Kelham Senior Member Joined: 15 Apr 2009 Posts: 34 Location: Vancouver Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Wed Jul 11, 2012, 1:02pm Subject: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
Would you drink it in pinch? Say if you're on a road trip somewhere rural and didn't have your travel setup? Or would you rather go a day(s) without coffee?
Would you date someone that loved Tim Horton's coffee, and forever refused to drink anything else?
Posted Wed Jul 11, 2012, 2:23pm Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
With absolutely no access to anything of better quality? I'd absolutely skip. Coffee is not a necessity, it's just a food, like apple pie. If you know the grocery store gas station pie is going to suck, you'd probably skip it too.
I'd date a coffee-hating, meat-eating, PBR drinker if they were otherwise agreeable, fun, interesting, and so on. "Forever" though, in my experience, can be eroded to "fine I'll just try your damn coffee if you shut up about it!" ;) Thankfully, my girlfriend quite appreciates the coffee I provide her, so I think we're good there.
Cerridwyn Senior Member Joined: 6 Jun 2010 Posts: 394 Location: Inland Empire California Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Wed Jul 11, 2012, 7:10pm Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
Heck, I've drank Denny's so Dunkin' Donuts would be an improvement right?
I am a certified caffeine addict. I know if I go without, my head will throb and pound and while I know there is caffeine in tea, and drink that too, it's just not the same.
And why not if the person is otherwise right. You'll either convert them our you won't. But if you care for each other it's beautiful
Posted Thu Jul 12, 2012, 8:14am Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
To know the light, one must experience darkness...
In a short answer - yes. Not even in a pinch. Always strive to keep your palate expanded. In fact, McDonalds is most of the time (especially on Tuesdays - I suspect this is after they clean the coffee equipment) actually pretty decent. Good strength, fairly balanced (if not lacking in some character - typical bulk Brazil coffee, but hey - it works). Every once in a while I get a cup clinker, tho.
A handful of our local restaurants and even a convenience store understand what good coffee is - they keep their equipment (mostly Bunn) maintained, and they source locally roasted, <1week coffee.
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Le café doit être noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, et doux comme l'amour.
"There is no right answer with coffee. There is only the elixir in your cup at the moment you partake."
"...I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind;..." - Lord Kelvin RECIPES thread => http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/585708
Posted Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:12am Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
Kelham Said:
Would you drink it in pinch? Say if you're on a road trip somewhere rural and didn't have your travel setup? Or would you rather go a day(s) without coffee?
Would you date someone that loved Tim Horton's coffee, and forever refused to drink anything else?
First I'm married, so I have no reason to date someone. But if I weren't married, I surely wouldn't date someone that loved Tim Horton's coffee. Nothing to do with the coffee, its the Canadian thing that bothers me ...
OH YEAH, THAT"S KILLER. YUP.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:56am Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
CoffeeRoastersClub Said:
First I'm married, so I have no reason to date someone. But if I weren't married, I surely wouldn't date someone that loved Tim Horton's coffee. Nothing to do with the coffee, its the Canadian thing that bothers me ...
We have them here in the states, too. They've got pretty decent breakfast sammies - and their broccoli soup is decent. ;^D
Timmy Ho's - it's not just Canadian anymore...
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Le café doit être noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, et doux comme l'amour.
"There is no right answer with coffee. There is only the elixir in your cup at the moment you partake."
"...I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind;..." - Lord Kelvin RECIPES thread => http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/585708
Oh I know. There USED to be one in our town, it took over an old Bess Eaton doughnut. It actually did not last long. After it left a DD took its place.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Sun Jul 15, 2012, 5:52am Subject: Re: Timmy Ho's, gas station coffee, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.
SteveRhinehart Said:
I'd date a coffee-hating, meat-eating, PBR drinker if they were otherwise agreeable, fun, interesting, and so on. "Forever" though, in my experience, can be eroded to "fine I'll just try your damn coffee if you shut up about it!" ;)
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