Blog - Brûlerie du Quai

Summer 2013 finished

Summer is over and we are starting to breathe normally again. You will see the publication of our...

Happy Birthday Acadians!

And this year, they will make noise again, during the annual din , to assert themselves, to unde...

Gaspésie

I now suggest, simply, directly, that you bring your butt to Gaspésie.

Cafe Racer

Coming directly from the 60s, the Café Racer is a movement that took root in the British counterc...

My opinion on K-Cups

I started by writing my text in an objective way describing the K-Cups technology [...] I was alm...

Clickafé Sept-Îles

I received a first phone call from Marieve Fortin on September 27, 2012. What followed was a ser...

Coffee preparation guide: the 4 Ms of espresso

An essential concept for those who want to get the most out of the experience of tasting an espre...

Barista, only the strong survive

You draw back, you see the coffee surrounded by a whitish halo and filter holderssparkle of a blu...

Can you really lose weight... using green coffee?

So I start writing about a magic cure for weight loss. But the only reason is that many of you as...

Hemileia Vastatri, orange rust of the coffee tree

Caused by a fungus, rust , Hemileia vastatrix, attacks the leaves of the coffee tree and can cau...

Spring coffee

The winter was cold, like all winters you might say. It was also long, terribly long. And a...

Transparency, coffee roasting date and blend compositions

Transparency in our coffee operations has always been important to me. I still remember, when I ...

A rock in my mill?

Occasionally, we even find small nails, pieces of skewers, a fellow roaster has even found a pie...

Bistro menu, at the BDQ in New Richmond, from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m.

For a little over 2 years now, I have tried to give the New Richmond branch a dual vocation. A b...

Choosing the roast level of a coffee

Here is a guide to learning roasting, more specifically roasting levels. The taste of coffee vari...

Succeed in your first “date” at the local café, suggestions

So why would you accept some advice from the guy at the coffee shop? Well, know that the local c...

Happy New Year 2013!

So, a little well-deserved rest before starting 2013, and as this year doesn't exist yet, I hope...

From Rwanda to Carleton-sur-Mer, 42,000 lbs of coffee arrive there directly from Africa

The management of the Brûlerie du Quai (BDQ) group announces the arrival, tomorrow December 19, 2...

Cocooning cranberry muffin

[...] I like cranberries for their particular taste, tangy, astringent and harsh, which diff...

For softened coffee

I am uncomfortable with this form of innovation and follow the tradition of roasting coffees tha...

How much coffee to use?

By following these rules you will be able to determine the right amount of coffee to use. However...

A bar is a bar, or the underside of customer service

Are my male compatriots so starved for attention that the slightest smile is interpreted as a pr...

Surviving the opening of your coffeeshop, trap #1

Yes, when the emphasis of the beginnings gradually migrates towards catering, we can see the grad...

Coffee and health – Are the oils in coffee dangerous?

Beyond their organoleptic property, and the fact that coffee includes 850 identified volatile aro...