It never ceases to amaze me the ways in which I get connected to various coffee roasters. You may recall that back in June I took a trip down to Texas and had the chance to visit Forth Worth for part of a day. I didn’t have a lot of time to visit all of … More Coffee Roaster of the Month – Buon Giorno
Not everyone gets a do-over. Sometimes though, if you’re lucky, you get the chance to start afresh. Welcome to the rebrand. For many of you, you have followed along with me this last while as all of a sudden my account began to have lesser and lesser use-ability. I am not sure why this was … More Welcome to the Rebrand
Hey everyone! Likely by now you have noticed my social media outage. For some reason Instagram & Facebook have flagged my social accounts (specifically the URL “thebloom.coffee” & my handle @thebloom.coffee) and have severely limited their use. I am working diligently to figure out why this happened and to get back to sharing great content … More Social Media Outage
If you do a quick Google search for coffee subscriptions you’ll get quite a few results. And I think that’s a good thing. It seems in the past couple of years, coffee roasters offering subscriptions, and independent subscription services have really taken off, and with good reason. You the roaster/subscription service are guaranteed a financial … More Coffee Subscription – Brew Perfect Box
Welcome to 2020! And welcome to the first Coffee Roaster of the Month for a new year. You might have never heard of the small Northern California town of Ukiah (or be able to pronounce it) but this sleepy town of just over 15,000 is crushing it when it comes specialty coffee. I reached out to … More Coffee Roaster of the Month – Black Oak
Is it just me, or doesn’t everyone save all their coffee bags every year to take one final collage-style picture to highlight all of the amazing coffee roasters they’ve experienced? No? Yeah…I wondered about that. While I know that every year-end I do see a few other posts from coffee-loving people who show off all … More Coffee Bags of 2019
It’s kinda crazy to think another year is almost over. Maybe it’s even a bit more crazy to think that I am now beginning to write the second versions of some of my favourite posts on this blog. But like I said at the end of 2018 in the first post on my “top 3 … More Top 3 Coffee’s of 2019
The team at Monogram are doing something pretty amazing. Earlier this year they launched a fantastic initiative called BYOB – bring your own bag. This is an incredible way of staying committed to taking steps towards greater sustainability as a company. When I first heard about their BYOB initiative I was hooked! Not only is … More Monogram – BYOB
I love the holiday season. And here in Calgary there is so much to enjoy this time of the year. You can check out the Zoo Lights, go ice skating at Olympic Plaza, enjoy winter in the mountains, or go shopping for gifts at any of the local Markets that pop up around this time … More Local Laundry Collab – Holiday Drink Edition
If you were one of the fortunate ones to attend Beanstock in Vancouver back in October than you probably found yourself at some point connecting with Jeremy from French Press Coffee Roasters! One of the storylines that seemed to emerge from that festival was a few of his coffees that quickly became crowd favourites. This … More Coffee Roaster of the Month – French Press
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