We proudly serve a wonderful selection of craft espresso beverages, pour overs, loose-leaf teas and many unique house-created specialty cafe beverages from Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea sourced only from finest ingredients. Each blend offers a distinctive, specific flavor note and exceptional

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Made from scratch using old-fashioned recipes and natural ingredients to create the delicious sweets and bakery items to local businesses. We pride ourselves on selecting high-quality, simple, non-GMO, clean local ingredients.

A:Salt has several functions in baked goods. It modifies flavour, increases crust colour and controls the rate of yeast fermentation and enzyme activity. Salt also strengthens gluten, making it more cohesiveness and less sticky. With salt present, gluten holds more water and carbon dioxide, allowing the dough to expand without tearing. This means that salt prevents excessive tearing when gluten stretches so bread is easier to handle and has a better volume and a finer crumb.
Because salt noticeably strengthens gluten, bread bakers sometimes delay the addition of salt to dough made from strong flour, adding it late in the mixing process. The dough mixes faster and cooler as there is less resistance and frictional heat generated during mixing. Once salt is added, the dough tightens and is more difficult to stretch, but it will stretch further without tearing.

A:The most popular type of chocolate is milk chocolate. Milk chocolate tends to be the go to choice for many because of it’s creamy texture and mild flavor. For those with more sophisticated tastes, dark chocolate has a different taste profile. Dark chocolates are bitter- or semisweet and vary in sweetness level which are defined by the level of cacao content.

A:Ganache is a mixture of bitter (or dark) chocolate and cream. Depending on its temperature and consistency, it can be used as a frosting, glaze, filling, or sauce. Ganache’s best-loved role is as the basis for chocolate truffles.