October 13, 2014

Soda-Licious

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A collaboration between Vancouver's O5 Tea Company and Bittered Sling Extracts, the 'Kombucha Micro-batch Tea' is served exclusively at the Café Medina. This custom kombucha (in Japanese: “tea sponge”) includes select ingredients like fireweed honey from Langley, sencha green tea from Japan and Bittered Sling’s Lem-Marrakech bitters. To create the special soda, O5 Tea brews 60-litre micro-batches of kombucha in Italian stainless steel wine fermenters, which is then stored in kegs until ready to serve.

October 12, 2014

Go With The GRAIN

Medina GRAIN FarmerBob

As part of our commitment to serving fresh, locally-sourced cuisine whenever possible, Café Medina works with a number of suppliers who provide quality, Canadian-grown ingredients.

August 12, 2014

The New Café Medina is Officially Open!

Café Medina’s new location at 780 Richards Street (at Robson) is officially open! Our former location at 556 Beatty Street has now closed.

It's never easy to say goodbye to something you love, but we are also excited to begin this new chapter in Café Medina's story. Our gorgeous new location highlights high ceilings and large, street-facing windows that welcome in plenty of natural light — a subtle nod to Medina’s connotation: “radiant or enlightened city.” Our expanded dining room seats 65 guests, plus a 10-seat cocktail bar and an eight-seat coffee bar. Anchored by our top-of-the-line La Marzocco FB-80 espresso machine, we will continue to serve connoisseur savvy coffees to go.