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Idle Tea Spiced Chai Latte
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Idle Tea Spiced Chai Latte : Our Family Recipe
14/11/22
Chai tea lattes are the perfect warm drink for this time of year when the temperature starts to drop. With its warm spice blend of cardamom, ginger, peppercorn, cinnamon, and other spices, chai lattes are a fall and winter favourite.
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How to Clean and Maintain Your Espresso Machine
14/11/22
It may seem like a daunting task to have to clean your commercial espresso machine. With all those levers and buttons and knobs, it may look more like a fuse box than a coffee maker. But rest assured that cleaning your commercial coffee machine isn’t much harder than cleaning your drip coffee maker!
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Want Great Espresso? Start with Tamping your Espresso Correctly
24/10/22
How you tamp your espresso can have a huge impact on the flavour of the coffee. If you did everything else right but your espresso is tasting sour or running poorly, your tamp could be the culprit.
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Barista-worthy Steamed Milk : Microfoam for Beginners
29/08/22
There’s no experience more decadent than drinking a well-crafted latte. A good latte merries a perfectly pulled shot of espresso and textured milk. But textured milk is easier said than done. That’s why baristas painstakingly steam your milk to perfection. Properly steamed microfoam isn’t thick and foamy; it’s creamy and velvety, and its sweetness complements the espresso perfectly.
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Why Do I Need a Burr Grinder?
22/08/22
Blade grinders are not the best choice for grinding coffee beans. While they are inexpensive and easy to use, they don't produce the same quality of coffee as burr grinders.  So why do I need a burr grinder? 
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Can Coffee be TOO Fresh? The Importance of Degassing Coffee
17/10/22
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How to Read a Coffee Label Like a Pro
15/08/22
Do you ever go to buy a bag of quality coffee, only to stare blankly at the information on the label? Maybe you see “elevation: 1600 masl” or “varietal: SL-28.” What the heck does “honey process” mean? If you don’t know what it all means, it can make your head spin. You’re not alone. The world of coffee is vast and can be complicated. If you want to get the best coffee around, it starts with understanding what you’re buying.
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How to Brew a Perfect Espresso
11/10/22
Poorly made espresso-based drinks are more common than you might think. Even the best beans, espresso machine, and grinder can’t guarantee a good espresso.  Follow these tips to ensure greater consistency in perfect espresso shot every time.  
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Golden Latte
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Health Benefits of Turmeric
08/08/22
We all know turmeric as that vibrant golden-yellow spice used in curry dishes. But did you know that turmeric is loaded with health benefits? Turmeric contains antioxidants that fend off diseases, slow the aging process, and reduce inflammation. Best of all, it makes a delicious herbal tea.
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Gratitude Journal
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Gratitude Journals : The Science of Being Thankful
03/10/22
Thanksgiving is a great reminder to be thankful for what we have, but science tells us that gratitude is important year-round. The act of practising gratitude is great for our overall health.  Intentionally going out of our way to bring to mind the things we’re grateful for helps us stay healthy and happy.  Read more for why a Gratitude Journal and being thankful is so important.
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New Crop Coffee : What is it and Why Does it Matter?
02/08/22
You may have heard the term “new crop coffee” in the specialty coffee sphere. But few people actually know what it means, and why it’s so important in the coffee world. Here at Fratello coffee, our work revolves around new crop coffee. While it’s important that our coffee arrives to you freshly roasted, it’s equally important that the green coffee we roast is of the utmost freshness, too. New crop coffee is essential for delivering fresh coffee with exciting flavour notes.
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Coffee cupping at home
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Coffee Cupping at Home: How to Identify Tasting Notes
24/09/22
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Drinking Coffee and Intermittent Fasting
25/07/22
Intermittent fasting is one of the hottest health trends to come out of the last decade. You may know someone who has tried it with varying degrees of success. It’s not just for bodybuilders and health nuts. Everyday people are trying it, for reasons including weight loss, improved sleep quality, better focus, and anti-aging.
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AeroPress Coffee
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How to Make AeroPress Coffee
19/09/22
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Matcha Latte
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Matcha Powder - Delicious Caffeine Fix Packaged with Health Benefits
18/07/22
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Drinking coffee at work
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Does Caffeine Make Office Workers More Efficient?
13/09/22
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5 Reasons to Upgrade Restaurant Coffee Programs
07/07/22
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Back to school
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Back-to-school: Tips for Coping with Parental Burnout
06/09/22
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How to Make Cold Brew Coffee at Home
22/06/22
There are lots of different variations on iced coffee out there, but cold brew is a completely different experience. Learn more below how to make cold brew at home.
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How to Fix a Bad Pour Over Coffee
29/06/22
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Our Father's Day - An Interview with Cam Prefontaine
13/06/22
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Coffee Storage: 5 Ways to Keep your Beans Fresh
02/06/22
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Coffee farmer in Antigua Guatemala
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Antigua, Guatemala | Sourcing Trip and Direct Trade Process
26/05/22
Bright red cherries hanging off of shady coffee trees are a beautiful sight for coffee enthusiasts. But that wasn’t what brought Russ Prefontaine to Antigua, Guatemala this past February. The Fratello Coffee president and co-owner has been sourcing coffee at origin for the past 17 years, and he’s seen it all. At this point, he’s after one thing: great coffee.
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Fratello Coffee Giving Back to Community
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Giving Back to our Local Community
17/05/22
Fratello Coffee Roasters is heavily involved in the Calgary community, donating funds and supplying hundreds of pounds of fresh coffee every month to a host of different charities whose causes range from homelessness, to food insecurity, to addiction. 
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