If you haven’t already heard the news, Tim Hortons is opening up its very first UK location in Glasgow. As a Canadian, I cannot even describe how happy I was when I heard about this. For those of you unfamiliar with Tim Hortons (Timmy’s), its a Canadian fast food restaurant founded by the late Miles G.”Tim” Horton, a former NHL player. However, Tim Hortons is much more than a coffee shop. Its a Canadian cultural icon with stores located all across Canada. As a preview to the Timmy’s experience, I am going to introduce you to some of the most popular words from its vocabulary:

-Timbits (donut holes);

-Double-Double (coffee with two sugars and two creams); and

-Timmy’s run (another way of saying coffee run).

This past week, Timmy’s was handing out free coffee, timbits, and donuts outside the University of Glasgow library. Of course, I went and took a couple of my Scottish friends along to experience timbits for the first time. The line was long but it was worth the wait.

They handed out timbits in these miniature boxes.

It had been ages since I had chocolate timbits. Another good timbit to try is jelly-filled one dusted in powdered sugar.

The rumour of the Four Corners being the location for UK’s first Tim Hortons started spiralling around a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, it turned out to be true after this banner was revealed. According to one of the staff members I spoke to last week, it shouldn’t be much longer until it is open to the public. I can’t wait to start messaging my friends asking them to go on a Timmy’s run with me. Besides timbits, another thing I haven’t had in a while is a good old Iced Cappuccino.