One of our Top 10 Roasters of 2023 quietly opened a new coffee bar last week. Here’s everything I know so far. If you’re one of the many folks who have been warmly invited (read: heartlessly forced) to return to the office and abandon your ketchup stained WFH onesie, you understand the struggle. Could there ever be incentive enough to put on a large shoulder padded power suit and re-enter the daily grind of Wall Dunsmuir Street? How about a brand-new all-day specialty coffee shop, right inside the building? Enter FUNK Coffee Bar, the latest from House of Funk and a sight for the sore eyes of t ..read more

Well hello there – you’ve made it to my guide on how to make pour over coffee. You know that time you went into a fancy pants coffee shop and saw a barista with a man bun pouring out of a strange kettle? He may or may not have been doing a kind of butt wiggle hip thrust movement while he poured water oh-so-gently from said kettle. Pay attention next time… once you see it…. Anyway… That guy was making something called pour over coffee. It’s my favourite type of brew method and this is, quite frankly, an insanely long blog post about it. OK let’s get into the ultimate guide on how to make pour ..read more

Today is International Women’s Day, so we thought that there would be no better way to honour our lovely wives and girlfriends, sisters and mothers, aunts and grandmothers than by seeking out seven local coffee nerds who happen to also be ladies. I’d like to introduce you to 7 women in coffee who are all sorts of awesome. Attie O’Rourke Groundswell Roasters A post shared by Groundswell Roasters (@groundswellroasters) on Nov 19, 2016 at 3:35pm PST Why she’s awesome: Attie is one part of the bean roasting (and potential crime fighting) duo Groundswell Roasters. When she’s not roasting s ..read more

The 10 Best Coffee Shops in Vancouver 2023 Before we get started on the list of the best coffee shops in Vancouver 2023 I have a task for you for the next year. It’s called the monthly barista challenge. Each month you are to challenge a barista to a pistol duel. No of course it’s not that, why are you so excited about that idea? You know, this is why people stopped inviting you to parties. Anyway… I challenge you to do one nice thing each month for a barista. They’ve had a shitty few years, with an uptick of entitled dingbats hassling a lot of them. So I want you to make their lives nicer. Ex ..read more

The 10 Best Coffee Roasters in Vancouver 2023 It’s day two of the Snobby Awards: The 10 Best Coffee Roasters in Vancouver 2023. Yesterday we saw The Best NEW Coffee Shops of 2022. Today is the best coffee roasters. AND WHAT A LIST IT IS! This list is bought to you by Jelly Donut Events Jelly Donut Events specializes in virtual team events. And you guessed it – there are coffee tasting events (and loads more)! You and your team will be sent a selection of KILLER coffee, then you’ll brew it up over Zoom with… ME! That’s right, I’m a host for these events. I run them as you would expect – w ..read more

The 10 Best New Coffee Shops in Vancouver 2022 Day one of The Snobby awards is here and we start it off with the newest category: Best New Coffee Shops in Vancouver 2022. The criteria for this list is that each nominee must have opened their doors this year. This list is bought to you by Jelly Donut Events Jelly Donut Events specializes in virtual team building events. And you guessed it – there are coffee tasting events (and loads more)! You and your team will be sent a selection of KILLER coffee, then you’ll brew it up over Zoom with… ME! That’s right, I’m a host for these events. I ru ..read more

Cast your vote in the 2022 Snobby Awards Vancouver’s sexiest coffee shop awards, The Snobbies are back for another season. The 2022 Snobby Awards In case you’re not aware of what these are, they’re the yearly awards handed out to local coffee businesses. This is public vote. I don’t choose the winners. But, as always, I can be bribed with baskets of mini muffins if you want to win. Cast Your Vote Below Spam protection, skip this field Who was your favourite coffee SHOP in 2022? (optional) Shops with multiple locations will be counted as one. Who was your favourite coffee ROASTER in 2022 ..read more

When shopping for coffee gifts, do you like malls, only with 500% more people in them? Perhaps you’re a fan of surly, overworked shop owners and til attendants. Do you get excited at the prospect of jamming several large bags full of boxes into people’s legs on the SkyTrain? You DO? … Good Lord, what the hell is wrong with you? If, however, you’re like the rest of us, you’ll know that shopping anywhere in December is a horrible, bone-chilling experience. Whatever, Bah Humbug. So I thought I’d give you an early Christmas present. A list of all the best coffee gifts you can buy online, for that ..read more

Win a ticket to the 2022 SCA Expo by filling in your details below: Spam protection, skip this field FIRST NAME EMAIL ADDRESS Terms of the competition: This adds you to my mailing list. You’ll get the odd email from me when I post on the blog and very little else. One entry per person. I mean you can enter multiple times if you really have to, it just won’t change your odds. Competition is not open to residents of Quebec due to silly legislative reasons. The competition ends on February 20th at midnight.   The post SCA 2022 Expo Ticket Giveaway appeared first on Vancouver Coffee Sno ..read more

The Rest of The Snobbies 2021 The Rest of The Snobbies 2021 will start shortly, but first I want to make welcome the newbies. For those of you new to this website, every year I host publicly voted awards to celebrate three things: The 10 Best NEW Coffee Shops that opened in 2021 The 10 Best Coffee Roasters of 2021 The 10 Best Coffee Shops of 2021 But today is slightly different. Today I get drunk at breakfast time and ramble online with my own awards. These are all assigned by me and my good friend, Jose Cuervo. This is The Rest of the Snobbies 2021. Recommended Soundtrack My strong suggestion ..read more