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Preparing to Be a World Barista Champion with Ben Put

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Preparing to Be a World Barista Champion with Ben Put

This October, Ben is headed to Milan to represent Canada in the World Barista Championship 2025. We sat down with him for an exclusive interview to learn more about his...

September 30, 2025 — Karen Duong 10 min read

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What is "the Bloom" and why should you care?

If you watched one of our recent videos on how to make coffee in the Hario V60 by Gabriel de Carvalho Dias from Carvalho Coffee, you would have heard him remark this about a coffee bloom:

 

“It’s so beautiful to see this”

This is the specific bloom he was referring to was this:

April 20, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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Where did the word “Coffee” come from?

The history of the coffee plant itself is pretty wild as it meandered its way across the world – from East Africa to the Middle East to Europe and further...
March 21, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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What has everyone been saying about The Roasters Pack?

It's been just over 3 weeks since we went live at The Roasters Pack and the last 21 days have been absolutely amazing. The response has been fantastic and it's only motivated us to continue to raise the bar for coffee lovers. We're not one to toot our own horn, so what exactly has everyone else been saying about The Roasters Pack? 

  • BlogTO said that The Roasters Pack is "the subscription club for coffee geeks".
  • Food blogger, Jess of WhereJessAte says "let them do the heavy lifting and every month you’ll be sent a sample of coffee beans you’d never otherwise try."
  • Andrew Youderian says on his podcast that "It's really great coffee, I can vouch first hand it's really great quality coffee, I was drinking it this morning, thoroughly enjoyed it. But what's really cool about them is they provide the stories of those independent roasters... so you can get a sense of where that coffee is coming from"
  • Meshell in your City writes "I love being introduced to things that are completely new to me, so in that sense The Roasters Pack is perfect."
March 12, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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If the Roasts were Songs... (March Edition)

We recently mailed out the March Issue of the Roasters Pack, which featured Diesel House, Carvalho Coffee & Bean North Coffee. Each one of the roasts had diverse flavours and...
March 07, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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How to Brew a Great cup of Coffee

Gabriel de Carvalho Dias owns a farm in Brazil and is the head roaster at Carvalho Coffee in Oakville, Ontario. His coffee has won awards at the Cup of Excellence and in this article, he shows us how to brew a great cup of coffee.
February 24, 2014 — Suneal Pabari
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Thank you!

Today we launched The Roasters Pack and opened our digital doors to you! We really think that we have great product and we're happy to have made it this far...
February 17, 2014 — Adam Frank
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