Why Fairtrade Coffee???

What is fair trade coffee?

Fair trade coffee is where strict guidelines are put in place to ensure that locals who work on the coffee plantations are paid a fair wage for their labour. It also ensures that crops are grown in a sustainable manner. All too often, many other plantations will take advantage of local residents who desperately need money and will pay them way below what is considered a fair wage in their country. They will also over harvest the coffee plantations to make a ‘quick profit’, not concerning themselves with the future of that particular plantation. After all, they will just leave it in ruin and move on to another. This greatly affects the locals and their ability to earn wages.

Archtop Café supports fair trade coffee and believes in only purchasing coffee that will benefit those that work so hard to grow and harvest our ‘daily fix’.

North Americans consume a huge quantity of coffee on a daily basis….. Why not use our favorite beverage to support others in this world. We have the ability to provide a good life and sustainable future for others not as fortunate as us. Think about that when you order your next morning coffee.

Why Fairtrade Coffee???

Today's Tea Trivia

What is Rooibos Tea?

Rooibos is a red tea from South Africa. It is an environmentally sensitive plant that only grows commercially in one small corner of the world – South Africa’s Cederberg district. The soil conditions, rainfall and sunshine of the district can’t be duplicated anywhere else on earth. In order to protect the future of rooibos, environmental controls in the area are stringent and growers take great care in ensuring that the fragile Cederberg ecosystem isn’t tampered with or altered.

Rooibos is an extremely healthy tea that is also caffeine free. Rooibos is loaded with polyphenois, iron, zinc, fluoride, calcium and magnesium. Rooibos has been enjoyed in South Africa for centuries and was first made available to Westerners by a Russian émigré named Benjamin Ginsberg.

If you haven’t tried this healthy and tasty tea, try some soon. Archtop Café carries a selection of different rooibos teas.

Today's Tea Trivia

The Art of Weekend Brunch

Weekends should be honoured just a little more. We spend most of our week busy with work, school and family obligations. Family dinner has become a rushed affair for many and more and more people are learning the ‘fine art’ of balancing a drive through burger in one hand while driving with the other.

The weekend is a time to slow down, enjoy family and friends and of course some good food. At Archtop Café we now have a wonderful all day breakfast which includes: bacon, eggs, homefries and toast; omelets made to order; French toast; yogurt parfaits and if you are feeling a little European our Parisian Brunch. All our foods are made fresh to order (sorry, no drive through window here…)

Enjoy a relaxed atmosphere, great music and wonderful home-made food.

Slow down, spend time with loved ones and rediscover the art of weekend brunch.

The Art of Weekend Brunch

Today's Coffee Trivia - The Fable of the Dancing Goats

Ancient myth has it that a Ethiopian Goatherd noticed something particularly strange happening among his goats. He noticed that his flock “two or three times a week not only kept awake all night long, but spent it frisking and dancing in an unusual manner”. He went to where the goats were eating during the day and noticed berries on several of the scrubs. He decided to try these berries himself. Having boiled the berries in water and drunk the brew, the goatherd noticed that he was able to stay up all night with no ill effects. The berries he found were the coffee beans that we enjoyed in our daily brew.

Today's Coffee Trivia - The Fable of the Dancing Goats

Foodies and Wine Lovers check out our new Amazing Gift Ideas at Archtop's Marketplace!!!

Archtop café has just received some beautiful wine glass, coke glasses, pub beer pints and glasses for Guinness lovers. We also have beautiful crystal whisky and wine decanters and the glasses to go with them. Love Coca Cola memorabilia? We are carrying coke glasses and Betty Boop coke glasses!

For the foodie on your list there are wonderful sauces, preserves, jams and olive wood cheese boards.

Come in and do some Christmas shopping while enjoying a latte and a yummy.

Foodies and Wine Lovers check out our new Amazing Gift Ideas at Archtop's Marketplace!!!

All our coffee and teas are available for purchase on ArchtopCafe.com

Looking for a great Christmas present for that coffee or tea lover in your life? All our special blends of coffee are now available for purchase on our website. We also have some amazing teas available for purchase on our website from Tealish.

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All our coffee and teas are available for purchase on ArchtopCafe.com