Equator Coffee Roasters is a wholesaler of fair trade products. We have all of the coffee products and services you need for your business. Our customers are restaurants, cafes, food co-ops, churches, schools, bulk food stores, grocery stores, fine food shops and fine coffee lovers across the country.

Equator roasts in small batches with our 10 kilo Toper coffee roaster. Each batch of coffee is carefully monitored by our staff to ensure high quality and consistency.

Equator Coffee roasts only the coffee our customers use on a weekly basis. We will call your business each week (usually on a Monday or Tuesday) to find out what product you need. Our goal is to try and bring only what coffee you will need for one week. We do this because coffee goes stale very quickly and we know that your customers will keep coming back for a superior freshly roasted product.

Equator packages in the following formats:

Our packaging is very high quality. We use true oxygen barrier packaging with a one way valve to allow us to package our coffee directly out of the roaster.

We deliver to the Ottawa area every Wednesday unless there is a holiday Monday. We collect your order at the beginning of the week and deliver to you within 48 hours of roasting. If you are outside of our delivery area, we ship next day and we will cover the shipping on regular orders of over 50 pounds.

We require low minimum orders and deliver every week. We do this so that we can provide you with the product you need versus having to order more coffee than you will use in one week. Generally we need a 10 pound order for delivery but have been known to make exceptions. Remember that coffee is more like bread than a can of soup. Fresh coffee is better! Why should your customers pay the same price for a stale product when we can provide a fresh one?

We can roast custom blends for our customers because we roast in 10-25 pound lots. A larger roaster cannot custom roast for you. We can even provide custom labels if required. We do offer toll roasting services, meaning we can produce a whole line of coffee for you with your own label if you like.

Our experience and expertise in consulting on your café or restaurant's layout, equipment or marketing strategy is always at your disposal. Equator is also currently designing a whole line of marketing aids to help you promote our coffee and increase sales.

We work for you! We go way out of our way to make you happy. We have driven hours, on a holiday, just to get someone the emergency coffee they require.

Equator Coffee has access to brewing equipment, grinders, espresso machines and expertise to provide you with all your equipment needs. Although we do not always provide equipment, please ask us about this option.

Equator has allied fair trade and organic products that will help your business flourish and make your life easier. We carry the following line of products:

• Choice Organic Teas - most of which are also fair trade certified
• La Siembra Co-operative - fair trade certified and organic cocoa, hot chocolate and sugar
• Gourmet Café Products - Monin Syrups, Oregon Chai and Ghiradilli Chocolate. These are of the highest quality and will help you create the perfect specialty drinks for your customer.

Our coffee is certified ORGANIC and certified FAIR TRADE. Check out Transfair Canada for details: www.transfair.ca

We strongly recommend using at least 7g of coffee per cup. For the best possible flavour extraction, the water temperature should be at least 190 degrees F, or just below boiling.

Generally, we do not extend credit terms. However, we give many of our restaurant clients one week's grace in order to give them cash in hand for the product they are using.

Equator Coffee looks forward to ongoing partnerships with our customers. If you have any questions or comments or would like to receive a wholesale price list, please contact Craig Hall

We are always glad to hear from you. Let us earn your business with a fresh taste that you can't get anywhere else!