Coffee Buzz!
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If you’re a coffee lover, this is the real McCoy. On today’s Juicy Tips, we’re talking about the Bean Scene coffee shop and the fact that they roast their own coffee beans. John and Deb, owners of the Bean Scene, are serious about their coffee and research the coffee estates from which they buy their beans thoroughly. The beans are organic, they’re sustainable, and fair trade. Here are the lengths they go to before you take the first sip of your cuppa…
Latte Art at the Bean Scene in Kelowna
The Bean Scene has two Kelowna locations: downtown on Bernard Ave near the Sails, and in Rutland across from Centennial Park. John and Deb are coffee artisans, and they have created a traditional European-style coffee house that goes to lengths to ensure they serve you a high quality coffee drink.
John – the artist roaster – roasts his coffee beans in a roastery on Belgo Rd. He has two different styles of coffee: a medium roast which follows the “Origin’s profile” style and uses single-origin beans from one single estate. This style is meant to showcase the flavours of a given region – just like the concept of terroir in wine.
The other style of roast he does is called “Roaster’s profile”, and this style uses a blend of beans for a dark roast that is really meant to showcase what the roaster can do. You can either buy his coffees in drink form, or you can also buy the beans to make coffee at home.
The coffees are roasted fresh to order, and local high end restaurants have discovered the craftsmanship in his coffees. You can taste his roasts at 764, Waterfront Restaurant, and RauDZ Regional Table. At the coffee shops, the baristas make traditional artisan-style drinks by hand – no automatic equipment at all. A signature element to their coffee drinks is that they use more espresso in their drinks than you’ll be used to elsewhere.
This is just another example of some highly creative and dedicated people who have carved a really great niche for themselves in this city. It’s so inspiring to find out these behind-the-scenes stories at Kelowna’s great independant shops – and to support them. I can’t wait until they open up the roastery to the public and offer special “cuppings” at their coffee shops (like wine tastings at the wineries)! Deb tells me this is in the cards, so I’ll keep you posted.
