diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9bcef9d9..6a4b0e88 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -454,6 +454,9 @@ impl<'c> Cookie<'c> {
 
     /// Returns the value of `self`.
     ///
+    /// Does not strip surrounding quotes. See [`Cookie::value_trimmed()`] for a
+    /// version that does.
+    ///
     /// # Example
     ///
     /// ```
@@ -461,12 +464,62 @@ impl<'c> Cookie<'c> {
     ///
     /// let c = Cookie::new("name", "value");
     /// assert_eq!(c.value(), "value");
+    ///
+    /// let c = Cookie::new("name", "\"value\"");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value(), "\"value\"");
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     pub fn value(&self) -> &str {
         self.value.to_str(self.cookie_string.as_ref())
     }
 
+    /// Returns the value of `self` with surrounding double-quotes trimmed.
+    ///
+    /// This is _not_ the value of the cookie (_that_ is [`Cookie::value()`]).
+    /// Instead, this is the value with a surrounding pair of double-quotes, if
+    /// any, trimmed away. Quotes are only trimmed when they form a pair and
+    /// never otherwise. The trimmed value is never used for any other
+    /// operations, including equality checking and hashing.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use cookie::Cookie;
+    /// let c0 = Cookie::new("name", "value");
+    /// assert_eq!(c0.value_trimmed(), "value");
+    ///
+    /// let c = Cookie::new("name", "\"value\"");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value_trimmed(), "value");
+    /// assert!(c != c0);
+    ///
+    /// let c = Cookie::new("name", "\"value");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value(), "\"value");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value_trimmed(), "\"value");
+    /// assert!(c != c0);
+    ///
+    /// let c = Cookie::new("name", "\"value\"\"");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value(), "\"value\"\"");
+    /// assert_eq!(c.value_trimmed(), "value\"");
+    /// assert!(c != c0);
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn value_trimmed(&self) -> &str {
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn trim_quotes(s: &str) -> &str {
+            if s.len() < 2 {
+                return s;
+            }
+
+            let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+            match (bytes.first(), bytes.last()) {
+                (Some(b'"'), Some(b'"')) => &s[1..(s.len() - 1)],
+                _ => s
+            }
+        }
+
+        trim_quotes(self.value())
+    }
+
     /// Returns the name and value of `self` as a tuple of `(name, value)`.
     ///
     /// # Example
diff --git a/src/parse.rs b/src/parse.rs
index e273e314..fd198d2a 100644
--- a/src/parse.rs
+++ b/src/parse.rs
@@ -89,17 +89,6 @@ fn name_val_decoded(
     unreachable!("This function should never be called with 'percent-encode' disabled!")
 }
 
-fn trim_quotes(s: &str) -> &str {
-    if s.len() < 2 {
-        return s;
-    }
-
-    match (s.chars().next(), s.chars().last()) {
-        (Some('"'), Some('"')) => &s[1..(s.len() - 1)],
-        _ => s
-    }
-}
-
 // This function does the real parsing but _does not_ set the `cookie_string` in
 // the returned cookie object. This only exists so that the borrow to `s` is
 // returned at the end of the call, allowing the `cookie_string` field to be
@@ -110,10 +99,7 @@ fn parse_inner<'c>(s: &str, decode: bool) -> Result<Cookie<'c>, ParseError> {
     // Determine the name = val.
     let key_value = attributes.next().expect("first str::split().next() returns Some");
     let (name, value) = match key_value.find('=') {
-        Some(i) => {
-            let (key, value) = (key_value[..i].trim(), key_value[(i + 1)..].trim());
-            (key, trim_quotes(value).trim())
-        },
+        Some(i) => (key_value[..i].trim(), key_value[(i + 1)..].trim()),
         None => return Err(ParseError::MissingPair)
     };
 
@@ -319,31 +305,31 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = Cookie::build("foo", "bar=baz").finish();
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=bar=baz", expected);
 
-        let expected = Cookie::build("foo", "\"bar\"").finish();
+        let expected = Cookie::build("foo", "\"\"bar\"\"").finish();
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"\"bar\"\"", expected);
 
         let expected = Cookie::build("foo", "\"bar").finish();
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=  \"bar", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"bar  ", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"\"bar\"", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"\"bar  \"", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"\"bar  \"  ", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"\"bar\"", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"\"bar  \"", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"\"bar  \"  ", expected);
 
         let expected = Cookie::build("foo", "bar\"").finish();
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=bar\"", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"bar\"\"", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"  bar\"\"", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"  bar\"  \"  ", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"bar\"\"", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"  bar\"\"", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"  bar\"  \"  ", expected);
 
         let mut expected = Cookie::build("foo", "bar").finish();
         assert_eq_parse!("foo=bar", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!("foo = bar", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!("foo=\"bar\"", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!(" foo=bar ", expected);
-        assert_eq_parse!(" foo=\"bar   \" ", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!(" foo=bar ;Domain=", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!(" foo=bar ;Domain= ", expected);
         assert_eq_parse!(" foo=bar ;Ignored", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!("foo=\"bar\"", expected);
+        assert_ne_parse!(" foo=\"bar   \" ", expected);
 
         let mut unexpected = Cookie::build("foo", "bar").http_only(false).finish();
         assert_ne_parse!(" foo=bar ;HttpOnly", unexpected);