Comments on: Is there a 12-step program for Tim Hortons?

By: meanie

meanie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:03:03 +0000

i had to buy a bodum when i started my new job as there is no (good) coffee to be had where i am now. i love it!
though, i do miss breaking up the day with a trip to starbucks.

By: Marla

Marla — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:42:16 +0000

Srsly, I consider it my “methadone”.

By: Marla

Marla — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:41:35 +0000

Oh, you. You know how I LOVE my coffee – but just one good one in the morning for me is what keeps it special. But, if you want a warm comforting hit…fix…um…treat later in the day, here’s what I go for:

http://www.teazonline.com/servlet/the-63/matcha-green-tea-powder/Detail

Sometimes I go to T&T, and treat myself to some stuff that’s pre-packaged in individual servings. That I use for travelling and at work, because I can throw a packet in my back pocket. It’s a great lift without the jitters and sleeplessne – later coffee. The pretty colour is as much of a lift as the flavour and warmth and good feelings too.

By: chichimama

chichimama — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:07:54 +0000

I’ve never had Tim Horton’s. But I used to be addicted to starbucks, until I had to give up caffeine. Then I developed a caffeine-free Diet Coke addiction, and have been known to go well out of my way to obtain one. Now that I can have caffeine again (in limited doses) I have deliberately not allowed myself to have a Starbucks. Because it would be all. over.

By: Mac and Cheese

Mac and Cheese — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:45:05 +0000

In all my coffee experiences, I have never enjoyed Tims. I don’t get y’all. I’m not professing to know something that you don’t, but I do find that my President’s Choice dark roast is waaaaaayyyy better.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:45 +0000

I am also a Tim Hortons addict. I credit it for getting me through my childrens toddler years. Have you ever heard the suggestion that T.Ho’s put a chemical in their coffee it to make it addictive, like KFC? lol There are days some days I think it might be true…

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:08:25 +0000

I am totally addicted to coffee, but can’t ever bring myself to drink non-fair trade coffee unless I am stranded in an airport between here and Winnipeg and need te caffeine jolt.

Although I get my coffee fix three ways: at home (with a timer pot that is brewed before we get up), at work when I make sample pots for customers and volunteers, and then from Bridgehead. How I love Bridgehead.

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:24:06 +0000

chocolate and coffee… manna from heaven.
I know it’s gross and disgusting and all that but some days I still miss smoking. (The detox was brutal though…)

If you’re worried about time, you could by the beans, no?

By: Kerry

Kerry — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:36:10 +0000

Hey Dani – I’m going to put this out there. You don’t smoke. A smoker who goes out for a smoke twice a day spends 15 minutes on break. Your collective agreement entitles you to two 15 minute breaks a day. Cut your lunch short by 10 minutes, or work 10 minutes longer and you’ll have the 40 minutes you need to drive there, line up, and drive back twice a day.

There’s a system. Use it )
My captcha is “grippe bottle”. No comment.

By: Carly

Carly — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:27:01 +0000

Oh you need to come work for “my” company, where the Tim Horton’s is in the building. Yes, that’s right. The Tim Horton’s is in the cafeteria, just a short elevator ride away.

I don’t drink coffee – only tea, but quickly became addicted to their steeped tea. When I went on mat leave I discovered I couldn’t drink tea made at home anymore because I was so addicted to Tim’s steeped stuff.

Now I’m good either way, but oh the Tim’s right in the building is divine!

(Ha! Captcha: Columbian savory)

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:08:37 +0000

I am not a coffee drinker. It’s no merit on my part, I just don’t like. However, I cannot, absolutely canNOT go a day without chocolate. Or, at least, some sort of sweet thing. I am hooked on sugar in the worst possible way. This has also sort of alarmed co-workers in the past, when they see how quickly I can down a plate of brownies if someone is careless enough to leave it in front of me. And then? The regret that follows the indulgence is no fun.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:16:59 +0000

I didn’t drink coffee until I had children, I think they affected my taste buds. Now I crave coffee. Horton’s is my preferred blend ♥ but I have been known to gratefully accept other brands when I am flagging

By: Amy @ Muddy Boots

Amy @ Muddy Boots — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:35:36 +0000

There’s no 12-step program, but what about something like a Tassimo? They’re really very good. AND FUN TO MAKE. It works out to about $.50/cup (depending on if it’s just plain coffee, cappuccino, latte, etc), so is more than drip coffee, but MUCH LESS than Starbucks or even Tim’s. You could have one on your desk then charge the other employees $1/coffee AND MAKE MONEY off of your addiction. Or at least cover your expenses.

By: coffeewithjulie

coffeewithjulie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:09:15 +0000

I think you know my answer to that question. Caffeine is good for you. That’s my theory and I’m sticking with it.

By: Elise

Elise — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:49 +0000

My name is Elise, and I am addicted to tea.
I’m a snob, and if it’s not loose tea, then I’ll tell you it’s not good enough for me. I drink 5 to 8 cups a day, although I cut on caffeinated teas since a new tea store opened in my neighborhood that has awesome rooibos and herbal teas (David’s tea, Queen/Spadina for any Torontonian reader). I’m drinking a delicious caramelized pear rooibos tea at the moment, I love the smell surrounding me.
But I don’t drink coffee. Love the smell, can’t stand the taste.

Am I still allowed to comment on your blog?

By: Annika

Annika — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:33:36 +0000

Oh, Dani. I feel for you. My addiction is one cup of Tazo Awake tea (made at home) each morning, and sometimes a second one in the afternoon (also at home). I do not consume caffeine after 2 p.m. Otherwise, it affects my sleep and even my appetitie.

I advise you to use this change in your routine to cut at least one of those massive coffees out each day. I know, it’s none of my business! But I can assure you that you will have more energy in the long term (and sleep and eat better) if you reduce your daily caffeine intake. When I took myself off coffee 10 years ago, it was ROUGH…for about two weeks. I am so glad I did it. I did not realize how horribly it had been affecting me until I removed it from my system. Reduce the coffee, drink more water and exercise more…I promise you that you will feel better overall, sleep better, have more energy, be well-hydrated and enjoy food more.

And leaving work by car twice a day for coffee would not look so great, especially now that you’re managing people. Not to mention that it’s environmentally unfriendly. =)

By: Christine LaRocque

Christine LaRocque — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:30:57 +0000

I hear you, but mine is far worse. My addiction is Starbucks. You do not understand what lengths I will go to have it. When home on mat leave with my first, on any given day I would drive 40 minutes for one! I kid you not. So I feel your pain, mostly in my pocket book.

By: Ari

Ari — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:02:37 +0000

If there is, then I need to join the Starbucks version. I’m horribly addicted.

By: keren

keren — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:28:06 +0000

hi
first time i am commenting. i wanted to so many times. we just moved here from somewhere very far away, and your blog is like a window into canadian life for me/us. i read you, and than i tell my husband about it over dinner. it’s like i am describing an episode of flashforward. almost holliwood. i was so sad when you didnt get the job. and so happy when you did…
BUT i DONT GET THE TIM HORTON THING!!!!!!
i’m sorry – dont kick me away from you lovely country. don’t report me to the RCMP pllllllease, BUT (brace for it) – the coffee there is HORID!!!!! i can not drink that drip coffee. if you want snob – i am it. i dont even go for the espress/latte at starbucks if i can help it. i cross the street for Second Cup. now, that’s decent coffee…
also wanted to thank you for the mud lake and lime kiln trails. we did lime kiln this weekend. was a bit muddy and swamppish (we ended up walking all the way back to P8) but a great adventure for the little ones…
so thanks!!!

By: Sara in Montréal

Sara in Montréal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:08:20 +0000

Coffee. For sure. And I am even snobbier then you are: it’s expresso allongé or nothing. Black. Don’t dare put milk or sugar in it, it will ruin my day!

I have my daily fix at home in the morning, and have been lucky enough to have it close to my desk in the jobs I had since I returned from Africa (where I had my own little italian coffe machine on the stove).

But the thing is: pregnancy. I’m not allowed as much as I would need to these days. So on top of my pregnancy lost of memory, I have coffee deprived short attention span. I wonder how I get through my days really.