Tim Hortons Coffee: Caffeine Content
Tim Hortons have started to list caffeine amounts along with their regular nutrition information. This table shows the Canadian amounts as well as the USA amounts.
The info is listed their website, which features both a nutritional information calculator, nutritional report, and caffeine report.
The caffeine database here at Energy Fiend contains a few of the drinks – but this table is far more comprehensive.
| Beverage |
Caffeine (mg)
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Small |
Medium |
Large |
X-Large |
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| Coffee | 100 | 140 | 200 | 340 |
| Decaffeinated Coffee | 6 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
| French Vanilla / English Toffee Cappucino | 60 | 80 | 110 | 190 |
| Café Mocha | 80 | 110 | 130 | 220 |
| Hot Smoothee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hot Chocolate | 15 | 20 | 30 | 50 |
| Flavor Shots | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apple Cider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iced Cappucino & Iced Cappucino Supreme (All varieties) | 100 | 140 | 170 | n/a |
| Iced Coffee (Canada Only) | 40 | 90 | 115 | n/a |
| Steeped Tea | 60 | 90 | 110 | 140 |
| Bagged Tea – Chai | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 |
| Bagged Tea – Green | 25 | 35 | 50 | 60 |
| Bagged Tea – Orange Pekoe, English Breakfast, or Earl Grey | 50 | 70 | 100 | 170 |
| Decaffeinated Orange Pekoe | 6 | 9 | 12 | 20 |
| Caffeine-Free Teas – Honey Lemon, Apple Cinammon, Chamomile, Pepperment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bottled Teas | n/a | 20 | n/a | n/a |
In Canada only there is now an “extra small” size, which previously was their “small”. An “extra small” coffee would contain 80mg of caffeine with a decaf containing 5mg. Tim Hortons made the change so its Canadian stores and its USA stores would have more uniform cup sizes.
You can buy Tim Hortons Coffee online here.
How accurate is this?
Tim Hortons clearly states that “this information is accurate to the best of our knowledge, no warranty is expressed or implied regarding its accuracy.”
This is completely true; caffeine amounts in coffee-based drinks can vary wildly. I found a couple of discrepancies on different parts of their site.
Additionally, the caffeine content for tea depends on how long it is steeped.
What’s up with all the caffeine in the Decaf?
Decaffeinated isn’t the same thing as caffeine-free.
Sources
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“Additionally, the caffeine content for tea depends on how long it is steeped.”
I’ve heard that the caffeine comes from the leaves rather quickly; do you have a source on this statement?
Thanks.
That quote is actually from Tim Hortons themselves. As far as we are aware – this is what current research says — the longer the brew – the more caffeine.
Most people can’t understand why at some point through their Saturday morning their minds start wandering towards going to Tim Hortons even though they have had a couple of regular brewed cups of coffee at home. I know it tastes better but even my boyfriend can’t get rid of his caffeine deprived headache without his daily Tim’s. Personally I think there should be a warning that there is so much caffeine in their coffee. I know people who will drink 4 or 5 large Tim’s in a work day, imagine getting up on a Saturday morning and having that kind of caffeine withdrawl. Now I know what was wrong with me back then. I stay home with the kids now, but I still start the day with a cold coffee energy drink and a whole pot of brewed coffee.
What strikes me as strange on this table is how the math doesn’t add up on some drinks. The caffeine content is diluted as you get a bigger size? Shouldn’t a 20 ounce Iced Cappucino have double the caffeine of a 10 ounce Iced Cappucino?
The French Vanilla one doesn’t seem accurate. I have a couple Tim’s close to me and each one makes the drink different! If I want a sweeter one I go to one, if I want one with more coffee taste I go to another, and if I want one that tastes extremely bitter I go to the other. I think to put a caffeinated generalized amount and then go on and make it differ between stores that are five kilometers apart is absurd. I have also asked different Tim Horton’s employees from different stores and each will tell me a different answer for when I ask if there is actually caffeine in the french vanilla beverage.
(side note: sometimes the drinks are ridiculously overpowered with sugar. I can only imagine what that is doing to our health)
Just to let you know.. your sources are unavailable now since Tim Hortons changed their website.. you may want to fix them
Thanks Ashley, I just updated the links. Cheers!
The cafine soluability in water is more sensitive to temperature than time. Higher temperature extracts more cafine.
I am not convinced that the pepermint tea is 0mg of cafine as I have trouble sleeping after just one. I would be interested in an independant test result. Anyone know where to find such independant data?
@John, peppermint oil is a stimulant.. if you look into aromatherapy, it is often used as a natural way to wake people up. Try chamomile tea before bed instead.
if it was caffeine free it wouldn’t taste like coffee. if you don’t want any caffeine at all and don’t want to drink herbal tea than try chicory. It is the closest you can find and chicory coffee is popular in Louisiana Mugica is a nice Korean drink made from roasted grain(historically they didn’t have coffee)
genmaicha is green tea and brown rice which I enjoy some times.
there are all esatz if you are a coffee drinker.
nothing is as good as Tim Horton’s
I think the cup sizes in the US are different than in Canada.
Yeah they are, which is why we indicated that in the chart above. Caffeine content is given for both the Canadian small and the American small and so on.
Dont forget! They’re changing their cup sizes and adding in a bigger cup in a few days so make sure to update
I saw that. It looks to me like they are aligning with the sizes they have in the USA.