By invitation only

World-Wide Research

Rick has travelled the world, heading specifically to rich-coffee producing nations, like Vietnam and Indonesia to seek out the best the world has to offer, and bring it right back to Vancouver. He strives to be well-versed in his expertise and knowledge of the world’s greatest bean.

Places visited

Vietnam
- Shalom Coffee, Ho Chi Minh Citypl. 2
- Just Coffee, Ho Chi Minh Citypl. 10
Indonesia
- Balipl. 3
- Bali, with Rick’s New Best Friendpl. 13
Thailand
- Pattayapl. 4
Hong Kong
- ECC Cafépl. 9
United Kingdom
France
- Paris, Paul Cafépl. 12
United States
- Cambridge, MApl. 5
- Polcari’s, Boston, MApl. 14, 15
Canada
- Charlottetown, PEIpl. 8

A wall of coffee bags and labels collected from roasters around the world — Pl. 1Coffees purchased from around the world

Rick holding a coffee cup and a menu at a café table — Pl. 2Shalom Coffee, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Two people at a garden table set with a long row of tasting cups — Pl. 3Bali, Indonesia

Two people with coffee and a tiered tray of pastries on a poolside terrace — Pl. 4Pattaya, ThailandImportant coffee research with Chair of the Board of Rick’s Cafe

A young man at a café window table with a coffee and a cannoli — Pl. 5Cambridge, MATeam Member Neil doing important research on cannoli pairing with Peet’s Coffee

A group gathered around tables of coffee cups in a wood-panelled hall — Pl. 6Oxford, UKCupping and sampling of Oxford coffees with ELO Oxford Leadership Program cohort

Two men at a tea table raising cups, with scones and cream — Pl. 7Stow on the Wold, Cotswold, UKTea time with coffee

Rick holding a coffee outside a red-brick building with a café sign — Pl. 8Research in Charlottetown, PEI

Rick and a barista at a café counter beneath a hand-lettered chalk wall — Pl. 9Island Evangelical Community Church (ECC) Café, Hong Kong

Rick seated at a wooden table in front of a wall printed with the Just Coffee story — Pl. 10Just Coffee in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Chalkboard sign for Queen’s Lane Coffee House claiming to be the oldest coffee house in Europe — Pl. 11Research in Oxford, UK – dubious claim remains unverified!

Rick giving a thumbs up over a coffee and two pastries — Pl. 12Research in Paris, FR at the Paul Café near Notre Dame Cathedral

An open-air coffee stall in Bali with carved wooden benches — Pl. 13Research in Bali, Indonesia with Rick’s New Best Friend

Rick inside a long shop lined with shelves of coffee and dry goods — Pl. 14Polcari’s Coffee, Little Italy, Boston, MA

The green shopfront of Polcari’s Coffee on a street corner — Pl. 15Polcari’s Coffee, Little Italy, Boston, MA