URGH, I was like LIT-ER-ALLY on my way to loosing all my summer weight and then Pumpkin Spice Latte season started. OKAY, still, it doesn't matter, because my totally extra soon-to-be-not-friend Steve has like totally put on way more weight than me and honestly, we're proba…

❗ NEW REVIEW ❗ OK guys, gals and non binary pals, it's time we had a chat. I've always touted that Vancouver is a global destination for coffee. Sure, we have Melbourne and Portland at the top of the list. But slowly and steadily we've been creating a coffee culture he…

🏆VOTE IN THE SNOBBY AWARDS🏆 #TheSnobbies2021 It's the sexiest/judgiest time of year again! Vote for your favourite coffee shop, coffee roaster and NEW coffee shop. These public-vote awards are designed to highlight the best coffee businesses in the city and provide them…

🏆 DAY 1 OF THE SNOBBIES 🏆 HUGE congratulations to: Lumine Coffee FORECAST COFFEE.ca jenny.cafe Foglifter Coffee Roasters @sooncoffeeco @sunnymspecialty @generalstrikecoffee @veillecafe @nemesis.coffee @smokingguncoffee You all made it to the list of the 10 best NEW coffee shops o…

🏆 DAY 2 OF THE SNOBBIES 🏆 This award is sponsored by the AMAZING folks at @roastercentral. They're an online marketplace where you can buy coffee from 25+ different roasters, plus they have a tasting room where you can sample them all FOR FREE. HUGE congratulations to: @e…

🏆 DAY 3 OF THE SNOBBIES 🏆 This award is sponsored by jellydonutevents.com. If you're looking for a fun virtual event to run for your company, Jelly Donut Events has ya back. There's coffee tastings, virtual lock picking classes and more boozy events than you can shake a…

🏆 FINAL DAY OF THE SNOBBIES 🏆 Today is "The Rest of the Snobbies". These awards are where I recognize random people, for random reasons, and then give them awards / heckle them. It's quite delightfully ridiculous. Link is in my bio if you want to read the full list. Bi…

⭐ WHO WANTS TO GO TO THE SCA EXPO FOR FREE? ⭐ I have a 3 day pass that was graciously donated to me by an incredible coffee human. I'm giving it to one of you lucky buggers. OK let's get this out of the way - IG has a habit of letting people hijack competitions so don't …

‼ PINKIES OUT COFFEE CLUB IS BACK ‼ OK, I know it's been two years... LITERALLY two years since the last one of these events. But what started as a short hiatus from the regular Pinkies Out Coffee Club meetups, turned into a bloody globo-pocalypse. Anyway, we're still no …

☕ The Breville Barista Express ☕ Pants down the most common questions I get running my blog and social media accounts are about home brewing. I have some canned responses I send out because I never really felt that I was an expert enough to properly write about coffee gear…

☕ BEST NEW COFFEE SHOP OF 2021 ☕ In case you missed THE biggest event of the year, last December was the Snobby Awards. The winner of the "Best New Coffee Shop" award was @smokingguncoffee. Honestly, I probably should have posted about them sooner but I was waiting until …

ABBOTSFORD FANCY PANTS COFFEE I'll be honest, most of my Abbotsford visits have either been one of two things: 1) Stopping for gas on Watcom Road. 2) Eating so many raspberries at the u-pick that I feel sick... then pretending that I didn't eat any in the field when I buy …

🖤 NICE 'BURBS DARLIN'! 🖤 That's right, I've been exploring the suburbs again. This time I went to #SurreyBC and managed to successfully NOT get initiated into a gang! That's because I went to the posh part - South Surrey. I stopped off at Kaffin Alif.coffee as I'd heard so…

9 out of 10 dogs prefer the new @beachcombercoffee coffee. In Episode 400 of "what can I balance on Indiana Bones' head" we have the new Mexican medium roast from my amigos at Beachcomber Coffee on the Sunshine Coast. Initial impressions are that it smells way darker than …

🍆 THE 2022 SNOBBIES ARE HERE 🍆 It's that time of year again where we all get to be pretentious douche canoes and judge our favourite coffee businesses. We have three categories: Best New Coffee Shop Best Coffee Roaster Best Coffee Shop 🏆 To vote, go to the link in my bio…

That feeling when the new @houseoffunkroasting subscription arrives. This month was (shamelessly stole this wrote up from their IG post): Your Main Squeeze Origin: Mexico Region: Chiapas Varietal: Bourbon / Caturra / Catuai Elevation: 1100-1300 Process: Washed Flavour - A …

DAY 1 of #TheSnobbies! OK technically, it's day 2 - but my mailing list gets this a day before Instagram does, so if you want to be the first in the know, join it (it's at the bottom of this blog post). Congratulations to: @kitsbeachcoffee Casanova.coffee @paragontearoom …

DAY 2 of #TheSnobbies! THE BEST ROASTER AWARD Congratulations to: @generalstrikecoffee Spent Grounds Coffee Coffee Roastery Modus @houseoffunkroasting Agro Roasters @palletcoffeeroasters @nemesis.coffee @prototypecoffee.ca @kafkascoffeetea @smokingguncoffee To read the full list, click …

DAY 3 of #TheSnobbies! THE BEST COFFEE SHOP AWARD Congratulations to: @isettacafebistro @sunnymspecialty @sooncoffeeco Coffee Roastery Modus craftcafe.ca @kafkascoffeetea @palletcoffee @smokingguncoffee @prototypecoffee.ca @nemesis.coffee To read the full list, click the link in…

🍑 BECOME A BUTT WIGGLE MASTER 🍑 That's right, I know you've always wanted it. You know you've always wanted it. We all know you've secretly practiced it... A Vancouver Coffee Snob guide on how to swing those sweet meats... ...on how to sway those ham hocks... ...or eve…