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Cherry Hill Coffee – Celebrating over 25 years in the Okanagan
Add artisan coffee roasters to the list of good things happening in the Okanagan. One of the first, Kelowna’s Cherry Hill Coffee has been hand-roasting coffee beans since 1986, and provides many of the Okanagan’s best independent coffee shops, bakeries and restaurants with their custom ...
Coffee – An Essay
“Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water” —The Women’s Petition Against Coffee, London (1674) The women, happily, have left coffee alone and moved ...
Maccha 101 at Jagasilk
Originally part of the sacred Japanese tea ceremony, maccha [match-cha]is a refined powder form of green tea that has now been incorporated into lattes, ice cream, or enjoyed on its own. Maccha is said to improve the clarity of skin, increase memory retention, amplify focus ...
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The Victoria Tea Festival arrives this weekend.
Victoria tea lovers, heads up: North America’s largest tea show is just around the corner, and it’s right here in our city. The Victoria Tea Festival, held at Crystal Garden February 18-19, invites guests to participate in a fun and informative exhibition celebrating “all things ...
Rise of the dark horse: Fernwood Coffee Company
One morning about five years ago, Ben Cram and wife Terra Ogawa stopped by The Parsonage Cafe for their usual morning coffee. Having recently resigned as Chef at Pescatore’s, Ben was looking for a change, but didn’t know what. It was that nondescript yet fateful ...
Oughtred Coffee and Tea
Oughtred Coffee and Tea has been supplying British Columbians with quality products for almost 40 years. And while they still maintain some of the key principals of good local business that the company established when it first began, much has changed in their near four ...
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Opened: Spiced Water
Tea and coffee geeks rejoice! Spiced Water’s had it’s Grand Opening at 727 Courtney Street in downtown Victoria Thursday. Check out the new location, take part in special pairings, sample a variety of multi-roaster coffee and single origin teas, and meet exuberant new owners, Jared ...
Silk Road Invents a Better Way to Enjoy a Cuppa
Loose-leaf tea lovers from all around the globe now have a new way to enjoy their favourite beverage, thanks to a revolutionary new teacup co-designed by Daniela Cubelic, tea master and owner of the Victoria-based Silk Road.
Called the TipCup, the Finnish-invented teacup features a diameter of 11 cm (4.5 inches), ideal for two-hand holding; an...
Tre Fantastico Opens at the Parkside
Coffee doesn’t stunt your growth, especially when you’re Caffe Fantastico. They started slinging ‘spro from a tiny cart on Government street, bust open a roastery location in Quadra Village, and promptly tucked into a tiny alcove of the Cook Street food court. Then they stretched ...
