I would just bring my own cup and have them fill it up for you. They don't
actually bake anything on the premises, so contamination would only come from
handling of food and cups without washing hands inbetween. Or perhaps they don't
wash their coffee pots well enough to eliminate cc from the dishwater. I've
never eaten there, so I have no experience from it.
---- dsangeorge <dsangeorge@...> wrote:
> I doubt that the coffee contains gluten originally, but the
> cross-contamination with the flour in the air near where the
> coffee is being made, or persons with flour or doughnut residue
> on their hands are making the coffee, or something similar.
> When I was 1st diagnosed & spoke to a more seasoned person
> with Celiac, she told of ending up in the hospital from just
> making Christmas cookies for her family even though she did
> not eat any of the cookies or dough herself. Some persons are
> more senstive to the croess-contamination factor. Or perhaps all
> of us with celiac are, but some show the symptoms more than
> others. In any case, I've learned to be very careful in the
> cross-contamination department, through my own personal
> experiences.
>
> Dorothy
>
> --- In glutenfreeinwny@yahoogroups.com, bvtc6677
> <bvtc6677@...> wrote:
> >
> > Probably some sort of cross contamination from all the donuts
> around.Powder and crumbs from the donuts could find their way
> into the coffee.
> >
> > rachel larotonda <larotonda_rachel@...> wrote: Tim
> Horton's Coffee contains gluten?????
> >
> > Dorothy <dsangeorge@...> wrote:
> > In regard to if one accidently ingests gluten. It seems to vary by
> person & by incident - perhaps
> > by the amount of ingested gluten AND by the initial damage the
> person had when diagnosed.
> >
> > My brother, who went over 35 years undiagnosed, will
> sometimes suffer SEVERELY with very little
> > sleep for 3 days to a week. Though he had a persistent rash
> that the doctor said was due to
> > gluten. My brother checked & rechecked through his diet & after
> reviewing every other avenue,
> > finally reluctantly came to the conclusion that he had to stop
> getting coffee at Tim Horton's.
> > When he did that, his rash went away.
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