#rocanini

[ourfoodadventure]

Rocanini Coffee Roasters

Rocanini Coffee Roasters has been around for a little while now. They have two locations - a roasting facility in Vancouver (Mount Pleasant area), and a huge cafe out in Steveston. I've been to Rocanini's roasting facility for a Yelp meetup, and it was pretty cool to see their process. [caption id="attachment_1971" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Rocanini Coffee Roasters (Mount Pleasant)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1972" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Roasting Machine[/caption] Their Mount Pleasant location offers coffee samples and full brews as well. It's not a cafe though, so the space isn't designed for you to stick around and work on your laptop or anything like that. [caption id="attachment_1977" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Pour over coffee[/caption] In contrast, the Steveston location of Rocanini Coffee Roasters is a full service cafe. [caption id="attachment_3474" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Steveston location[/caption] The Steveston location has a beautiful interior - plenty of seating space and huge windows for natural light. [caption id="attachment_3472" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Inside Rocanini Coffee Steveston[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3473" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Lots of coffee and food![/caption] One of the things that really caught my eye when I went up to check out the menu was their option for a Siphon brewed coffee. [caption id="attachment_3466" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Siphon Coffee Menu[/caption] Siphon brewing used to be a really popular method of brewing, and the process has been referred to as vacpots, vacuum brewed coffee, siphon brewer, siphon vacuum coffee, and a number of other combinations. At Rocanini, they have a nice little sheet that explains the Coffee Siphon in greater detail. [caption id="attachment_3468" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Siphon Coffee Description[/caption] If you're interested in a really full on description of the process, I recommend the article written by CoffeeGeek here. [caption id="attachment_3467" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Heating up the vessel[/caption] Beyond making a really delicious cup of coffee, the siphon brewing process looks really cool! [caption id="attachment_3470" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Siphon vessel is inserted, and the Kick Up begins soon.[/caption] The final result is a really fancy looking cup of coffee. [caption id="attachment_3471" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Fresh cup of siphon brew[/caption] Rocanini serves their Siphon Brew in the brewing apparatus so that you can pour it out yourself. I found that to be really neat, as it also kept the coffee really hot. While it looks like the amount of coffee you get is quite minimal, there was actually enough for 4 cups! Needless to say, I was a bit wired. As for the taste itself, I found it to be really smooth or "clean", similar to an Aeropressed coffee. I found myself enjoying the Siphon Brew over an Americano or French Pressed coffee. Definitely worth trying out!   [gmap width="400" address="#115-3900 Moncton St, Steveston Richmond BC V7E3A7"]

[lammielovesfizz]

While waiting for a prescription in the Kerrisdale neighbourhood of Vancouver, I had the opportunity to stop by Rocanini for coffee. The only location I had been to thus far was the one in Steveston so I was curious to see what it was like. The cafe has floor to ceiling windows and high ceilings, making it feel very spacious, even though it is a small and long space. There are beautiful light fixtures which add to the ambiance of the cafe. I had a perfectly made cortado which I enjoyed very much. I think this is going to be my go-to place for coffee from now on when I'm in this neighbourhood!

[wongcamille]

Baby hairs, they’re all over the place. 

Between meetings in Richmond means Rocanini Coffee!

[bonvivant-heretic]

Rain, chamomile and rosehip tea, lemon coconut bars, and some light reading. Perfect. #rocanini

[wongcamille]

Long time no tumbl, Tumblr 

[imd]

#richmond #bc #steveston #coffee #yvr #rocanini (at Rocanini Coffee Roasters)

[gwenishappy]

Day One of filming 'Gwen'! Again, we stuck with Rocanini cafe in Steveston to film one of our scenes with Katherine and Braedon Cox! Shout out to Frank the Manager, who was so gracious to let us use his beautiful space!

It was an early morning (for us at least), but we wanted to work with the great morning lighting and avoid the rush hour traffic of patrons. Katherine went out of her way to borrow a book about South American birds from the VPL. And we thought we couldn't love her more! And we're so grateful for Braedon, who's busy with other projects and work, and we know he's not a morning person.

Audio again was an issue as we couldn't get the RODE blimp microphone (due to booking conflicts at our equipment library), but our shotgun and lavalier mics were able to capture a few good tidbits. However, we're going to have to do some voiceovers.

A teaser video to come!