Brew Guides & Education
Varietal Deep Dive: Laurina and Aramosa
Laurina and Aramosa are naturally low-caffeine varietals. Laurina, also known as Bourbon Pointu, is a small and pointy bean derived from the Bourbon family. Originating from the Reunion Islands in the...
Coffee & Wine with Lynsey Hayes of Sorellina Coffee
Lynsey Hayes is a multifaceted beverage connoisseur. Hayes went from managing vineyards in the Okanagan to owning Sorellina Coffee in Edmonton. We caught up with Hayes to learn how the two worlds intersect, and...
Mataquescuintla and the power of coffee
This Mataquescuintla coffee is part of a four-year project spearheaded by Drew Johnson, the owner of Bows Coffee Roasters. This project began after Johnson read an LA Times article. The LA Times editorial...
Catur and their Experimental Processing: Inoculation
Catur is a collaborative project between So So Good Coffee Company, an Indonesian coffee sourcing consultancy; Dr. Iantan Taufik, B. Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. and Mikael Jasin, a two-time Indonesian Barista Champion. Catur uses the...
Prototype Coffee: Espresso Shots & Roasting Techniques
Espresso machines typically pull shots with 9 bars of pressure. This is the norm in the industry. But at Prototype Coffee in Vancouver, British Columbia, they have perfectly good reasons as to why...
How should you store your coffee to maintain freshness?
The aging of roasted coffee is linked to the rate it degasses. This is a complicated subject as coffees don’t degas at a fixed rate; there are many variables that impact the process....
Q&A: with Jeremy Perkins, the Owner of French Press Coffee Roasters
Jeremy Perkins has has been in specialty coffee for 22 years. Originally owning a cafe in the UK, we chatted with Perkins about how coffee culture in the UK differs...
Q&A With the Head Roaster at Rosso Coffee Roasters: Paul Stephens
Paul Stephens, the Head Roaster at Rosso Coffee Roasters, has been roasting coffee for 21 years. During his career, he has gone from keeping pen-and-paper notes of roast temperatures to operating some of the most high-tech...
Hand vs. Machine Picking on a Brazilian micro lot
Brazil produces more coffee than any other country in the world. They have achieved this by industrializing their practices for mass production, which has impacted the quality of the coffee they produce. “When you...
Dialed in: Iced AeroPress
We want to make the most of these last couple of weeks of warm weather. So, it's time to experiment with a new version of iced coffee! We all love a...
Meet Cavan Coffee
Q&A With Rufus Cavan, the co-owner of Cavan Coffee “We are smack dab in the suburbs in Guelph. There aren’t a lot of other independent businesses in the area,” Rufus Cavan told us...
Meet Foglifter Coffee Roasters
Q&A with Amanda Nicoletti, the co-owner of Foglifter Coffee Roasters This family-run business is now nested in the corner of Main and 20th in Vancouver, British Columbia. The owners, Amanda and Wayne Nicoletti,...