Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown Bronze Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Two If By Sea has gone through some changes in the last year, including saying two if bye to its Halifax waterfront location in Historic Properties. “It was definitely an emotional and hard decision to say, ‘OK, […]
Humani-T Café, downtown
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Best Specialty Coffee
Gold Winner Two If By Sea Cafe Silver Winner Java Blend Coffee Roasters Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown You can’t have good specialty coffee if you don’t have good coffee in the first place. It makes sense, then, that TIBS (which also won Best Coffee honours) takes the gold here. “Basically, we’re looking at really […]
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Best Tea
Gold Winner World Tea House Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown Bronze Winner Sense and SensibiliTea “This year has been a testament to my tenacity,” says World Tea House owner Phil Holmans. He’s referring to all the construction around the Nova Centre and elsewhere on Argyle Street, which has made managing a small business in the […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Cows Silver Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, downtown Its snaking queue and wafting scent of fresh-baked waffle cones are a sure sign summer—and tourist season—has reached its peak, but this waterfront scoop spot is equally beloved by locals, taking home the gold for its decadent ice cream. “The friendly […]
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Sweet unions: four ice cream sandwiches to make at home
Grandma’s House Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s vanilla ice cream, Helen B’s Preserves’ strawberry rhubarb jam and Smith’s Bakery ginger cookies Cocoa-loco Humani-T Cafe’s dark chocolate gelato, 24 Carrots Bakery’s chocolate-dipped shortbread and coconut flakes Sweet Enough Common Confections’ salted caramel dairy-free frozen dessert, LF Bakery’s milk bun and toasted sesame seeds Pool Party Scanway Catering […]
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Cold as ice: coffee and tea on the rocks
Low Point cold brew float Affogatto who? Halifax cold brew crew Low Point has its nitro kicked up a notch with a scoop of vanilla at this coffee nerd’s paradise in Bedford. Cortado Tasting Room, 50 Gary Martin Drive [IMAGE-5] Shot + tonic You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, so believe […]
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Best Tea
Gold Winner World Tea House Silver Winner DAVIDsTEA, Spring Garden Road Bronze Winner Humani-T Cafe, South Park Street Coast readers didn’t have to let this decision steep too long—World Tea House is the best cuppa in town for the third time running. After six years in business, Philip Holmans’ destination for organic, fair trade, small-batch […]
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Best Ice Cream / Gelato / Frozen Yogurt
Gold Winner Dee Dee’s Ice Cream Silver Winner Humani-T Cafe, South Park Street Bronze Winner Cows Ice Cream Sure, the perfect location (near the Common) and an old-fashioned school house look (right down to the stained glass and wooden shingles) help underscore Dee Dee’s Ice Cream’s charm, but really, what makes it the best scoop […]
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Morning glory: breakfasts snacks under $7
Homemade Pop Tart Feed your nostalgic cravings with Anchored’s flaky and filled take on the Kellogg’s Pop-Tart. Sweet and savoury options have included pancetta and swiss, apricot and sweet cream, but you’re looking at a classic cherry jam. Anchored Espresso Bar and Toastery, 6451 Quinpool Road Fruit smoothie Here’s more evidence that mom always knows […]
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Chocolate Gingerbread Latte
Ingredients ½ oz Monin gingerbread syrup (available at Humani-T South Park) ½ oz chocolate syrup (cocoa, sugar, vanilla, water) 1 shot espresso 10 oz steamed milk cocoa powder, for garnish Method Pour the shot of espresso directly onto the syrups and gently whisk to mix in the chocolate. Sprinkle cocoa powder on top of the […]
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Humanity Day= a whole gelato fun
Whoever said the best things in life are free was definitely onto something. Case in point, on April 15, Humani-T Cafe will be giving away free gelato at the launch of it’s first annual Humanity Day. All these lovely Humani-T-arian folk are asking in return for their delicious gelato is for a little generousity in […]
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Humani-T to open second location in Trillium
Humani-T Cafe (5755 Young Street, 454-9999) is opening a new location at the Trillium, the condo skyscraper at 1445 South Park Street. “We’re aiming for springtime,” says Kiyan Sobhani, gelato chef at the cafe. “we don’t have a set date as there’s a lot of design work to be done.” Though the current Human-T Cafe […]