Caffeine
100 varieties of coffee beans, the world’s largest selection, available to you unroasted or in your choice of six roasts.
Our café-roastery
Our café-roastery at the corner of Bathurst and Bloor has closed but our online business continues to offer Canada’s largest selection of coffee.
Equipment
Home roasters, coffee syphons, French presses, espresso machines, grinders and all the accessories you can imagine are found both in store and in our online catalog.
WHO WE ARE
Green Beanery has a mission, one that extends beyond the commercial (not that we aren’t proud to have become Canada's largest online retailer of coffee and coffee equipment, offering more varieties of coffee beans than any other retailer in the world and selling more coffee paraphernalia than any other Canadian retailer).
Green Beanery aims to reinvent the coffee shop of old. Until the 1920s, when big business began to take over the coffee industry, all coffee shops roasted their own. Green Beanery is helping to spur a renaissance in local roasting by supplying hundreds of micro-roasters and restaurants, and leading by example by roasting all of our own coffee, too, at our cafe-roastery at 565 Bloor St West in Toronto’s Annex district.
The renaissance includes returning coffee shops to the service of the community, providing a place to sip small luxuries in an atmosphere large with comforts for both mind and palate. You won’t find Wi-Fi in our cafe - our patrons place a premium on conversations and conviviality.
The renaissance also includes reviving the coffee shop as change agent. Coffee shops of old were known for great innovations and passionate discourse - this is where Lloyd’s of London launched the insurance industry, and where social revolutions were born. In that spirit, Green Beanery hosts Grounds for Thought for those who relish having their intellect provoked and entertained. Fittingly, Green Beanery is owned by Probe International, a Canadian charity known for out-of-the-box thinking, whose directors have included many of Canada’s most celebrated minds, among them Jane Jacobs, David Suzuki, Margaret Laurence and Thomas Berger.
Favourite Beans
Roasted - Indian Robusta Cherry AA
$7.57
About the bean
Robusta coffee from India is notable for several reasons. The production of Robusta in India is almost double that of Arabica, and while Robusta is generally considered the poor relation of the former, in India the same care applied to the cultivation, harvest and processing of Arabica coffee is applied to Robusta. Both natural/dry-processed Robusta and Arabica coffees in India are known as Cherry (not to be confused with the cherry fruit on the coffee tree!). Cherry AA indicates the highest grade of these particular beans.
These beans are perfect for creating your own espresso blend or for coffee enthusiasts looking for a strong joe but one that is easy to digest (low in acidity). Did we say the price point is terrific? It is. Need some extra jam to get through the day (and night)? The caffeine in Robusta is double that of Arabica and that means double the antioxidant, health benefits of caffeine goodness as well. Robusta is the Hercules of coffee, and at full strength, it might even grow your hair!
Our taste test: We went for a Full City roast profile brewed in a French press and the result was kapow! This is an intense bean with a heavy body, almost zero acidity, a woodsy smoke flavour with a lingering burnt chocolate (caramel) aftertaste. It was everything we expected from a Robusta. We did try a light roast but that was a waste. Dark is where this bean shines.
Roast Recommendation: Definitely dark - medium-dark to dark to darker still. For an explanation of our different roasts, see here: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.
Roasted - Mexican HG EP
$11.98
About the bean
Let's get this out of the way first, our new batch of mighty Mex is from that most beloved of Mexican coffee regions, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, next door to another coffee favourite: Guatemala. Chiapas is known for its mountainous highlands, gob-smacking scenery, humid climate and the rains that ensure its volcanic soil stays optimal for coffee cultivation. Chiapas is also famous for extraordinary Mayan ruins nestled in lush jungles, colonial architecture and picturesque towns, diverse bird life and wildlife, and as a refuge for indigenous culture and tradition that lives on in the region's excellent cuisine. And the coffee ...
Coffee was originally introduced to this part of Mexico by border neighbour Guatemala, which may explain why Chiapas offerings are so often compared to the best of Guatemala: medium body, medium brightness, a dash of spice and a sweet complexity with a lovely chocolate finish.
Chiapas!
Region: Chiapas
Species: Arabica
Variety: Bourbon, Catimor, Caturra
Altitude: 1,700 masl.
Process: Washed with fermentation
HG: High grown - typically, the inherent consistency and taste attributes of beans grown at higher altitudes makes them more desirable, and generally more expensive than coffees grown at lower elevations.
EP: European Prep indicates the coffee has undergone rigorous sorting - usually by hand to ensure defective beans and foreign material have been removed.
This batch of Mexican Chiapas offers a light to medium body with little acidity. Expect a well-balanced coffee with delicate fruit notes (peach and apricot) and some spice overtones. Serve to preference and enjoy. We opted for a darker roast profile for body.
Roast Recommendation: City to Full City. For an explanation of our different roasts, see here: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.
Roasted - Papua New Guinea Plantation AA
$15.12
Currently, most of PNG's coffee is grown by small households in "coffee gardens" or collectively by villages - nice because the offerings are typically organic but iffy because quality is inconsistent. That isn't the case with our current crop of PNG sourced from the high-profile Sigri Estate located in the country's western highlands.
Sigri is recognized as a gourmet coffee producer with an international reputation for excellence. The care taken post-harvest to control for quality and uniformity is really something and includes an intense fermentation process that lasts three days, paused every 24 hours for washing. Once done, coffee cherries spend a further day immersed in water and this last step gives the result its unique flavour profile.
Species: Arabica
Grade: AA
Process: Washed; sun dried on raised beds
Harvest: Late spring to mid-summer
Altitude: 1,660 masl.
Cupping Score: 85.70 (a score of 80 points or above on a 100-point scale is graded "specialty" coffee)
Bird Friendly: Sigri uses two types of shade trees to protect its coffee plants and fields, which promotes the even ripening of coffee cherries and provides habitat for at least 90 species of birds.
Taste Notes
In the cup, Sigri's PNG is earthy with a wonderful complexity - sweet (citrus, tangerine and honey), creamy (hints of nut) with a peppery underlay (hickory). A standout vibrant acidity that mellows to a caramelized sugar aftertaste. Reminiscent of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Typica rootstock Sigri's Arabica plants originated from with a body similar to a Sumatran coffee. Aromatic and clean.
Roast recommendation: Light for the thrill of flavour. Popular as a filter coffee or espresso. Typically preferred as either a City or Full City roast. For an explanation of our different roasts, see: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.
Unroasted - Papua New Guinea Plantation AA
Sold out. More stock expected soon
Currently, most of PNG's coffee is grown by small households in "coffee gardens" or collectively by villages - nice because the offerings are typically organic but iffy because quality is inconsistent. That isn't the case with our current crop of PNG sourced from the high-profile Sigri Estate located in the country's western highlands.
Sigri is recognized as a gourmet coffee producer with an international reputation for excellence. The care taken post-harvest to control for quality and uniformity is really something and includes an intense fermentation process that lasts three days, paused every 24 hours for washing. Once done, coffee cherries spend a further day immersed in water and this last step gives the result its unique flavour profile.
Species: Arabica
Grade: AA
Process: Washed; sun dried on raised beds
Harvest: Late spring to mid-summer
Altitude: 1,660 masl.
Cupping Score: 85.70 (a score of 80 points or above on a 100-point scale is graded "specialty" coffee)
Bird Friendly: Sigri uses two types of shade trees to protect its coffee plants and fields, which promotes the even ripening of coffee cherries and provides habitat for at least 90 species of birds.
Taste Notes
In the cup, Sigri's PNG is earthy with a wonderful complexity - sweet (citrus, tangerine and honey), creamy (hints of nut) with a peppery underlay (hickory). A standout vibrant acidity that mellows to a caramelized sugar aftertaste. Reminiscent of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Typica rootstock Sigri's Arabica plants originated from with a body similar to a Sumatran coffee. Aromatic and clean.
Roast recommendation: Light for the thrill of flavour. Popular as a filter coffee or espresso. Typically preferred as either a City or Full City roast. For an explanation of our different roasts, see: http://greenbeanery.ca/pages/roasting-chart.
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