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After Dinner Coffee Dessert

There’s something amazing about the yin yang nature of Vietnamese coffee – hot coffee and cold condensed milk, dark and light, bitter and sweet. The Chocolate and Vietnamese Coffee Tart with Condensed Milk…

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Posted by: Brenda Lowe on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
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We’re Like-minded, Right?

If you’re reading this, it’s very likely that you enjoy good coffee and appreciate conversation with interesting people. Then we’re like-minded. Join Foodists at Likemind Vancouver, a social movement…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
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Eggy Custardy Morsels

When we moved into our current home there was a little corner store / coffee shop run by Mario and Maria, an older Portugese couple. About six months later they closed so the building could be renovated. No one ever…

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Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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How to define “premium”

A few weeks ago McDonald’s launched their ‘Premium Roast Coffee’. As they were running a marketing promotion offering free coffee I thought I would give it a try. I love the taste of coffee. I am a…

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Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, May 14th, 2009
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Harrison: the Circle Farm Tour

As more and more people live in cities, the knowledge gap between where food comes from and how it gets to your table widens. It’s easy enough to live downtown and never go farther than your grocery store for…

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Posted by: Degan Beley on Monday, May 4th, 2009
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New Coffee Routine

Sometimes a little change can make things exciting again! Mark and I used to go to one of the many great coffee shops along Commercial Drive in East Vancouver every morning for our daily caffeine fix. But, the…

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Posted by: Andrea Busse on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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Medina Café

Fellow Foodist Lauren and I braved this morning’s snow to hit up Medina Café the morning they opened back up post-holidays. As Chambar’s little sister, Medina shares owners and sits one door down on…

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Posted by: Dave Shea on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
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Union Pacific

When Brandon and I moved to Victoria we left behind our favorite coffee shop, JJ Bean. So when we came across Union Pacific Coffee Co. in Chinatown it was a pleasant suprise to see that they brewed JJ Bean coffee. Union…

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Posted by: Erin Kampf on Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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Old School Italian Coffee

“I really need to relax in a café with a cup of Italian coffee,” emailed my Italian Canadian friend Jennifer recently, inquiring “can you recommend somewhere good?” Ha. Can I ever. I live near…

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 5th, 2006
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Coffee ‘tastes better as s**t’

A Canadian scientist claims to have proven that the world’s most expensive coffee really does taste better because the beans it is produced from have been eaten and defecated by a wild cat. PUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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Chockylit

If there was a category on our blog for “drool” this would fall under that category. Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit is my new favorite resource. It is full of amazing looking cupcakes and even the recipes to…

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Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, May 11th, 2006
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