How to do a Tim Tam Slam!

[yuiyoshida]

[Shrike47]

1. I consulted Wikipedia and discovered what a Tim Tam is. I want them.

Sucking through them just seems like a waste to me. Sorry...

[yuiyoshida]

2. ooooooooooh no!!!

When you do that, the coffee explodes in your mouth though the cookie, its a little bit of heaven. I have tried this, and its a wonderful sensation. Its too bad they are hard to find in the US! Tim Tams are freaking awesome. Why are people so quick to poo-poo every freaking thing on DU??

[Thor_MN]

3. Interesting.

Growing up on Norwegian Lutheran church basement coffee, where one tiny bowl of sugar and an ounce or two of creme go mostly untouched for a hundred cups of coffee, it seems quite elaborate, but interesting.

[justhanginon]

4. Looks like fun to me! We need fun!!!!!!!!

You can sit in a coffee shop and talk politics until your blood pressure spikes or do a Tim Tam slam and have a good laugh.
Bet you get some strange looks, especially here in the midwest.
Thanks.

[yuiyoshida]

8. They were in Sideney, Austraila

Where Tim Tams are common place!

[Violet_Crumble]

18. It's Sydney...

And I wish people would stop calling Tim Tams cookies. They're biscuits.

fwiw, I've eaten more Tim Tams than anyone else at DU and I've never done that slam thing. Mainly coz I'm too busy eating it to worry about dunking it in my coffee, but also because when it first came out I thought it was pretty much a marketing tactic and resisted it...

[yuiyoshida]

19. You are absolutley right, it is spelled Sydney

Just as Coz is "Because", thank you.

[StoneCarver]

5. Keep up the fun!

Both my daughter and I love to try new foods or interesting ways to eat them. The Japanese candy can be a real hoot too. Keep the fun coming!
Stonecarver

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Just ordered two packs online

Original chocolate, I assumed? They have like 10 different flavors.

[yuiyoshida]

7. my favorite is Caramel and Chocolate

omg, its a Treat in your mouth!!!

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Coffee pairings are an art.

One can ruin, or amazingly set off any particular bean/roast with a proper pairing. I'll have to track some of these down and give it a try.

Every week, my team does a half hour get together for coffee tasting, and we take turns picking the coffee and the pairing item, and preparing it. This could be a nice change of pace. Thanks for posting!

[alfredo]

20. One of the best I have found is coffee and smoked gouda on Ak-Maks.

[Chellee]

10. I'll bet this would work

with chocolate covered graham crackers.

One of the best things to do with those is to nibble off all the edges of the chocolate and then dip it in your milk just until it starts to soften and then you eat it.

This seems very similar.

[yuiyoshida]

14. Here the Tim Tam is

used like a straw, except for being hollow you have that wonderful flavor coming up from the coffee and cookie combined.r

[Half-Century Man]

11. My go to place for ordering Japanese snacks

http://www.jlist.com/category/822

[yuiyoshida]

15. Tim Tams are from

Australia and New Zealand.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam

[Half-Century Man]

21. Ah....Thank You

[surrealAmerican]

12. Oh, it's a cookie.

For a minute there I was thinking, "... but are matzo crackers common in Japan?", but those are "Tam Tams", not "Tim Tams".

[SwissTony]

13. Not just any cookie...cookies from heaven.

Tim Tams are Australian and I'm an Aussie. But I live in Holland. Much to my delight, my wife found a woman who imports Australian biscuits into Holland. And she lives about 200 metres away!! They're a bit pricey, but not too bad. A couple of times a year, we and our kids put in an joint order for Tim Tams, Chocolate Mint Slices...heaven.

Never done the Slam. Might try it.

[yuiyoshida]

16. Omg you should try it!

My friend from New Zealand sent me a bunch of cookies once, different flavors, and instructions how to do the slam. That was totally awesome of her to do that!!

[lovemydog]

17. Now my mouth is watering.

I've looked at all the different flavors, on amazon. Holy moly. I want to find a good variety at a reasonable price.