Yearly Archives: 2010

Now Hiring all positions for Analog Cafe!

Fratello Coffee Roasters is looking for fanatical coffee professionals! Fratello is excited and proud to be joining the Calgary Farmers Market in its move to a new location off of Blackfoot and Heritage opening early February. We are actively looking for the right people to join our team. This will be a high volume location that will be laser focused on the quality of product and customer service excellence.

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Posted on December 28, 2010 by kevinAmcconnell, Categories: * CONTACT US *, Analog Cafe, Cafe, Calgary Farmers Market, Coffee, Tea, Training , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

Holiday gift ideas for the coffee lover!

Happy Holidays from Fratello Coffee Roasters! We love enjoying great coffee all year round here at Fratello, and hope you do to. At Christmas time why not pay special attention to the coffee lover on your list (that is usually most people on the list) and treat them to some great gift ideas from Fratello.



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Posted on December 7, 2010 by kevinmcconnell, Categories: * CONTACT US *, Coffee, Cup of Excellence, Equipment, Espresso , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

It is a great time to be drinking coffee in Calgary!

Over the last 4 years the number of independent quality driven cafes has grown from less than a handful to over 20 to choose from, with multiple locations opening for

Posted on November 17, 2010 by kevinmcconnell, Categories: Coffee Culture, Direct Trade, Latte Art, Rain Forest Alliance , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Now Hiring! Cafe Manager for our new Fratello Cafe:

  Fratello Coffee Roasters is proud and excited to be joining the Calgary Farmers Market come February in its new location. This Cafe will be a showcase for our passion

Posted on November 11, 2010 by russ, Categories: Uncategorized , Tagged , Leave a comment

Chemex, Hario V60, French Press and Aeropress oh my!

Please join us November 3rd 1-3pm at Fratello Coffee Roasters to explore 1 coffee brewed 4 ways! We are going to take our award winning Costa Rican Rio Jorco Direct

Posted on October 21, 2010 by kevinmcconnell, Categories: Coffee, Coffee Culture, Direct Trade, Equipment, Training, Uncategorized, _Contact Us , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Congratulations Joel May – 3rd place in Canada

This is a quick post to say congratulations to Joel May, one of our barista trainers at Fratello Coffee, for finishing 3rd place over all in the National Canadian Barista

Posted on September 28, 2010 by russ, Categories: Barista Jam, Competitions , Tagged , , , , 2 Comments

2010 Prairies Regional Barista Competition

On August 7th, Come and watch as the top baristas in Alberta and Saskatewan compete for a chance to represent the region at the Canadian Barista Competition in Toronto. Get

Posted on July 26, 2010 by russ, Categories: Barista Jam, Competitions , Tagged , , , , , 2 Comments

Our trip to Nicaragua

Fratello Coffee Roasters recently visited Erwin Mierisch and his family in Nicaragua to tour their coffee estates in order to choose the next Lot of coffee to bring to Calgary.

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Kevin McConnell, Categories: Coffee, Video , Tagged , , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Coffee Processing: What gives coffee unique flavors?

This is an interesting question, and one that does not have a quick answer.  I often compare coffee to wine as there are many comparables.  All bottles of red wine

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Kevin McConnell, Categories: Cafe, Coffee, Training , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , 11 Comments

Direct Trade Nicaraguan Los Placeres Estate – Rainforest Alliance

We are pleased to introduce a new Direct Trade Nicaraguan coffee: Los Placeres Estate, which is replacing the Finca Limoncillo Estate, is officially available on our on-line store. 100% Caturra, Honey

Posted on June 1, 2010 by russ, Categories: Analog Cafe, Cafe, Uncategorized , Tagged , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment