Category Archives: Cupping

Nicaraguan buying trip – 2011

We have successfully completed another buying trip in Nicaragua and this year we have done something a little different. We are still working with Erwin Miersch and his family who have farms in both Jinotega and Matagalpa, but for the first time we aren’t focusing on just a single lot of coffee. Instead we wanted to taste coffees and approach this up coming year with a variety of Estates, processes and varietals. This is going to be a fun & exciting year filled with selection.

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Discover Africa! Public cupping March 12th.


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Its time for another free public cupping event which will be help this Friday March 12th at 1:30. We are going to be tasting 13 different varieties of African’s from

Taste of Fratello public cupping Feb 10th


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Fratello coffee is going to be holding a casual public cupping of 10 fantastic coffees that we offer. We invite the public to come to Fratello on Feb 10th at

2009 Brazilian Cup of Excellence public cupping


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Fratello Coffee is going to be holding a public cupping of the top 10 Cup of Excellence coffees from the Brazilian 2009 competition.  If you are interested in tasting these

Sumatran / Indonesian Public Cupping


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Good day all you coffee lovers.   I’d like to invite you to come to Fratello Coffee this Thursday at 2:30 for another free public cupping.  This week we will be sampling 16

Public coffee cuppings at Fratello


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Our first public cupping this week was a great success!   We had a lot of fun and got to taste some amazing Ethiopian coffees with fellow coffee enthusiasts.  It just wouldn’t

A celebration of 7 Ethiopian Coffees


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We want to invite anyone who loves specialty coffee, especially Ethiopian Coffees to come by Fratello Coffee tomorrow at 11:30 am.  We are going to be hosting a free cupping for

Fratello Coffee in the News!


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Fratello Coffee was on TV last week as Channel 10 News Shaw Magazine wanted to have a short interview to discuss coffee cupping.   More and more people in Calgary (and

Brazil Daterra Sweet Blue – Rainforest Alliance – Micro Lot


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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. 

Organic Ethiopian Yirgacheffe- Idido Misty Valley


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Fratello Coffee is introducing an exciting new coffee to our portfolio at the end of May.  We have found an Organic fresh crop Ethiopian that we just had to buy