Coffee Club Radio
When: Monday August 13, 2001
Time: 2-4pm Eastern Central
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Beat The Heat
Man was it ever hot out the last few weeks. We are talking sauna like heats that came
close to baking this little boy inside out. You'd think this would curb my coffee drinking a little, seeing as
how coffee itself is hot. Nope, not here. I was drinking like usual, though maybe one less cup in the morning.
This brings me to a perfectly useful solution for those without AC at home. If your hot as
hell, and you want to
give yourself a treat, there are a few things you can do. As Jittery Jill points out this week, for the coffee
lover, there is always iced coffee beverages. Also as Jill points out, Tim Horton's gives you a better bang for
the buck. Asa bonus, they have AC running all day.
Sure, I missed out on drinking my own brew in the comfort of my home, but last couple of
day's I would not call it comfortable. So, it was off to good old Tim Horton's, which lately seem to be on every
street corner here in Toronto, at least in the suburbs. There coffee is more then passable, actually it's pretty
darn good.
Canada is known for its donut shops, or at least that's what I hear. We are donut crazy it
seems, but does anyone consider the coffee? Maybe it's the readily available coffee that makes our love affair with
donut shops so strong. Maybe the donuts are just a lovely second place to the ever delectable coffee that we all
love and enjoy.
So is donut shop coffee any good? Have no fear, your friends at CoffeeClubOnline.com will
get you that answer in an upcoming donut shop expose. We will brave the 3 most popular donut chains and give you the
411. Booyah! Though I'll let you in on a secret. We really think it'll be hard to beat Tim Horton's on this one, but
we'll see.
So? Is it hot where you are? If'n you is having trouble with you environment, at least here
in Canada you can enjoy a fresh coffee and delectable sugary treats at your corner donut shop. I can't guarantee that
your donut shop will have good coffee, or that their donuts will tantalize your taste buds, but I'm sure their cool
air conditioned interior will give you at least a little break from the oppressive heat and, there's coffee too!
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Jill's Too Damn Hot
It's another motherfucker hot day. Jaysus. And the only beverage I know of that will quench
this parched yet pretty tongue is an icy cold coffee drink. Now Jill hates Starbucks as much as the next guy, but
you know what? They make hands down the best cold coffee drinks ever. EVER.
(Coffee Club niether supports nor endorses Starbucks, CPJ)
Just for starters, just for kicks, try the grande mocha frappuccinno. Ye gods! It's a
fantastic frothy concoction. Unlike the granita style coffee drinks that are really just coffee slush churned in
never-cleaned machines, the Starbucks frappuccinno is created using an exact measurement of espresso and mocha stuff
made hot, then poured over ice into a big ass ice crushing blender that chops the frozen cubes into bitty bits and
thoroughly blends it with the coffee parts. The result is a perfectly contrived icy fucking cold treat.
After you've gotten over the shock of a yummy iced coffee drink, try ordering the brownie
frappuccinno. They put a whole damn brownie in the blender. It's true! I've seen them do it. They just toss that
chocolatey hunk of goodness into the machine with coffee and ice and then slather the whole damn mess with whipped
cream and a fabulous lattice of chocolate syrup. Good fucking god! It's the best damn thing in the world.
Now if you are, as you should be, abhorrent to the notion of purchasing any sort of coffee
from Starbucks, seeing as how they've spread themselves like pestilence over the face of the globe, then perhaps
you should partake of a cheap yet perfectly sweet substitute for the frappuccinno. Yes, my friends, I'm talking
about the Tim Horton's Iced Cappuccinno. Surprising but true. It's actually damn tasty and thirst quenching.
Tasting rather like a liquefied ice cream cone with coffee- esque overtones, this cheap
little slurp is available in small, medium and large. Jill recommends the large. It'll be gone in less than ten
minutes regardless, as it is truly very good. And Jill also has it on remarkably good authourity that it is possible
to purchase a Tim Horton's ‘Ice Cap' made with chocolate milk instead of the usual dull and pasty cow juice. This,
apparently, is ambrosial, the very drink of various deities.
Now both Timothy's and Second Cup carry their own churned ice drinks, but truthfully, the
Tim Horton's Ice Cap is cheaper, bigger, and almost as good. And neither Timothy's nor the Second Cup throw desserts
into their expensive ice drinks, so what's the freaking point? If you are going to sell your soul and empty your
wallet for an iced beverage, get the brownie frappuccino from Starbuck's. It isn't as though there aren't right
now, just outside your window, at least one Tim Horton's and two Starbuck's within a three block radius.
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