Caffe Sorrentino - New Location- Edmonton City Centre

nunuangel99 · #1 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:42 PM**

It is now official, Caffe Sorrentino will be opening its second location in Edmonton City Centre Mall this October!! I can't wait!!

Coldrsx · #2 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:47 PM**

^i wish it was on jasper and 109st.

Coldrsx · #3 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:48 PM**

oh and i dont think this commands its own thread.

CanadianCentaur · #4 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:54 PM**

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^i wish it was on jasper and 109st.

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oh and i dont think this commands its own thread.

Agreed on both counts.

Rusty van Reddick · #5 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:58 PM**

I'll never understand why "Italian" espresso bars insist on using moldy old Italian beans that are so stale they smell like paint thinner when there are oustanding local roasters, like Edmonton's own Transcend or Mountain View Roasterie in Didsbury, that can deliver beans freshly roasted. But the "real Italian" places get beans that are a year old (seriously, a year after roast is still considered drinkable!) from Torrisi or Danasi etc etc.

Anyway it looks like a nice setup but they should use locally roasted beans.

nunuangel99 · #6 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by CanadianCentaur

Agreed on both counts.

...based on some of the past threads in this forum??... come on, be reasonable

nunuangel99 · #7 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by furrycanuck

I'll never understand why "Italian" espresso bars insist on using moldy old Italian beans that are so stale they smell like paint thinner when there are oustanding local roasters, like Edmonton's own Transcend or Mountain View Roasterie in Didsbury, that can deliver beans freshly roasted. But the "real Italian" places get beans that are a year old (seriously, a year after roast is still considered drinkable!) from Torrisi or Danasi etc etc.

Anyway it looks like a nice setup but they should use locally roasted beans.

Because it's ITALIAN!! Let other non-discript coffee houses use local product, this is meant to be Italian coffee from Italy.

240glt · #8 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 5:06 PM**

I'll stick with my organic, fair trade hippie coffee thanks!

Xelebes · #9 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 5:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by nunuangel99

Because it's ITALIAN!! Let other non-discript coffee houses use local product, this is meant to be Italian coffee from Italy.

Don't mean I have to use it then.

Edit - wait a minute, I don't drink coffee.

HomeInMyShoes · #10 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 5:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

I'll stick with my organic, fair trade hippie coffee thanks!

+1.

It is nice to see some more non-Starbuck/non-Timmie options in the core though.

Rusty van Reddick · #11 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 6:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by nunuangel99

Because it's ITALIAN!! Let other non-discript coffee houses use local product, this is meant to be Italian coffee from Italy.

So they're using "Italian" bread baked in Italia too, right? Makes about as much sense.

Coffee is perishable. Coffee roasted in Italy is stale. The coffee isn't GROWN in Italy, you do know this, right?

nunuangel99 · #12 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by furrycanuck

So they're using "Italian" bread baked in Italia too, right? Makes about as much sense.

Coffee is perishable. Coffee roasted in Italy is stale. The coffee isn't GROWN in Italy, you do know this, right?

Yes, I do know this, however, don't come across like the product is better here when it isn't!!

BTW, it sounds like you sell coffee beans for a living, as you are pushing this "locally roasted" thing like it's Coffee Bean Sales 101!!

Kevin_foster · #13 Posted **Jun 20, 2007, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by furrycanuck

But the "real Italian" places get beans that are a year old (seriously, a year after roast is still considered drinkable!) from Torrisi or Danasi etc etc.

Anyway it looks like a nice setup but they should use locally roasted beans.

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Originally Posted by furrycanuck

So they're using "Italian" bread baked in Italia too, right? Makes about as much sense.

Coffee is perishable. Coffee roasted in Italy is stale. The coffee isn't GROWN in Italy, you do know this, right?

So we grow Coffee in Edmonton now? The fact is, Italy gets just the same coffee as we do. The Coffee Belt. Their beans come from areas like Africa, India and Indonesia, where as our's typically comes from Central America.

Italians are known for the methods they use to prepare coffee, not the beans they use.

Also, they aren't using Torrisi or Danasi; they are using LaVazza, which, straight off the shelves at any supermarket is vacuum pressed; and believe me, it tastes DAMN good when made @ home with an espresso machine.

Unless you are going to drink coffee straight from the roasters front door, the different between import and domestic roasts is not it's age; but the way it's prepared/roasted (temperature, humidity, bean quality) & the way it's packaged (vacuum, air flow, bulk) & ground.

A good coffee house knows exactly how much grind each variety of coffee requires. Grind is important, as some beans & roasts are bitter and require more water; whereas a coffee like Lavazza is ground super fine because of the roast they use.

Green Coffee Beans are perishable just like any food item. Roasted & sealed beans can last for a long, long time.

And I'm not talking Maxwell House here guys. Go out and get a package of LaVazza - load it up in your Espresso Machine and tell me that's not pretty damned good.

I do, however, support local organic & fair trade growers. I am an avid drinker of Oso Negro, Salt Spring, Saint City Roasters, The Ethical Bean etc. - My day to day morning routine, however, is served by cafe's with something unique - I was on the Lavazza in my last trip to Italy; and haven't stopped drinking it since

There really is nothing better than a caffè corretto when the sun starts to fall

... ahhh.....

ibz · #14 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 3:14 AM**

It will be cool to have another licsenced place in ECC too.

I have heard some rumours of other new stores also, the mall will be pretty much full! What a difference it will make I think.

240glt · #15 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 3:59 AM**

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I am an avid drinker of Oso Negro

You sir, have some fine taste in Coffee

(it's actually Orso... as in Bear.... Black Bear Coffee

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Kevin_foster · #16 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 4:42 AM**

The oso is the best

Not sure of any places in EDM that sell it, but I get it from Jaspers Health Store and Bike Shop.. Im sure Edmonton has a few spots, if so - enlighten me

Oh - talking of coffee, have you had Cafe Du Monde

I've only had the tin stuff - not fresh from the actual cafe

- still damned good!

Rusty van Reddick · #17 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 5:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

You sir, have some fine taste in Coffee

(it's actually Orso... as in Bear.... Black Bear Coffee

)

No, Oso, as in River. From Nelson BC.

Lavazza is a pretty good bean if handled with care, I agree. It's just that if you've had coffee at the optimum time post-roast, which is 4 or 5 days, and not more than a month, you won't believe the difference. And unfortunately, beans roasted in Italy are always going to be old- proper packaging helps, but the local (or North American, need not be strictly "local") roasters use that same packaging.

Anyway, this looks like a nice place. I'll shut up now.

danby · #18 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 6:32 AM**

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It will be cool to have another licsenced place in ECC too.

I have heard some rumours of other new stores also, the mall will be pretty much full! What a difference it will make I think.

id like to know whats going on the old cotton ginny/silent beauty store looks like it's becoming 1 single store.

most stores like.. eddie bauer/fairweather/xcertra are renovating which is awesome!

ibz · #19 Posted **Jun 21, 2007, 11:50 PM**

The Cotton Ginny space Im pretty sure is becoming a single store. Ive noticed that the empty food court crus finally have their coming soon signs up, THai Express and Wrapture

EdmTrekker · #20 Posted **Jun 22, 2007, 1:46 AM**

Will Sorrentinos be street level with sidewwalk entry?