Yearly Archives: 2007

Photo Tour of Seattle Cafe-Crawl

Check out some pictures from our “cafe crawl” at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/15126591@N02/sets/72157603439934924/     My brothers and I spent a day last week touring 14 of some of the best cafes in Seattle!

Posted on December 12, 2007 by chris, Categories: Coffee, Coffee Culture, Equipment, Espresso, Latte Art, Photos , Tagged , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

3rd Wave Cafes:14 different Seattle cafes in 1 day

What does it take to be a “3rd Wave” cafe?  Read this post and find out what some of the best in Seattle are doing.     On December 6th, a group

Posted on December 12, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Coffee Culture, Cupping, Espresso, Latte Art, Photos, Roasting, Training , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 4 Comments

Belo, Ethiopia – trip to the village we sponsor

Here is a video of a village we @ Fratello have been sponsoring for the last 4 years. This was our first visit, and we hope to visit our friends

Posted on December 12, 2007 by chris, Categories: Charitable Projects, Coffee, Video , Tagged , , , 1 Comment

Nicaraguan Fina El Limoncillo Pacamara Peaberry – Direct Trade

     Starting March 1, 2008 you will be able to purchase this incredible Direct Trade coffee from Fratello Coffee Co.   We haven’t been this excited about offering our clients a

Posted on December 10, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Coffee Culture, Cupping, Direct Trade, Gallery Series, Video , Tagged , , , , , , 1 Comment

Coffee Cupping for beginners

I have been doing some research and have found that there is not a lot of information available for coffee consumers who are interested in learning the skill of tasting

Posted on November 27, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Cupping, Training , Tagged , , , , , 1 Comment

Contact Fratello Coffee

4021-9th Street S.E. Calgary, AB. Canada T2G 3C7 403-265-2112 Toll Free: 800-465-7227

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Jason, Categories: * CONTACT US * , 5 Comments

Nicaraguan Pacamara Peaberry

Wow….I just came from another amazing cupping table, and this time it was samples of Nicaraguan’s.  2008 is going to be an amazing year for coffee qualities available through Fratello. 

Posted on November 23, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Coffee Culture, Cupping, Direct Trade , Tagged , , , , , , 1 Comment

Guatemalan Nueva Granada – Single Estate – Rainforest Alliance Certified

Fratello Coffee has found a new source for its Guatemalan coffee and is pleased to announce that it is certified by Rainforest Alliance.  We have chose to work with the Nueva Granada estate

Posted on November 16, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Cupping, Direct Trade, Rain Forest Alliance, Roasting , Tagged , , , , , Leave a comment

Bolivian Telmo Cahuana – Organic – Cup of Excellence

        Fratello Coffee won its 3rd auction with the Cup of Excellence program on November 15th. This was a fast paced auction with many different roasting and retail companies bidding

Posted on November 16, 2007 by russ, Categories: Coffee, Cup of Excellence, Direct Trade, Gallery Series, Organic , Tagged , , , , , , 1 Comment

Coffee Knowledge Seminar

In August – Chris and Russ were in Brazil visiting the Sete Cachoeiras coffee estate. While there, they took some great photos of their tours and Russ decided to describe

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Jason, Categories: Coffee, Direct Trade, Organic, Rain Forest Alliance, Training, Video , Tagged , , , , Leave a comment