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Seniors’ appreciation week in Arbutus

From April 16 to April 23, customers aged 65 or older will receive a 10% discount on all our delicious products!  At our coffee shop at 2655 Arbutus St, we believe seniors deserve to be appreciated and celebrated for their contributions to society. That’s why we’re excited to announce our upcoming Seniors’ Appreciation Week, where

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ATTENTION! Single-Use Items Ban – City of Vancouver

As part of the Federal ban on single-use items, all Trees’ locations will not provide plastic bags on “to-go” orders. Our stores will have an optional paper bag, made out of 40% recycled material and 100% recyclable, and reusable bags available for purchase. The By-Law extends to disposable cups, straws and plastic cutlery. Reinforced by

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Best and faster Cheesecake takeout in Vancouver

Takeout is NOW AVAILABLE online. Get the Trees Cheesecake + Organic Coffee app to easily order your favourite food for takeout, delivery and more. Simply browse our menu, choose your items, pay & pick up your order! Features: Access our complete menu (photos, descriptions). Modify your order and place very specific combinations. Quickly reorder your

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2017 Golden Plates Winner

  We are pleased to share our latest Vancouver recognition, and are honoured to have placed in the winner circle amongst the best Vancouver coffee shops in the Georgia Straight Golden Plates 2017 reader’s choice awards.   Trees Organic Coffee and Roasting House is proud to have been voted as one of the top 3 Vancouver coffee

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Celebrating 2 years in Kitsilano!

On Friday January 23, treat yourself to 1/2-price cheesecake slices at our Kitsilano coffeehouse! We’re celebrating our 2-year anniversary of opening our location at 2655 Arbutus Street near Broadway, in the heart of Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood. Get a slice of your favourite: New York, Mocha, Maple Walnut, Key Lime or any of our other classic

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Coffeehouse Musician Profile. Winsome Kind

Continuing this fall, Trees Organic’s flagship Granville Street cafe offers more musical entertainment for you to enjoy with a slice of cheesecake and your favourite coffeehouse drink. One of our upcoming acts on Friday, September 19 is Winsome Kind, including the local multi-talented musician Scott Perrie performing and the formidable singer Leora Joy, a member of

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Coffeehouse Musician Profile. Tessa Mouzourakis

As usual, we’ve got some amazing musical lineups at our music nights at our flagship Granville Street cafe. This Friday, the talented Tessa Mouzourakis performs at our coffeehouse stage. Winner of the international musical competition, Your Voice in the Park for her video, The Kid in Me, this local singer-songwriter has garnered plenty of radio play and

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Reviewers on TripAdvisor Love Us!

Recently Tripadvisor bestowed upon us a great award: the “Certificate of Excellence.” This award is presented to businesses that consistently achieve high review ratings on the Tripadvisor website.  So many folks have written nice things about Trees Organic in their many reviews. Thanks! We have always paid close attention to feedback from our customers, including

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Coffeehouse Musician Profile. Emma Plant

Looking for a fresh sound and a fun time as you get out and about in the Spring weather? Every Thursday and Friday, we feature some of the most talented musicians around at our flagship Granville Street cafe at our open mic and live music nights. Experience some great tunes in our cozy coffeehouse as

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Our Tasty Fair Trade Coffee Reflected in Golden Plates

Once again, we’re pleased to report that our Fair Trade Coffee has been recognized in the Georgia Straight’s Golden Plates listings based on a survey of readers’ choices. We’re proud of our organic, fair trade coffee — which we roast ourselves in our Granville Street location (in case you were wondering why we have a big

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Trees Organic in Yaletown. Designed for a Vibrant Neighborhood

Yaletown in downtown Vancouver is a popular urban community featuring some of the most trendy shops, restaurants and of course, our cafe at 1391 Richards St. (right near the corner of Pacific Street). Trees Organic moved in here just as Vancouver’s focus on livability really hit its stride, becoming part of the Yaletown neighbourhood as

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A Neighborly Roundup of August Events Around Our Cafes

We’re lucky that all of our cafes are pretty much in the hearts of Vancouver’s diverse communities. From fireworks to festivals and pedestrian-only streets on weekends, events keep the neighborhoods bustling from Granville to Gastown, Kitsilano and beyond. After you drop by for a cup of your favorite coffee, here’s what you can see and

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Trees Organic in Richmond. A Cultural Meeting Spot

Find a center of arts and culture just about anywhere and the pleasant scent of freshly brewed coffee won’t be far off. Our cafes started out on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver, but one of the first cafes to join the family was in Richmond, at 7700 Minoru Gate, right in the Richmond Library and

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Tasting Plates at Our Arbutus Cafe! Try the Coffee and Cheesecake

Tasting Plates Vancouver is a new event to tantalize your tastebuds, presented by Vancouver Foodster (whom you may recall from the recent Cheesecake Challenge where locals once more voted us in for best cheesecake in Vancouver!). Trees Organic’s cafe at 2655 Arbutus St. in Kitsilano is proud to participate for this one-day tasting extravaganza on April 14

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You’ll Like Our Cheesecake-a-Day Giveaway

Every day until Sunday March 24, Trees Organic is giving away a FREE slice of cheesecake to one of our friendly social media fans. Rich, creamy, sweet cheesecake yumminess could be yours… How to Enter the Cheesecake-a-Day Draw: Follow or RT us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook, or tell us how you liked our

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New Trees Organic Cafe Grand Opening on Arbutus

We’re now serving up tasty organic coffee for Vancouver in more locations than ever — and you’re invited! Come one, come all to the Grand Opening of Trees Organic Coffee & Roasting House’s newest location at 2655 Arbutus St. (near Broadway) on February 7. At our new location, you’ll find the fresh-roasted, great-tasting organic coffee

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Open Mic Night at Trees Organic Starts Feb. 7

Trees Organic Coffee & Roasting House’s flagship Granville cafe is proud to introduce a new Open Mic Night happening Thursday nights from 8-10 pm for Vancouver’s rising stars to perform their hearts out! (Our regularly-scheduled Live Music Nights are still happening Friday nights, continuing to be hosted talented singer/songwriter John Pippus. Check out this interview

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Great Tasting Coffee from Cafe Femenino. Mexico and Guatemala

Everyone at Trees Organic is excited that our recent fundraiser with Cafe Femenino Bolivian coffee raised $800 in one day for the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre. It’s a big success for a great organization. The DEWC helps more than 300 local women each day. Vancouverites, please give yourselves a pat on the back for a

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Join the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center Fundraiser

Tweet Join us for coffee on Thursday, September 20 2012, as all four Trees Organic cafes will donate $1 from every coffee and espresso-based beverage sold to the Vancouver Downtown Eastside Women’s Center. We are also collecting items of clothing and unused toiletries. Funds raised will help provide daily meals to more than 300 women

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Trees Organic’s Yaletown Café 3rd Anniversary Aug. 30

Trees Organic Coffee House’s café in Yaletown at 1391 Richards Street is having its third birthday on Thursday, August 30 and you’re invited! There’s going to be free samples of Trees’ award-winning cheesecake, prizes and more. “Has it really been three years?” asks Trees Organic café owner Doron Levy with a smirk. “But seriously, we’re

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The Stories of Bolivia’s Cafe Femenino Coffee Farmers

Want to learn more about our featured Bolivian coffee, sourced through our partnership with Cafe Femenino? We’ve obtained some stories behind these special coffee beans from the great people behind Cafe Femenino, Connie Kolosvary and Dustin Johnson: Supporting Fair Trade Organic Coffee in Bolivia In the mountains of the Caranavi region in Bolivia, Bolivian Cafe Femenino

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New Bolivia Cafe Femenino. Fair Trade Coffee Empowering Women Farmers

We are spreading the love and introducing you to a coffee that supports the Cafe Femenino Coffee Project. Make your coffee purchase matter! What is Café Femenino? The Café Femenino Coffee Project began in Peru in 2004, enhancing the lives of women coffee producers in developing communities around the world. We pay an additional premium above

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Trees Organic Coffee and Gourmet Chocolate Tasting

(Note: This event is being rescheduled! Sorry for the inconvenience — we will update you as soon as we have a new date selected!) We love coffee. Everybody loves chocolate. We got together with our friends at Urge Chocolates and decided to do something about that – and you’re invited! Join us for a gourmet

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7 Reasons to Have Your Next Meetup at Trees Cafe

Vancouver is a cold, cliquey kind of town? Really? Don’t believe it. There are 713 groups on Meetup.com in the Vancouver area alone, along with dozens of events listed on Facebook and over 1,000 local professional networking groups on LinkedIn. Our Yaletown, Gastown, Richmond and Granville cafes are the perfect cozy locations for your next

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Trees Cafe Helps Vancouver Charity Celebrate Holidays

Trees Organic coffee cheesecake Vancouver RichmondThe holiday season is a time of good cheer, but those in Vancouver who are living on the margins still need the help of their neighbors. Trees Organic café was proud to provide cheesecake dessert and coffee for the Christmas dinner of La Bousolle (The Compass), a Vancouver-based community support and welfare center serving francophones who are poor and facing multiple barriers.

This organization is the only francophone non-profit in Vancouver serving those in need of housing, legal aid, employment, social intervention and mental health supports. Thanks again to everyone who volunteered to help make the holiday season in Vancouver a great time for everyone.

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Rewards For Students Who Like Trees Coffee and Cheesecake

Trees Coffee ESL university SFU UBC BCIT students downtown Vancouver cafeOur coffee beans and herbal teas aren’t the only thing with international flavor you can find at our cafes. We love that Trees Organic’s downtown locations gets to play host to friendly and hardworking local students from UBC, SFU and BCIT, as well as far off-places like Korea, Japan and Mexico.

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