Re: Re: Question about beverage

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Yes, but what do folks drink at home for a gourmet treat?

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At 10:46 AM 2/25/2010, you wrote:

I live in Edmonton, Alberta. I can tell you there are more Starbucks here

than any other coffee chain! It seems like they are on every street

corner. Walk into a Safeway and you'll see Starbucks! People of all ages

and walks of life are seen in Starbucks around here, not mainly

university folks. Second Cup - not so many of these outlets,

unfortunately. I prefer Second Cup to Starbucks as the coffee isn't quite

so " burnt " . Tim Hortons...well there are always line-ups.

That's where the rest of the population migrates to!

Darlene

From: n Van Til

To: BTVC-SCD

Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 1:46:44 PM

Subject: Re: Re: Question about beverage

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:13:17 -0500, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm

wrote:

> At 01:33 PM 2/19/2010, you wrote:

>> Tim Horton's coffee, of course! Â (Alas, more

>> likely that kind of person would drink Starbucks.)

>

> Well, yes -- when she's on the road (she's a

> hiker!). Ah, but in between times, when she's having a nice gourmet

cup?

That's a good question. I live a few hundred yards from the Canadian

border and am in Ontario at least once a week, sometimes more (and worked

there for years after I moved back to the U.S.), but I can't think of any

coffee that Canadians particularly like more than others (except Tim

Hortons, which does sell ground coffee); nor can I think of any

indigenous gourmet coffee houses. On second thought, there's a place

called Second Cup in Toronto which I recall having good gourmet coffee,

and there must be others; and are certainly arey such places in Vancouver

and other large cities, but I haven't kept up with that -- there aren't

any in " my " part of Canada nearby. It's an hour-and-a-half

drive to Toronto from where I live after one crosses the border (which

can take time).

I actually wasn't kidding about Canadians and Starbucks. There are tons

of Starbucks in Canada now, and they seem to be frequented esepcially by

university-aged people as trendy places to go and hang out and drink

coffee concoctions. What I like about them is they sell fresh fruit,

unlike the Starbucks on this side of the border; and they have squeezable

pots of honey rather than the little individual packets that you can

never get open, and if you can you get your hands all sticky. I think

large sqeezable containers of honey, ketchup, etc. aren't allowed here at

" fast food restaurants because of health regulations (at least they

aren't in NY), which I personally think is going a little overboard,

but....

n

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