The quintessential Australian Long Weekend is a time for family and friends to enjoy a drink, food and in this case, watch the AFL Grand Final! 

We swap our traditional work routine - fuelled by coffee - for a Grand Final weekend with friends. Aiming for that coffee fix? We have the perfect dessert for you to make your friends that will have you celebrating all day and all night!

ESPRESSO GRANITA

Makes 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups St Remio hot espresso
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
• Bittersweet chocolate shavings

PREPARATION

1. Stir espresso, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Pour into a 9 x 9 x 2" metal baking pan. Freeze for 1 hour. Stir, mashing any frozen parts with the back of a fork. Cover; freeze until firm, about 2 hours. Using a fork, scrape granita vigorously to form icy flakes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover tightly with foil; keep frozen. Give it a quick scrape before serving.
2. Beat cream and remaining 1 tablespoon sugar in a large bowl until peaks form. Divide granita among bowls or glasses. Top with whipped cream and garnish with chocolate shavings.

The St Remio team are thrilled to be a part of Northland Shopping Centre’s Vitality Zone!

For the next 10 days, we will be serving up our nutraceutical teas to Northland shoppers and showing them that being healthy has never tasted so good.

Whether you want to De-Bloat or Relax, need a helping hand with Digestion, or you simply want to sip on a tea that will aid your overall Vitality, we have you covered!

What are you waiting for? Take some time out for yourself and come and visit us at Northland’s Vitality Zone.

You can view our serving times below. We can’t wait to see you there!

Thursday 15th September - 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Friday 16th September - 4.30pm - 8:00pm

Saturday 17th September - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Sunday 18th September - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Thursday 22nd September - 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Friday 23rd September  - 4.30pm - 8:00pm

Saturday 24th September - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Sunday  25th September - 10:00am - 2:00pm

Can’t get enough of coffee? Take your coffee addition from morning to night with our Espresso Martini recipe.

Ingredients

30 ml St Remio Espresso coffee

45 ml Vodka

45 ml Kahlua

30 ml White Cream de Cacao

Crushed ice

Method

Pour St Remio Espresso, Vodka, Kahlua and White Cream de Cacao into a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice.

Shake vigorously until mixture forms a light creamy foam.

Strain into chilled Martini glasses and serve with a couple of whole coffee beans on top. Belissimo!

The team at St Remio were delighted to head to Rwanda earlier this year to visit the coffee plantations with partner Sustainable Harvest.

After the genocide in 1994 which killed almost a million men, the women of Rwanda were left to work the fields in order to provide for their families.

Working with the growers and going back to the source is what we are all about so it was important to not only see the fields but meet the hard-working women behind the plantations.

As part of our partnership with Sustainable Harvest, a percentage of our sales goes back to the Premium Sharing Rewards program which allows the workers to collect points to purchase items that will assist them in both work and life. The program is supported by Michael Bloomberg and is one of the only proven charitable initiatives having a great impact on the lives of the workers. With a focus on both education and empowering women, Sustainable Harvest has been able to help the ladies achieve a greater yield, teach them how to manage and run a business, implement successful and proven farming techniques in order to achieve a better crops for long-term success, and have a positive impact on their personal lives.

Only 10% of households have electricity in Rwanda, so majority of the ladies walk home in the dark after work and their children are not able to study when the sun goes down. As part of the rewards program, the ladies have collected solar powered sun flower lights allowing them to safely walk home and have light in their homes for their children to study after sunset.

Each time you purchase St Remio, you are directly having an impact on these women’s lives. Thank you for supporting St Remio and Sustainable Harvest and thank you for supporting the women of Rwanda.

St Remio were excited to be part of this year’s VAMFF working in collaboration with Melbourne designer label, OnceWas.

The new Autumn/ Winter collection was exclusively launched by TV host and personality, Shaynna Blaze who together with head designer Belinda Glynn debuted the new collection to 80 VIP fashionistas.

Not only did guests get to enjoy a sneaky first preview of the fashion, but also of Melbourne’s newest coffee brand, St Remio. Guests enjoyed single origin lattes as the watched the models sashay down the catwalk.

Thanks to the amazing team at OnceWas for allowing St Remio to be part of the event and we look forward to partnering in many more fashion events.