DSC_0039 Although only 4 years old, Coava Coffee from Portland has placed itself in the elite roaster category through many accolades in ...
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Matt Higgins was Coava’s founding roaster who roasted several years as a roaster at Pacific Bay Coffee Roasters in Northern California, and then moved to Portland to work for the Albina Press. While at Albina, he begun roasting out of his garage and thus he started Coava in 2008 on hi...
My impressions of Transcend were primarily based on their well-written blog and podcasts which are regularly updated and quite varied in their theme as they give insights into coffee topics that are very relevant to Transcend at the moment, industry commentary, as well as educational ...
One of the highlights of the Canadian Coffee and Tea Show for me was the chance to meet and speak with these two roasters from Calgary. With two competitors in the Canadian Barista competition that ended up taking the top two spots, it wasn’t surprising that my conversation with them ...
Location : 1433 Wellington St W, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2X2 Review As I traveled to Ottawa over the holidays, Illume Espresso Bar was one of the new coffee shop openings that I was excited about as they opened a few weeks before Christmas. My early research indicated that this shop had been i...
Café : Entre le Café et La Plume Location : 123 Avenue du Mont-Royal Ouest, Montréal, QC H2T 2S9 Review Having done a great walking tour of shops last time I was in Montreal , this visit I started with my usual visit to Café Myriade, but I couldn’t resist revisiting one of the standou...
Among top roasters, one of the most often seen origins for Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffees is from the Kochere growing regions which produces some highly aromatic coffees with floral and citrus notes, sometimes hinting at tea flavors with excellent balanced clean acidity. A while back, ...
It’s unfortunate to hear there was so little well-prepared coffee on hand, especially at a high-end trade show, considering the easy availability of quick feedback from refractometers. I have some reservations about the quality of coffee coming from very busy pourover bars in general,...
Café : Café Delices Location : 197 Kent Street Ottawa, ON K2P2K8 Review Following the satisfying Bridgehead Roastery visit , I made a quick drop by visit to the downtown Café Delices to which I had once previously visited. Although I didn’t write about my first visit, I do remember be...
