee is miles ahead in quality, their cups and lids are better, and their food is too.
Sadly, their coffee in the US is absolutely atrocious, to the point where I'm not convinced it even qualifies as "coffee".
McDonalds is good now. It was always fine in several other countries (UK, Japan, Australia) but it's good in the US now too, even if the ice cream machine keeps breaking.
The black coffee is okay and they have those mango smoothies that are pretty good.
I don't patronize ANY of these chain places. Like I might get a donut and a coffee at the airport from tim hortons because that's literally all there is open at 2am but i've just never been impressed by literally any big franchise and kinda feel more cheated I spent 10$ on some meal or whatever that really doesn't cost that much. It blows me away that people compare them cause they're literally all atrocious. I had a girlfriend come to Canada at one point and she was so un-impressed by the fact that people act like timmy's is some national treasure.
A friend of mine in Costa Rica knows Starbucks has a pretty funny trick to say they have coffee from there (Higher altitude begets better coffee). They actually just ship it in these big bags with the 'hecho en mexico' eagle on them and then re-bag it in Costa Rica. It's incredibly non-sustainable.
Well, you're at the airport at 2am and there's a Tim Horton's, a Starbucks and a McDonald's next to each other. This is the situation I'm talking about (though I was thinking on a road trip and wanting a quick coffee). I'd choose McDonald's.
I'm not super picky with coffee but whenever I've had Starbucks drip, it's tasted burnt. They make their money on the coffee milkshakes and it shows.
"Always fresh" is accurate because they brew fresh coffee every 20 minutes, and the baked goods are baked fresh every day (from frozen dough), then filled and frosted. I don't see the problem, personally.
No, I'm not that old, and my standards aren't super high. But by my dad's recollection, back when smoking in public buildings was acceptable, all the doughnuts tended to taste like cigarette smoke after sitting out for a few hours.
