This article is from our February 2017 issue where we included this amazing answer from Lee Knuttila, the lead roaster and green buyer at Cut Coffee (along with a fantastic El Sal that he roasted). We loved this answer so much we had to post it online for all to see.

You've probably heard all about it. Canada Post is going to have a lockout or strike soon. How long will it last? We aren’t sure yet.

One thing we do know is that we’re going to do our best to get The Roasters Pack into your hands! We can't take the chance that your freshly roasted coffee could be stuck in a warehouse and we've found alternate plans.

A few weeks back Shoana Jensen reached out to us explaining how she was doing a segment on subscription services and wanted to feature our monthly coffee club on CityLine.

We're huge fans of the Abid Clever. Munenori Kawasaki of the Toronto Blue Jays won't stop mentioning bush parties, we're a bit like that: we can't stop talking about the Abid Clever.

This brewing device is the best of both words with the immersion that makes it a bit like a french press but with the cleanliness of the filtered brew that makes it a bit like a V60. There are some coffees that really do benefit from this duality and we really recommend testing out your coffees from each pack to see which ones works best. 

One step outside and you it hits you.  You can practically taste the humidity. Ah; summer time in Canada: When the nation of ice hockey turns into a sauna.

Canadian clichés aside (eh), we’ve got some incredible coffee solutions for you that are quite tasty!

They pair quite well with the August issue of The Roasters Pack, so break out your coffees and let’s get brewing!

We have moments – where we’re having a conversation with someone within the coffee industry and something they tell us blows us away. Whether it’s to do with their roasting strategy or maybe something we would never think about, like, what baskets are they putting the coffee cherry in after it is picked and how that impacts quality?

Time for a quick contest! We feel like doing some sharing. Sharing of the coffee love. And really, do you need any other type of love? 

Enter here!

The countdown to the holidays is on and so is your stress level. You haven't even begun to tackle your gift list yet and just the mere thought of stepping foot inside a mall right now is making your heart race. S.O.S.!

Fear not our awesome reader for we have the perfect solution here at The Roasters Pack. Did you know you can send our monthly coffee subscriptions as a gift?

We recently mailed out the November Issue of the Roasters Pack, which featured coffee from Kittel Coffee Co., Other Brother Roasters & Pig Iron Coffee Roasters. Each one of the coffees had a diverse flavour set and unique taste characteristics.

So unique that it got us thinking... if these roasts were songs, which songs would they be? Yes, we’re about to compare coffee to music. It surprisingly took us a fair amount of time to decide since we’re music junkies and we had to find the absolute, utmost, correct tune. It was a very scientific process (probably about as complicated as the Rosetta comet landing) and we have the results below!

As you may have seen in our inaugural newsletter, the winner for our Tip of Our Tongue contest! If you didn’t receive our email, ahem, subscribe here!

If you’re not sure what the contest was, the jist of it was that we decided to include a 4^th coffee in the October issue, however the coffee was unmarked. A mystery!

The Roasters Pack recently won the eCommerce Innovation “Consumer Choice” Award put on by Canada Post. Pretty sweet! The fact that it was consumer choice means that it we won because of the voting that our supporters put forward. We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who voted for us! Thank you thank you thank you!