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55sparse
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US$1.59/ozCAD 18.00 for 227g
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- 227g
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- CAD 18.00
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- US$1.59/oz
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About De Mello Coffee
Community reputation · Reddit
Mixed reviews· sentiment 68/100
Four independent Reddit threads give De Mello Coffee a favorable but mixed picture. Toronto drinkers called it a favorite and praised Dancing Goats, while other experienced buyers described a recurring juicy or sour profile and preferred another roaster's brighter, cleaner style.
Threads cited (4)
- r/espresso · 40↑ · 2 months and I finally think I am getting the hang of things.
You have good taste, De Mello is my fave roaster in the city :)
- r/Coffee · 10↑ · Who's the best Roaster in Toronto?
Hi guys, I used to buy coffee from De Mello a lot, **Dancing Goats** was my choice and I loved it. However, I moved from Yonge-Eg to the East End and now is a bit of a drive. On top of that, now that many of us are working from home, I am drinking way more coffee at home than before. A bag of Dancing Goats is ~$12 and.
- r/Coffee · 8↑ · Help me understand sour light roasts
...oincidence for just the sour profile coffees to be the ones that are "under-exactracted". The reason I don't think it's a roasting issue is that I have had several bags of coffee from De Mello among their "sour" coffee profiles, and these are precisely the ones that came out "sour". So again, the same comment as abo
- r/Coffee · 3↑ · [Question] Out of these three Canadian roasters—49th Parallel, De Mello, Hatch—which do yo
I’ve tried both De Mello and Hatch and strongly prefer Hatch. First, their roast style is close to what I enjoy more - bright, floral, clean, sweet, etc. To me, I find De Mello’s style to be more of a ‘omniroast’ (beans work for both filter and espresso). Hatch also has more exciting options and limited releases, where
On YouTube
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About the roasterInterview
De Mello Coffee | Interview with Felix Cha
Lifestyle Lab · 4.7K views on YouTube
Watch on YouTubeThis video covers De Mello Coffee; it is general roaster coverage.
Cherrybook summary of the video
This video features an interview with Felix Cha, co-founder of De Mello Coffee in Toronto. The discussion covers his journey from working in a coffee shop in Melbourne to opening his own business, his philosophy on sourcing and transparency, and the importance of sweetness and balance in their coffee.
Inside this video
From Lifestyle Lab:
“I started working as a cashier. I didn't want to lose my job at the time, so I was asking some, you know, like stupid questions like what is espresso, how to do latte art.”
“We have, you know, you know, cuppings, you know, bowls and spoons. We have a grinder. You know, and we also have a Nespresso machine, a brew machine that we can actually taste.”
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