Tim Hortons Small Coffee Phasing Out, Name Changes In The Works

Tim Hortons New Sizes

First Posted: 08/29/11 08:43 AM ET Updated: 10/29/11 06:12 AM ET

TORONTO — Coffee lovers at two Ontario Tim Hortons outlets may soon be doing a double take at their double-double.

The popular chain is brewing up something new using outlets in Kingston and Sudbury as test markets.

Tim Hortons spokesman Nick Javor says the company is introducing a new extra-large cup size which will hold 24 ounces (710 millilitres).

It will also be changing the names of all the cups to make room for the new extra-large, which will cost $1.90 plus tax.

Javor says the 20-ounce (590 ml) will now be known as large, the 14-ounce (414 ml) will be medium and the 10-ounce (295 ml) will become the small.

At the Kingston test outlet, the eight-ounce (240 ml) size will be called an extra small but at the Sudbury outlet, it won't be on the menu at all.

The prices for each cup size will not change.

Javor says research shows customers' tastes are moving to larger sizes. He says it will test the two markets for about a month to see what the reaction is.

Ordering a Monday morning double-double could get a little confusing for people in two Ontario cities, the test markets for Tim Hortons' new cup sizes.

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TORONTO — Coffee lovers at two Ontario Tim Hortons outlets may soon be doing a double take at their double-double. The popular chain is brewing up something new using outlets in Kingston and Sudb...
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12:12 PM on 09/14/2011
If you want we North Americans call a proper coffee in France you must order un grand café creme. If you order "du café si vous plait" you will receive an espresso. If you order un café creme you will receive the equivalent of a TIm's small (Cdn. small). IF you order un café or deux café you will receive one or two espressos. Un grand café creme is about the size of a Starbucks Tall or Tim's Medium. It will not be sweetened. you will need to add one or two of those fancy sugar sticks.
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nopojoe
The biggest leap is from your seat to your feet.
01:35 AM on 09/03/2011
I love the caffeine. Its the rich coffee flavor I can do without..
aintnoliberalnow
Old,cranky and retired
09:01 AM on 08/30/2011
Enough of the coffee already. I wan't them to make the drive through larger so I can get my truck and fishing boat trailer around those corners. Does the person who designed these things drive a smart car or something?
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oxjr
02:24 AM on 09/01/2011
Yes, I remember thimbles of coffee. I also remember it tasted like someone brewed burn toast crumbs too. \\Ahh the good old days\\
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oxjr
02:25 AM on 09/01/2011
sorry wrong response to wrong line
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04:16 AM on 08/30/2011
Who here remembers restaurant coffee when it came in one size instead of now with the IV bags of coffee you can buy for a bank microloan :3
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oxjr
02:28 AM on 09/01/2011
I remember those days of thimble coffee and I remember that they tasted like boiled dirt mixed with charcoal. \\ ahh the good ol days\\
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mirabay
stand for something or you will fall for
03:04 AM on 08/30/2011
sorry but timmy's coffee s-u-c-k-s.............
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04:17 AM on 08/30/2011
Got any favourite non-homemade brews? :3
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Sue Bryant
01:42 PM on 09/16/2011
Stumptown is pretty tasty.
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tbabalis
09:05 PM on 08/29/2011
NOTE TO SELF: MAKE YOU OWN DARN COFFEE!!! think about all the $$$ you spend on buying coffee. Maxwell and Nescafe...they even have cold coffee...and it tastes great! (but I still gotta give it to Tim's, they have great tasting coffee...starbucks+dunkendonuts+mcds..all SUCK
08:57 PM on 08/29/2011
Somebody tell the automakers to stop the presses!...Those cupholders need to be beefed up!.........24ounces?!....sheesh!....
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spinnerator
08:02 AM on 08/30/2011
Buy a Ford, my F150 will accommodate those ginormous cups no problems. But then it's designed in America.
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pjlowry
08:29 PM on 08/29/2011
I'm sure prices will go up to match the new sizes... that's all this is about.
05:16 PM on 08/29/2011
Oh, yeah, it's true, in the USA (who owns Tim Horton's now), their small is like our large or extra large. What this means is that we are subsidizing Americans for their morning coffee now by having to pay more for OUR coffee. I like Tim Horton's, but it is no longer Canadian, folks! If you love Canada find a local place to get your coffee, not Timmy's or Starbucks...I'm nor sure who owns Second Cup, but their head office is in Ontario...not that means it's Canadian. Buy local, it's time to invest in Canada , and boycott the American takeover of Canada (by other means).
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mirabay
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03:03 AM on 08/30/2011
it's to late............Harper has already made the deal........Canada-amerika's 52 state............
09:33 AM on 08/30/2011
Did I miss something? Who was the 51st state?
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spinnerator
08:06 AM on 08/30/2011
Tim Horton's is still a Canadian company, headquartered in Oakville and registered under Canadian Corporate laws. Wendy's divested their shares in '09.
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gx5000
Life's too short, be happy..
01:08 PM on 08/30/2011
"Despite maintaining its operational headquarters in Oakville, the spun-off holding company, Tim Hortons Inc., was initially incorporated in Delaware."

Just Sayin'...........
05:07 PM on 08/29/2011
Tim Horton's has lied to our faces. Over the past year or two the old large has become the new extra large, and the old medium has become the new large. Therefore we are getting less coffee than we were before for the same amount of money. When they do this gradually, they think they are fooling us, but they are only fooling themselves (and the old farts on the board of directors who give them their bonuses). However, this process is happening with everything, in case you are one of those who haven't noticed...WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!!!
05:01 PM on 08/29/2011
On a recent trip to the US we tried to order a medium coffee. They only had small and large. I told my husband stick with the small its probably large. I was correct......it was HUGE! How do people drink the large ones I have no idea. I'd be up all day and night. I wish Tim's wouldn't mess with what is working for them.
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abuckley23
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03:43 PM on 08/29/2011
I thought their medium was a small? Then what's their small? A shot glass!?
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01:09 PM on 08/29/2011
It's a sad day when they are Americanizing (super sizing) one of Canada's most cherished institutions.
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Brian Gorrell
Is this the 1950's or what?
11:56 AM on 08/29/2011
Tim Hortons does not sell coffee.
They sell river water warmed up without the river flavour.
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01:10 PM on 08/29/2011
Good thing Canada has clean rivers! lol
05:02 PM on 08/29/2011
And lots of them!
02:01 PM on 08/29/2011
Starbucks employees should be made to identify themselves.
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rickthaluddite
What noisy cats are we
05:30 PM on 08/29/2011
I prefer Tim Hortons coffee over Starbucks Pike's Peak. But Tim Hortons really depends on where you buy it. Fergus, Ontario Tim Hortons is awful but 25 km south in Guelph, it's good. I try to buy my coffee at Planet Bean in Guelph where they roast their own fair trade, organic beans.
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Brian Gorrell
Is this the 1950's or what?
07:08 PM on 08/29/2011
Honey, I'm Australian and I do not drink Starbucks.
I like my tatsebuds and try not to anger them.
We have REAL coffee here.
And besides, I've made my own coffee for 30 years.
I KNOW coffee.
Starbucks did NOT survive in Australia.
We are spoiled by the Italians here.
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Jake Thomas
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11:44 AM on 08/29/2011
I am looking forwards to the near future when I will be able to have an implant that delivers regular measured doses of coffee directly into my bloodstream.
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Blodo
Time to build a better world
11:53 AM on 08/29/2011
Yeah, I hear you. I find the current desk-side IV really inconvenient when I have to attend meetings.
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gx5000
Life's too short, be happy..
01:12 PM on 08/30/2011
I find it conflicts with my Demerol patch, bugger...