Tim Hortons Releases New Larger Cup Size

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The Huffington Post Canada   First Posted: 01/16/12 09:51 AM ET Updated: 01/17/12 08:18 PM ET

Need more coffee in the morning to wake you up? Tim Hortons knows where you're coming from.

The coffee and donut chain announced on Monday that it will be releasing on January 23rd a new 24 oz extra-large cup of coffee. The current extra-large, a mere 20 oz, will now be a large. The chain is not getting rid of its smallest cup, which comes in at a teeny, tiny 8 oz.

"By shifting the sizes, we're able to provide coffee lovers with a full range of five size options: from extra small, all the way up to the new extra large," said Dave McKay, Tim Hortons' director of brand marketing for beverages. Prices of existing sizes will stay the same the chain said in a release.

Tim Hortons has launched a number of new products in recent months. The chain began brewing espresso-based drinks in November to try to stay competitive with fast food and coffee rivals McDonalds and Starbucks. Earlier in the fall, Tim Hortons expanded its menu offerings and began selling lasagna.

Massive cups of coffee aren't anything new. Starbucks got attention when it launched its Trenta size last year. That cup is 31 oz but only available for the chain's cold drinks.

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  • 24 Oz. Cup

    Tim Hortons' <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/01/16/tim-hortons-releases-larger-cup-coffee_n_1208677.html" target="_hplink">extra-large 24 oz. cup of coffee</a> might be enough for the amateur coffee drinkers, but we're holding our breath until they roll out a keg. <em>Photo credit: Tim Hortons Inc. </em>

  • Espresso-Based Coffees

    Tim Hortons went head-to-head with Starbucks for coffee market domination when it started <a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1079694--tim-hortons-to-offer-real-espresso-at-2-a-cup" target="_hplink">serving up espresso-based coffees</a>, including lattes, mocha lattes and cappuccinos for around $2 or less. <a href="http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/caffeine-high/2011/11/16/tim-hortons-espresso-stuart-ross/" target="_hplink">How do they taste</a>? Well, they cost $2. <em>Photo credit: Tim Hortons Inc. </em>

  • Lasagna

    "Would you like some lasagna with your coffee?" we <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/17/tim-hortons-lasagna_n_1016236.html" target="_hplink">asked</a> back in October. Overwhelmingly, the answer was "No," followed by "ewwww." <em>Photo credit: Lisa Yeung</em>

  • Real Fruit Smoothies

    The health craze is lost on some of us, and according to <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/02/smoothie-operator/" target="_hplink">many</a> <a href="http://www.avivaallen.com/General/tim-hortons-real-fruit-smoothies-buyer-beware.html" target="_hplink">many reviews</a>, Tim Hortons didn't quite get it right either when it introduced its Real Fruit Smoothies.

  • Double Double Ice Cream

    "I'll take two creams and two sugars. And hurry, before it melts!" Timmies teamed up with Cold Stone Creamery to concoct the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/30/tim-hortons-double-double_n_941875.html" target="_hplink">Double Double ice cream flavour</a> back in August, effectively combining one addiction with another.

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Need more coffee in the morning to wake you up? Tim Hortons knows where you're coming from. The coffee and donut chain announced on Monday that it will be releasing on January 23rd a new 24 oz ext...
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01:06 PM on 01/18/2012
The cheapest instant coffee is better then Tims.
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butchcliff
The future is unwritten
04:44 AM on 01/18/2012
More cups. More sizes. More garbage thrown on the roads & left on store shelves.
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Kamen Gullberg
02:04 PM on 01/17/2012
Can't wait for the gallon jug size on being introduced.
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Canadian Contrarian
10:53 AM on 01/17/2012
Who needs a cup?
I'm waiting for the I.V.
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Jay from Ottawa
sovereignty sale, 1.3T OBO
10:42 AM on 01/17/2012
Some people will be surprised when they order a large coffee, notice it's more expensive than usual, but then notice that the cup given to them is larger than before.

I always drank mediums ... now I'll have to order smalls to have the same price/size coffee I'm used to drinking.
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Angus12
08:31 AM on 01/17/2012
All they need now is some decent coffee to put in it.
12:31 PM on 01/17/2012
Here here!

Tim's coffee is filtered dirt which is probably why the "double-double" is so popular.

Second Cup coffee requires hardly any "dressing". Mmmmmm...Caramelo....
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MsCanuck
Wife, Mother, New Democrat, Pro-Choice, Atheist
01:34 PM on 01/17/2012
Second Cup, and Caramello at that, now you're talking, f/f.
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MsCanuck
Wife, Mother, New Democrat, Pro-Choice, Atheist
01:31 PM on 01/17/2012
F/F Timmy's has to be the worst coffee out there, I don't drink it, yuck.
08:09 AM on 01/17/2012
Too bad they don't add a better lid into this mix. That's a change that would be welcome.
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11:06 AM on 01/17/2012
You'd think that by 2012, humans would have perfected the cup lid...
But we're still waiting...
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Joshua MG
12:11 PM on 01/17/2012
Or the biodegradable cup.
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butchcliff
The future is unwritten
05:18 AM on 01/17/2012
Tub O Coffee.
12:00 AM on 01/17/2012
Tim Hortons coffee is terrible! Probably using the cheapest beans on the planet.
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piceaglauca
The picture says it all....
11:04 PM on 01/16/2012
How does the pricing go? Is the small soon to be called the extra small cheapter? Is the medium soon to be called large cost more? what's ahppening on that?
01:03 AM on 01/17/2012
oh no 20 cents
04:37 PM on 01/21/2012
The old names cost the same. For example, a large double double is now a medium double double. Both cost $1.60. Works the same for all the cups. The new extra larges are $2.
10:55 PM on 01/16/2012
finally... I like the bigger cup but I don't really think that is the important part. I'm happy that the medium and small make more sense now.
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mtnestr
10:13 PM on 01/16/2012
Now we can buy a bigger cup of lousy coffee.
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10:05 PM on 01/16/2012
It's a sad day when they Americanize a Canadian institution.
01:03 AM on 01/17/2012
What does America have to do with a cup size? don't hate
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08:26 AM on 01/17/2012
Have you ever been Tim Hortons in the US? Their cup sizes are big like this. When they decided to open TH in the US they went with bigger sizes to appeal to the gluttonous US market.

Anywhere you go in the US, cup sizes are huge. 7-11 even sells a 1.5L cup of soft drink.
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Atim-moot Tugayak
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07:06 PM on 01/16/2012
If you can down what is essentially 3 reg cups of joe on your way to work, you'll need adowner just to be normal...haha
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sbrez
raining blue
07:00 PM on 01/16/2012
why stop there? how about a 40oz
01:04 AM on 01/17/2012
too many liability issues