Tag Archive '49th_parallel'

Savor the Saveur of Coffee

Posted by TheShot on 24 Oct 2008 | Tagged as: Beans, Home Brew, Quality Issues

Saveur is one among many “gourmet” food, wine, and travel magazines (as much as we hate that hackneyed 80’s word) — but with a specific focus on international cuisines. “Saveur” being French for “flavor”. Now whether “Saveur Sav” would be a clock-and-beret-wearing member of France’s answer to Public Enemy is still up for debate. [...]

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Vancouver’s new cafe wins best coffee in region

Posted by TheShot on 05 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: Foreign Brew, Roasting

From yesterday’s Vancouver Sun, the praise is rolling in for Vancouver’s 49th Parallel Roasters, a new coffee destination established by Vince and Mike Piccolo (the former of Caffè Artigiano fame): Vancouver’s new cafe wins best coffee in region.
Just don’t ask what Krups is doing as self-appointed tastemakers of good espresso via the annual Krups Kup [...]

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