If you have ever searched for the Tim Hortons Caffeine in your usual order, you have met the problem: one site says a medium coffee is 180 mg, the next says 205 mg, and neither says where the number came from. This page settles it with the figures Tim Hortons itself has published, set out drink by drink and size by size.
The figures below are the company’s own published caffeine values. Where Tim Hortons has not published a figure for a drink, this page says so rather than filling the gap with an estimate.
Tim Hortons Caffeine at a glance
- Strongest drink: an Extra Large Original Blend at 330 mg
- A Medium Original Blend: 205 mg, about half an adult’s daily maximum
- One espresso shot on its own: 125 mg
- Weakest caffeinated drink: a Small Decaf at 6 mg
- Health Canada maximum for a healthy adult: 400 mg a day
- Source: the caffeine figures Tim Hortons has published for Canada
Brewed coffee
This is where most of the caffeine at Tim Hortons sits. The cup sizes are Small 296 mL, Medium 414 mL, Large 591 mL and Extra Large 710 mL.
| Drink | Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Blend Coffee | 140 mg | 205 mg | 270 mg | 330 mg |
| Dark Roast Coffee | 130 mg | 195 mg | 260 mg | 315 mg |
| Decaf Coffee | 6 mg | 9 mg | 12 mg | 15 mg |
Dark Roast tastes stronger than the Original Blend, but it runs a little lower at every size. The darker flavour is the roast, not extra caffeine. Cream and sugar change the calories, not the caffeine: a Double Double carries the same milligrams as the coffee in it. Prices and calories for every build sit on the Hot Drinks page.
Espresso drinks
The espresso line holds one surprise: a single shot on its own carries 125 mg, which is close to a whole Small brewed coffee at 140 mg.
| Drink | Caffeine as published |
|---|---|
| Espresso, single shot | 125 mg |
| Americano (Medium) | 205 mg |
| Cappuccino (Medium) | 205 mg |
| Latte, plain or flavoured (Medium) | 205 mg |
| Mocha Latte (Medium) | 215 mg |
The company published the Medium size only for the milk drinks, so that is the only size printed here. The Small and Large figures were never published, and this page does not scale them up or down to fill the row. A Medium latte matching a Medium brewed coffee is the pattern to remember.
Cold coffee
| Drink | Small | Medium | Large |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iced Capp, all varieties | 90 mg | 120 mg | 150 mg |
| Iced Coffee (Original Blend) | 60 mg | 130 mg | 160 mg |
The iced lattes follow the hot ones: a Medium Iced Latte carries 205 mg, and a Medium Mocha Iced Latte is 215 mg. An Iced Capp, sweet as it tastes, carries less caffeine than the same size of brewed coffee at every size. Full prices and calories for the cold line are on the Cold Drinks page.
Cold brew is the gap to know about. Tim Hortons has not published a caffeine figure for it, so any cold brew number you see on another site is that site’s estimate.
Teas
| Drink | Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeped Tea, made with whole leaf | 90 mg | 125 mg | 175 mg | 210 mg |
| Orange Pekoe, English Breakfast, Earl Grey or Chai (bagged) | 50 mg | 70 mg | 100 mg | 170 mg |
| Green Tea (bagged) | 25 mg | 35 mg | 50 mg | 60 mg |
| Decaffeinated Orange Pekoe | 6 mg | 9 mg | 12 mg | 15 mg |
Steeped Tea is brewed in the pot rather than bagged in the cup, which is why it runs higher than a bagged tea of the same size: a Medium Steeped Tea at 125 mg sits between a coffee and the light drinks, and an Extra Large reaches 210 mg, more than a Medium coffee. Bagged tea figures move with steeping time, so treat these as standard values.
At zero: the Honey Lemon, Apple Cinnamon, Chamomile and Peppermint teas are caffeine free, as is the seasonal Pumpkin Spice tea.
Sweet drinks and hot chocolate
| Drink | Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Vanilla or English Toffee cappuccino | 60 mg | 80 mg | 110 mg | 135 mg |
| Café Mocha | 90 mg | 135 mg | 165 mg | 200 mg |
| Hot Chocolate | 15 mg | 20 mg | 30 mg | 35 mg |
| Apple Cider | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg |
A French Vanilla runs at about a third of the caffeine of the same size of brewed coffee, which makes it the gentle option that still tastes like a treat. And one claim worth correcting: hot chocolate is not caffeine free. Cocoa carries a small amount of caffeine, 15 mg in a Small up to 35 mg in an Extra Large. That matters most for kids’ cups in the evening, so read it against the children’s limit below.
The strongest and the lightest
The five strongest cups, in order: an Extra Large Original Blend at 330 mg, an Extra Large Dark Roast at 315 mg, a Large Original Blend at 270 mg, a Medium Mocha Latte (hot or iced) at 215 mg, and an Extra Large Steeped Tea at 210 mg.
At the other end, the lightest caffeinated drinks are a Small Decaf and a Small Decaffeinated Orange Pekoe, both at 6 mg. The arithmetic that catches people out: two Medium coffees in a day come to 410 mg, already over the adult daily maximum before a tea, a chocolate or anything else is counted.
What Tim Hortons has not published
Some current drinks have no official figure anywhere, and this page leaves them blank on purpose. Cold brew, the matcha drinks, the protein and dream lattes and the newest flavours have no published figure. The Infusr energy cans are in the same group: the company’s own newsroom release says they are made with natural caffeine and points you to the label on the can, and no milligram amount is published on the site. If you need a figure for one of these drinks, the Help Centre route is the Guest Care Team (General Inquiry, then Nutrition/Ingredients). Every one of these drinks still sits on the Full Menu page with its price and calories.
Daily limits: the Health Canada figures
Health Canada sets the recommended maximum daily intake like this:
| Who | Maximum per day |
|---|---|
| Healthy adults (18 and over) | 400 mg |
| Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning a pregnancy | 300 mg |
| Children and teens (up to 18) | 2.5 mg for each kilo of body weight |
What that means in Tim Hortons cups: one Extra Large coffee at 330 mg leaves 70 mg for the rest of the day. A Large coffee and a Medium Iced Coffee land on 400 mg exactly. For a child of 40 kg the maximum is 100 mg, so a Small Iced Capp at 90 mg nearly fills the whole day and a Medium at 120 mg goes over.
Too much caffeine can bring insomnia, irritability, headaches and nervousness, Health Canada’s own list. If you are sensitive to caffeine, its advice is to avoid it or bring your intake down.
Cutting down without giving up your Tims run
- Size down one step. A Medium instead of a Large coffee saves 65 mg and still tastes like your coffee.
- Go decaf after lunch. A decaf at any size holds 6 to 15 mg instead of 130 to 330 mg.
- Meet in the middle. A Medium Steeped Tea is 125 mg and a Medium Iced Capp is 120 mg, roughly half a Medium coffee.
- Save the sweet drinks for the evening. A Medium Hot Chocolate is 20 mg, low enough that it rarely decides your day on its own.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page comes from the caffeine values Tim Hortons itself has published for Canada. Products change over time, so read the numbers as the company’s standard values rather than a lab reading of the exact cup in your hand. For a drink with no published figure, the Help Centre sends caffeine questions to the Guest Care Team.