Be'ato Coffee Company Blog

Hario Dripper V60 Coffee Maker

2010-12-15T13:14:00.000-08:00

Interested in new ways of brewing a great cup of coffee? You can now find the Hario pour over "coffee dripper" online at http://www.beato.ca/.

Calgary Good News Gossip Blog Post

2010-12-15T13:13:00.001-08:00

A few nice words on Be'ato Coffee...
http://www.goodnewsgossip.com/?p=366

Web Generation's Advantage: Financial Post July 2010

2010-07-30T10:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.financialpost.com/generation+advantage/3297928/story.html

The Globe & Mail: Coffee prices on the rise July 30, 2010

2010-07-30T10:13:00.000-07:00

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/coffee-prices-on-the-rise/article1656571/

Prairies Regional Barista Competition

2010-07-29T14:42:00.000-07:00

Plans for Saturday, August 7th? Come on down to Fratello Coffee Roasters to cheer on Alberta & Saskatchewan's best baristas as they compete for a place in the Canadian Barista Competition- $5 at the door. http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=106092769444828&ref=mf

Calgary, AB, Canada

Rocky Mountain Food & Wine Festival

2010-07-19T13:28:00.001-07:00

Love to try new food and drinks? Enjoy Be'ato Coffee Company and many other local food vendor's best at the Rocky Mountain Food & Wine Festival in Calgary and Edmonton. Purchase Early Bird tickets online at: http://www.rockymountainwine.com/index.html

Calgary & Edmonton Festivals

October 14-16 2010/ November 5-6 2010

Be'ato 2010 What's Your Favourite Coffee Contest- Winner!

2010-06-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all of the fabulous video and blog submissions for our 2010 Be'ato, "What's your favourite coffee" contest. This year, Nick Heer takes the cake with his video submission (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xndaXBsqv3A), choosing 'Be'ato Organic Ethiopian' as his favourite coffee. Nick, we know you will enjoy your 6 months of Freshly Roasted Coffee* delivered right to your door.

Be'ato Six Month Coffee Subscription**

Do you love sampling coffee? Submit your name today for Be'ato's 2011 "What's Your Favourite Coffee" Contest.

Coffee & Heartburn

2010-03-23T08:39:00.000-07:00

Do you struggle with heartburn from coffee? A medium roast may be the answer. Check out the article below by business week, as well as the Be'ato Single Origin Medium Roast Coffees online at:

http://beato.ca/store/fresh-roast--green-coffee/Beato-Single-Origin-Coffees.html

http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/637186.html

Coffee Health Benefits

2010-03-18T09:13:00.000-07:00

Eatingwell.com reports that coffee helps lower cholesterol. View online at:
http://www.lifelinescreening.com/health-updates/health-news/good-news-about-coffee.aspx?SourceCD=LETT-645

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

2010-03-10T09:10:00.000-08:00

Coffee drinkers around the world have been enjoying home roasting as an art, hobby, and form of entertaining for centuries. One of the oldest, and still practiced methods of green bean roasting is the Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony. A ritual of community and sign of friendship that is a privilege to be a part of. Click here to learn more about being a part of an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.

Be'ato 2010 Coffee Contest

2010-03-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

Attention Coffee Lovers! Try our Be'ato Coffee Samples, Rate, & Win!

Coffee Lover? We want you! This is your chance to win a Be'ato Six Month Coffee Subscription of Freshly Roasted Coffee (delivered to your door!) by becoming an Official Be'ato Coffee Sampler**Here's what it takes:We're looking for coffee fans to try some of our best selling coffees, and then to tell us which is the favourite- that simple! To win, apply to be one of Be'ato's 2010 Coffee Samplers** by sending in your name and email address to customerservice@beato.ca with subject 'Be'ato What's Your Favourite Coffee Contest'. Chosen "Coffee Samplers" will be notified with further instructions via email.**Coffee Samplers will receive a variety of Be'ato Coffees, at no cost, from various regions to sample and review. Winner will submit a short video clip to be included in future Be'ato marketing.*Winner of the "Be'ato WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE COFFEE Contest" will receive a variety of Be'ato Freshly Roasted Coffees for a six month duration. Be'ato Subscriptions can be viewed online at www.beato.ca ($139.95 Value). Contest open to Canadian residents only.Know anyone else who would be a great "Coffee Sampler"? Feel free to invite them to this event.

Calgary Coffee Cuppings

2010-03-02T08:52:00.000-08:00

Are you are from Calgary, and interested in learning more about 'Coffee Cupping' (coffee tasting). Our coffee roasters have great sessions available at no cost throughout the year. Check out times by clicking here or contacting us directly at customerservice@beato.ca.

Prairie Regional Barista Competition

2009-09-15T19:32:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to all of this years competitors at the Prairie Regional Barista Competition.

http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/videos/featuredvideos.htm?fvPgID={8FB047C4-5F82-4E4E-8F74-96AD59DF5BA1}&fvTitle=Barista%20Competition&href3D171C4BD6BC=mms%3A%2F%2Fprdmediax1.shaw.ca%2FStart%2FShawTV%2FCalgary%2FSep14%2F14BARI.wmv

Passion for coffee turns to online venture

2009-08-25T13:20:00.000-07:00

Calgary Business: Read about the Be'ato story by Mario Toneguzzi.

http://www.beato.ca/about-us-media/

Real Life: Calgary Herald

2009-06-22T17:00:00.000-07:00

Check out this article on making the "Perfect cup 'o joe".

-Written by Trent Edwards

www.calgaryherald.com/Life/Brew+perfect/1719957/story.html

Black Gold- A film about coffee & trade

2009-05-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

If you haven't yet had the chance to watch this coffee film, it is definitely worth a watch. A very interesting look at ethical trade.

http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/

Brazilian Daterra Sweet Blue Coffee

2009-05-22T15:23:00.000-07:00

A new coffee is on its way! Thanks to Russ at Fratello Coffee Roasters we will soon be enjoying Brazilian Daterra Sweet Blue Coffee (even the name sounds great!). Russ describes this newest coffee below. Check in at Be'ato to be one of the first to order!

www.beato.ca

"Hello Everyone,

Ok, here we go again…..We keep finding new coffees that keep blowing me away. Fratello has a new Brazilian coffee, exclusive to us in Canada that you need to try. Daterra is an extraordinary producer who’s plantations are located in the Cerrado region (State of Minas Gerais) and in the Mogiana region (State of São Paulo). They were also the first to introduce Rainforest Alliance in Brazil.

Brazilian Daterra Sweet Blue – Rainforest Alliance – Micro Lot: Gives us sweet chocolate and syrupy orange aromas which followed through into the cup. A thick mouth feel with dark chocolate almond flavors. This is a very balanced coffee which had an acidity and sweetness that reminded me of a Kenyan coffee. Cupping Score: 90.

Daterra is a coffee grower and exporter best known for its innovative research, its respect for the environment, social responsibility and its high quality coffee. Daterra is by no means a small coffee producer; however, they are very well known for the quality of coffee they produce. This is evident when looking at a few of their awards:

Cup of Excellence finalist in 2001;
Best coffee from Brazil on the cupping for Quality by Rainforest Alliance in 2005 and 2008;
Espresso Blend used by World Barista Champion Troels Poulsen in 2005;
Espresso Blend used by World Barista Champion Klaus Thomsen in 2006;
Sustainable farm model by Illy Cafè in 2008
Four out of the six WBC finalists used Daterra coffee in their blends in 2008.
Daterra has a “Penta Pack®” packaging system (vacuum packaging) patented internationally. This was used to ship Brazil's Cup of Excellence winner lots in 2006 and 2008.
Look at attached photos to see the Penta Pack packaging

This will be available to purchase in the next week or so once we have finished profiling this coffee on our roasters. If you want to read more about this please go to: http://www.fratellocoffee.com/2009/05/15/brazil-daterra-sweet-blue-%e2%80%93-rainforest-alliance-%e2%80%93-micro-lot/ or talk to me directly.

Russ Prefontaine
Fratello Coffee Roasters
www.fratellocoffee.com
1-800-465-7227 "

Home Roasting Links

2009-05-13T14:51:00.000-07:00

Interested in home roasting? Check out these links to learn more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_roasting

http://www.coffeegeek.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUhFQ7Ay658

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8v8X96dkM0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efacebook%2Ecom%2Fhome%2Ephp%3Fref%3Dhome&feature=player_embedded

You can also check out the line of Be'ato Green Beans available for purchase at:

http://beato.ca/store/Freshly-Roasted-Coffees/green-coffee-beans.html

A new day in professional espresso.

2009-04-19T11:44:00.000-07:00

A big congratulations to our friends at Fratello Coffee Roasters and Slayer as they release the muchly anticipated Slayer Espresso Machine at the SCAA in Atlanta.

Read more here!

http://www.slayerespresso.com/

www.instructables.com

2009-02-11T14:24:00.000-08:00

This website has a few coffee recipes and intereresting this and thats...

http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee/

And the health benefits of coffee go on...

2009-01-07T08:32:00.000-08:00

Yet another reason to keep on drinking the good stuff. New study finds that regular coffee consumption may reduce the chances of developing throat cancer.

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5054AS20090106

Coffee Roasting at Home

2008-12-31T11:44:00.000-08:00

A unique hobby and definitely neat to try if you haven't before. Here's a short clip of roasting green beans at home on your stove top.

*Watch YouTube video now (click here).

About our coffee roaster...

2008-12-12T11:59:00.000-08:00

At Be'ato we pride ourselves in offering premium roasted coffees and green beans. People often ask us about who sources our coffees and where our coffee is roasted. So here is a brief explanation on our relationship with both our coffee "sourcer" and roaster, Fratello.

Fratello Coffee Company is a Calgary, Alberta, based boutique coffee roaster. Fratello has been in business since the mid 1980's, specializing in small batch roasting, and importing some of the world's finest coffees, including Cup of Excellence Coffees (learn more here). Fratello is committed to working towards the greater mission of conserving the environment where our coffee is from, as well as developing direct relationships with farmers to encourage better pay ('Direct Trade' Coffees can be purchased online at http://www.beato.ca/. One of our favourite coffees to recommend is the Mama Mina Estate Direct Trade).

Be'ato and Fratello stand behind customer service, ethical coffee purchase, and very importantly the common objective of offering the very finest, freshest, coffee to our customers. To learn more about Fratello Coffee Roasters, you can click here, or visit them online at http://www.fratellocoffee.com/.

*To learn more about why where your coffee is from and how it is roasted effects its flavour, click here.

Our thoughts on making coffee at home.

2008-11-14T08:49:00.000-08:00

Blogging with a hot cup of dark roast on a Friday morning... Life is good!

As a first post on our blog, I thought that I would write about one of the most common questions that our customers have... "What is the best way to make my coffee at home?" Well, my first disclaimer is, make coffee how you think it tastes best (of course that's most important)- BUT, try out this method just to see if you like it better. I find that when people try out our favourite method, they often don't ever go back to their drip machine... but see what you think.

Making a fantastic cup of coffee and getting all of the best flavour out of the bean, takes a French Press. The French Press is often called a Bodum, a coffee press or a coffee plunger. It was invented in the 1850's by the French, and now is distributed across North America by a hand full of companies, with Bodum being at the forefront.

The French Press is a simple device typically made of a glass body, a metal plunger, and a stainless steel mesh filter. Making your coffee with a French Press requires a course ground coffee. We recommend freshly roasted coffee for the best cup possible, as freshly roasted coffee tastes better! Who wants stale anything? I had to throw that plug in for http://www.beato.ca/!

Here's how to make a pot of French Press coffee:

1. Grind your coffee to a course/heavy grind. You will want approximately 1tbsp of coffee per cup of water you use.
*Using a finer grind of coffee can cause the filter to clog and also render a bitter coffee.

2. Hold French Press firmly and pull the plunger/lid out.

3. Place ground coffee in to pot.

4. Pour hot (not quite boiling) water over coffee, leaving at least an inch of space at the top. Stir coffee.

5. Place the plunger/lid on top of the French Press, turning the pour spout to the side.

6. Let your coffee sit in the hot water for 4 minutes, and then press down the coffee plunger.

7. Turn the lid to open the pour spout and pour yourself a cup of coffee.

We think you will be impressed by the full body and rich flavour this coffee brewing method offers.

Day 1- November 14, 2008

2008-11-14T08:25:00.001-08:00

Hello out there and welcome to the Be'ato Coffee blog. We are an online coffee store based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (http://www.beato.ca/) and are highly enthusiastic about coffee (to say the very least). Being a part of the coffee industry, we hear about all kinds of coffee related trends, interesting facts, news, etc., so we thought that this would be a great place to share some of that information. Heaven forbid I keep any good piece of knowledge to myself! If you are also fascinated with coffee, we'd love to connect with you this way, and also hear the thoughts and insights you may have. All the very best to you and thank you for dropping in!

And the Be'ato Blog begins...