Coffee

[squirmelia]

Different types of coffee are listed in I Was Here and I wondered how possible it would be to try them all in London (or the UK).

Where in London (or the UK) is the best place to go for:
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Comments

[psych0naut.livejournal.com]

What's Canadian coffee?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

In the book, it says in brackets next to it: "always fresh". There is a picture of what looks like a red paper cup and it says "Tim Hortons" on the side.

[psych0naut.livejournal.com]

Tim Horton's is a chain of donut stores. I don't think its coffee is any more notable than those from any other chain. Certainly the coffee there, nor anywhere else in Canada, isn't locally produced, nor is it prepared in a special way. It's just regular coffee, usually percolated, ground from your standard African or South American beans.

[katsmeat.livejournal.com]

There's a lot more to Tim Horton's than simply another chain of doughnut shops. Tim's is something of a Canadian institution. Though I would suspect that mainly comes from it being a notably successful home–grown company and not just another import from south of the border. Though the fact that Tim Horton was an ex-professional ice-hockey player hasn't hurt the whole, Canadian-cultural-icon thing.

The coffee they sell is nothing special (though they seem to brew it to drug strength), but the muffins are nice. I think the best description would be adequate quality, yet cheap enough to be excellent value for money. As I recall, the total cost of a coffee and a muffin is around half that of Starbucks.