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How to properly store your coffee at home 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...

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...

Is Café William’s Espresso Barista Too Oily for an Automatic Espresso Machine? 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...

Maragogype: The Elephant Coffee Bean Maragogype: The Elephant Coffee Bean The Maragogype is a rather exceptional variety of coffee. The coffee beans are huge, hence their nickname "elephant bean". If you put a Maragogype bean and a regular bean side by side, the difference is striking: the Maragogype is two to three times bigger! The Maragogype is therefore far from being an ordinary coffee bean. This variety is a natural mutation of the Typica variety (the "mother" variety of many coffee varieties). Its name comes from the municipality of Maragogype, in Brazil, where it was discovered in 1870. It is...