I don't know how the cross contamination takes place, but my
brother resisted this change, trying everything else under the sun
for months. However, with the rash persisting and the doctor
insisting that he was continuing to ingest gluten - he finally
stopped getting his coffee at Tim Horton's, and the rash went
away! It has not returned. He did not eat at Tim Horton's, he only
got his coffee there & sometimes drank it at the counter & more
often just took it in his car. He especially liked their coffee &
sometimes still speaks of missing it.

I only brought this up because it was a more dramatic example
of what I've woefully learned in the 3 plus years since I've been
diagnosed. That when one has celiac, gluten episodes
sometimes happen, seemingly out of the blue. Sometimes one
has to be a super sleuth to find out why & how.
And sometimes I've found it to be something really simple.
Episodes have almost disappeared as I've become more
sophisticated about gluten prevention, but I was surprised to
have it happen again just within the past month!!

Wishing everyone good health!
Dorothy



--- In glutenfreeinwny@yahoogroups.com, <misstigerlili@...>
wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>