Monday, February 6, 2012

Meanwhile in Canada, cup sizes are increasing rapidly


I'm talking about coffee, pervs. My brother David shared this snapshot of Tim Horton's newly- recalibrated coffee sizes.

The extra large is now 710 ml, or 24 ounces. That's over three cups of coffee in one.

According to City TV:
The change brings Tim Hortons sizes more in line with American chains, that have phased out the 236 mL “small” cups, and competitors including Starbucks, Second Cup and McDonalds.


They are, obviously, responding to customer demand. But is it really a good idea? I've had that much coffee in one sitting before, sure. But I drink mine black. Imagine the amount of cream and sugar it takes to make one of these as sweet and creamy as the traditional "double double" — quadruple quadruple? Quintuple quintuple?

Hey, do what you want with your life. But please don't fool yourself into thinking that getting a coffee like this every day, with the fat and calories that go with it, isn't going to weigh heavily on your health. (While we're at it, I guess we had better recalibrate clothing sizes again too.)

6 comments:

  1. The people this is probably only going to affect are the ones who were already on extra-larges and complaining that it wasn't enough.

    Everyone else is just going to end up figuring out what to call what they were already ordering.

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  2. I hope you're right.

    A bigger issue for me is the way these coffee shops sell calorie bombs that are basically hot milkshakes, and call them "lattes".

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  3. That's definitely a concern. Even before they had the 'lattes' I used to drink cafe mocha's pretty frequently.. 2-3 of those a day? Bad Idea.

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  4. be on the lookout for the fallout - half full tim horton's coffee cups in the garbage.

    I-)

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  5. i am curious why the store placard shows the cups in XL to XS order, while the print ad shows XS to XL?

    I-)

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