Prior to Starbucks, we used to buy expresso coffee in the can from an Italian place and use it in a drip filter. I appreciate that Starbucks brought the first functional coffee cup lid to the market. I used to drink their stuff, but my stomach won’t handle much of it now, hence the reason I go to Tim’s, their coffee is not the best, but it’s easy on the stomach and on the pocketbook. Keeping to a coffee/lunch budget in downtown Vancouver is not easy.