Making good coffee begins months before you walk into our store. Each batch of Arabica beans is tested to make sure it's good enough for Take Five. Our Master Roaster goes looking for the right beans from origin mills around the world. Only those that pass the test are roasted in small batches. Each batch is roasted to the Taste Profile created by our Sommelier- a balance of the 1500 chemical substances found in good coffee.more...See more text
Near the edge of Coal Harbour, this popoular café is well-used by urban pros on their coffee breaks and by the usual motley of neighbourhood folks: moms with strollers, rollerbladers and cyclists fresh from a Seawall workout, retired folks looking to while away a pleasant afternoon. The distinction here is one of ethics. “You can just drink coffee. Or you can think coffee.” That’s their motto, and it speaks to the high – really high – standard of the brew on offer.