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Every good roaster has a quality control process worthy of the name. Before ending up on the shelves, the William coffee you drink has gone through a series of steps to ensure its exemplary quality. At Café William, the quality control team works hard every day to offer specialty coffee at an affordable price. Receiving Our Raw Material: Green Coffee Unroasted coffee is called “green coffee”, and its color can vary from yellow to green. All batches of green coffee sent to the laboratory are tested, without exception. It is important to evaluate each of these lots, even if they...

How do you store your coffee optimally, so that it does not lose its freshness and delicious aromas? Coffee is a sensitive food, and while it's not in the fresh aisle at the grocery store... you should consider it as such! Here’s a short guide to the best storing practices. Buy less for guaranteed freshness Indeed, the most important advice is to buy an adequate amount of coffee, that is to say, one that meets your normal consumption for the next few weeks (about 1 month) instead of considering stocking up. This way you make sure you have very fresh...

Vegetarian Coffee Chili Here is a very simple vegetarian chili recipe, with your favourite ingredient: coffee. Not sure about adding coffee to a chili? Try it to enhance the comforting taste of this classic! More info here. To know the history of chili through the years, click here.INGREDIENTS 1 onion, finely chopped 1 red pepper, chopped 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded or not, finely chopped 30 ml (2 tbsp.) butter 1 cup of textured vegetable protein 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 30 ml (2 tbsp.) Chili seasoning 5 ml (1 teaspoon) ground cumin 1 can of 796 ml (28 oz) diced...

Espresso Barista is one of our most popular coffees. Therefore, it is the subject of a question that often comes up: can it be used in an automatic espresso machine? We answer it here! Can I Use the Barista in My Automatic Machine? The short answer according to automatic machine manufacturers: no! Why? Because usually, the darker a coffee is, the oilier it is, and manufacturers tend to strongly discourage oily coffees in their machine. Espresso Barista is among the darkest coffees in the William coffee range, so it usually has a fair amount of oil on the surface of...