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Picture this: you’re walking around the city on a picturesque Vancouver day. Is that the Ride of the Valkyries you hear? Maybe. Is that an electric bicycle you see? It is. Retrofitted with a beautiful Italian espresso machine? Okay. Is that a perfect cup of coffee? Well, you’ll be the judge of that. Honest to Pete has a roastery located at Beaumont Studios—the building with a selfie-appropriate mural on West Fifth Avenue. The cafe is where Pete roasts his magic beans, ensuring each bean has been treated with the same love and attention as the next.  It’s at the roasting...

Pete, founder and visionary of Honest to Pete wants you to know, he would never say air roasting is better than traditional drum roasted coffee. It’s why the word ‘Honest’ appears in this coffee company's name. But one thing he would say is that, you’ve got to try a cup of his air roasted Retrospresso for yourself.  Air roasting is the process of heating up and floating the coffee beans on a hot bed of air.  Stop.  Re-read that.  Doesn’t that sound both peaceful and adorable? Imagine, you wake up in the morning, getting out of your comfy bed only...