Brew Guides & Education

Interview with Nelson Phu, 2024 Canadian Barista Champion

Interview with Nelson Phu, 2024 Canadian Barista Champion

From being your friendly neighbourhood barista to becoming the best barista in the country! Our Interview with Nelson Phu, 2024 Canadian Barista Champion.
August 01, 2024 — Karen Duong
Filipino baked goods meet specialty chocolate at this Toronto cafe: Bakerrae x Chachalate

Filipino baked goods meet specialty chocolate at this Toronto cafe: Bakerrae x Chachalate

Toronto may boast many coffee shops across the city, but have you ever heard of a cafe that was also a bakery and a chocolate factory? Well, look no further, as The Upper Beaches area is now home to the much-anticipated brick and mortar of Bakerrae x Chachalate! 

February 26, 2024 — Karen Duong
World Barista Champion 2023: Boram Um

World Barista Champion 2023: Boram Um

The 2023 World Barista Championship was held at the World of Coffee, in Athens, Greece. The coveted title of World Barista Champion was won by Boram Um, whose family owns...
July 28, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A with Paprik Liu, National Barista Championship Competitor

Q&A with Paprik Liu, National Barista Championship Competitor

Paprik Liu, a Barista at Phil & Sebastian Coffee Roasters, recently qualified to go to Nationals for the Canadian National Barista Competition. We caught up with Liu to hear about...
May 29, 2023 — Zara Snitman
Q&A With Rebel Chocolate

Q&A With Rebel Chocolate

Rebel Chocolate is the brand behind the delicious Liquid Chocolate, otherwise known as the mocha’s best friend! If you haven’t tried Liquid Chocolate in your coffee yet, you’re in for a...
March 29, 2022 — Lauren Scratch
Q&A With Swiss Water Decaf

Q&A With Swiss Water Decaf

Swiss Water Decaf is the choice for many coffee roasters to create a smooth, unaffected decaf. We caught up with Swiss Water’s Director of Coffee, Mike Strumpf, to ask him...
June 07, 2021 — Lauren Scratch
5 Health Benefits of Coffee

5 Health Benefits of Coffee

Aside from making you overly productive at work or killing the morning grogginess, coffee has a number of medicinal uses too! 1. Boosts Your Metabolism The rate at which you...
February 22, 2021 — Lauren Scratch
Signature Drink With Barista Yadi Arifin

Signature Drink With Barista Yadi Arifin

yadi arifin and the ana sora Owner of the always-fantastic Fika Café (located in the Kensington Market in the heart of Toronto), Yadi Arifin competed at the National Barista Competition...
June 29, 2018 — Suneal Pabari
The Roasters Pack on CityLine!

The Roasters Pack on CityLine!

A few weeks back Shoana Jensen reached out to us explaining how she was doing a segment on subscription services and wanted to feature our monthly coffee club on CityLine.

November 08, 2015 — Suneal Pabari

"A Film About Coffee" Documentary

A Film About Coffee Logo

We have moments – where we’re having a conversation with someone within the coffee industry and something they tell us blows us away. Whether it’s to do with their roasting strategy or maybe something we would never think about, like, what baskets are they putting the coffee cherry in after it is picked and how that impacts quality?

April 08, 2015 — The Roasters Pack Staff

Does Coffee Fight Depression?

Brewing Happiness

Every Monday morning we understand the magical properties of a cup of coffee as it gives us that boost to get the week started. However, does drinking it do more for you and your taste-buds than what you originally anticipated? 

When we went to visit one of our featured roasters from the September issue, Propeller Coffee Co., outside of the front of their café/roaster was an entertaining sign that read: “They say money can’t buy happiness. We say money can buy coffee. And that’s pretty close. Happiness Brewing here.”

It got us thinking. We dug into some scientific journals to see if there were any studies out there that helped answer this question: Does coffee improve happiness?

September 08, 2014 — Suneal Pabari