Cafes
Classic Gourmet Coffee
Classic Gourmet isn't a cafe, rather it's one of the GTA's top coffee roasters. John Rufino's engineering background inspired him to create the most nearly perfect roasting process imaginable - an all-stainless steel plant in Concord that recycles the heat from its roasters to increase energy efficiency. Since coffee's footprint is hardly small - as long as we can't grow it here, transportation will always be a factor - Classic tries to make what goes on here as low-emission as possible, while maximizing pure flavour. It's worked, and customers include Bulldog Coffee, Cava, Woodlot, George and the Gladstone.
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I stumbled into his Concord coffee shop about 20 yrs ago, what made me appreciate his coffee was the fact that he would not serve you an espresso unless it was perfect, he would make coffee and often it would wind up being thrown out because it wasn't right.
The stuff that would wind in the drain is coffee that anyone in Toronto would be proud to serve, but not John.
Anyway this is what made me appreciate what the man makes and serves and the quality of his coffee.