Brew Guides & Education

The Origin Story: Escape Coffee Roasters

The Origin Story: Escape Coffee Roasters

Everyone who works in coffee has their own personal coffee origin story, be it through college cafe jobs, traveling to coffee-growing regions, or by trying a fruit-bomb Ethiopian for the...
May 04, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Portfolio Coffee

Q&A with Portfolio Coffee

Portfolio Coffee has only been roasting under their own name for a few years but they have already started making waves in the industry. We chatted with their Head Roaster,...
May 02, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With Detour Coffee Roasters

Q&A With Detour Coffee Roasters

We have been featuring Detour Coffee Roasters since the early days of The Roasters Pack, but we never had a chance to really chat with them about how they got...
April 26, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Escape Coffee Roasters Update

Escape Coffee Roasters Update

We chatted with David Boucher, the Co-Founder of Escape Coffee Roasters, to get an update on how things are going at their roastery. “The company and our products are all...
April 21, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Rooftop Coffee Roasters

Q&A with Rooftop Coffee Roasters

Rooftop Coffee Roasters hails from Fernie, British Columbia, a mountain town with a population of 5,000. We caught up with their Head Roaster, Keegan Street, to learn how he went...
April 06, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Alfonso Tupaz, Founder of Hatch Crafted

Q&A with Alfonso Tupaz, Founder of Hatch Crafted

- What led you to start Hatch Coffee? How did you get into coffee? So for me, it started about eleven years ago, roasting coffee by hand.  I was based...
April 06, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Pallet Coffee Roasters

Q&A with Pallet Coffee Roasters

With seven locations across Vancouver, community-minded Pallet Coffee Roasters aims to make specialty coffee more accessible. We chatted with Ben Rugg, their Director of Coffee, to learn more about their origin story and plans for...
March 27, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With 33 ⅓ Coffee Roasters

Q&A With 33 ⅓ Coffee Roasters

This Regina-based roastery is looking to bring a little more specialty coffee to the city. We chatted with Eric Galbraith, the owner of 33 ⅓ Coffee Roasters, to learn about...
March 09, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With Café Pista

Q&A With Café Pista

We caught up with Alexandre Séguin, Co-Owner and Head Roaster at Montreal-based Café Pista, to ask him about how they got started and what they’re most excited about for the...
March 08, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Subtext Coffee

Q&A with Subtext Coffee

Subtext Coffee was launched in 2020 by Alex Castellani, co-owner of Boxcar Social in Toronto. The cafe chain has a reputation for pushing the envelope of specialty coffee and providing...
March 06, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With Planet Bean Coffee

Q&A With Planet Bean Coffee

Hailing from Guelph, Ontario, this roastery has been in the specialty coffee world for a very long time… 26 years! We chatted with their founder Bill Barrett, to learn more...
March 03, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With 94 Celcius Micro-Torréfacteur

Q&A With 94 Celcius Micro-Torréfacteur

94 Celcius is a Montréal-based roastery that seeks to embody change in the world of coffee. We caught up with their founder, Marc-Alexandre Emond-Boisjoly, to learn about his coffee roasting...
February 10, 2023 — Zara Snitman