01.Sep.2010 going places
Gettin’ the fuckoutta dodge this September?
Take an Air Canada flight, and you can read all about how rad Toronto is in EnRoute magazines profile of the city.
They apparently think we’re rad too….. read it.
Oddities and Obscura
Karon at TorontoLife put together a little slideshow for the web covering some of the more obscure and interesting pieces of foodservice equipment in this fine city.
Check out his 2 cents about our Siphon, and some of the other unique pieces of gear you should make the mission to try.
Onwards
So we’re officially 1 year old at the coffee bar, and I would like to thank all who came out even once, or hundreds of times over the year since we’ve been open. We really appreciate your support, and love for the shop.
I also have to thank everybody who came for our 1 year anniversary celebration this past Sunday, waited in line for a free coffee, and pushed us to see how much volume we could sustain.
My answer….. Bring it.
Thanks again.
27.Aug.2010 Torontoist
Valerie Lam and I met up a few weeks back to iron out some questions she had, following a year of interest in writing an anniversary piece about the shop for The Torontoist.
She even came down to the Barista competition to shoot some photos for the piece.
Read Vals story here.
25.Aug.2010 Toronto Life said so
Do what this website says!
1 down
Thats RIGHT! One year in business is coming to a close, and we wanted to do something fun for it.
We’ve decided that ALL day long this Sunday August 29th, we would like to give back and say thanks for your support by offering free drinks to anybody willing to wait in line for one.
The only stipulations are
1. All drinks unfortunately MUST be to go.
2. Only 1 drink per person in line. If your buddy wants one, they’re gonna have to come in and get it themselves. Orders of multiple drinks will be at full price.
3. No limit to how many times you can come and get a drink, but you will have to wait in line each time.
4. Only hot espresso based drinks will be served on Sunday, so our French Press coffee, Siphon coffee, and any other non espresso drinks will not be available for that day, including Iced drinks.
So tell all your friends, make a day of it, and come line up like these guys
Or like these guys, if you’re a badass.
07.Aug.2010 Coming soon!
We still haven’t gotten around to making business cards, or regularly updating the site, but in the absence of all that, we’re releasing something much better.
Im not gonna blow it, but you might guess by the graphic, and the shape of the boxes what Im talking about.
And yes, they will be in stock soon.
03.Aug.2010 Winner is………..
…….. Not me!
It has been my goal since the start of my days as a Barista to one day win the World Barista Championship, and bring the title home to Toronto.
Been close a couple times, but not so lucky this year. A fatal flub on my signature drink Shut me down this time.
A trumped up play on a Reese’ peanut butter cup, I served a mixture of cream, egg, and hazelnut butter with my espresso in the hopes of cooling the coffee down by mixing, and finally serving them to the judges in a small chocolate cup they would devour much like a Reese cup.
Why would chocolate melt when hot coffee is poured into it, dummy?
Only a real dummy would think dummy isn’t a term of endearment.
Anyhoo, Congrats to Momiji of Darkhorse. She done real good, and made us all proud. I know she’s gonna bring it at the National Championships in September, so go see her if you missed her win at St. Lawrence Market on the July 27th.
Heres a photo of my deep concentration/pissed-off-that-I-was-shaking-pouring-a-Cappuccino face from this years competition
King Cap
According to BlogTO readers, we’re the crem de la crem when it comes to the Caps. See the Poll results here.
I’ll take that as a compliment, considering its our belief at the shop that there are 2 things you can measure the skill of a barista by, and one of those is the Cappuccino.
Its the most difficult drink to make perfectly, and falls into the category of “Meh!” if just one element is missing.
So we thank you BlogTO readers and Cappuccino fans alike.