Limited Edition 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Roast

Jul 18, 2019 | Blog, Farmer Cooperatives, Latest Coffees, Packaging

Our Anniversary Roast is a single-origin organic Fairtrade coffee from the APECAP cooperative in the Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe region of Ecuador. This is our first-ever coffee from Ecuador. We have purchased two 69 kg bags from Cooperative Coffees and once they’re...

The Winner, Our Anniversary Roast and a Music Festival

Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Events, Latest Coffees, Music

And the winner is . . . Mark Muschett of Ennismore, Ontario is the lucky winner of our 10 Year Anniversary Giveaway. Congratulations, Mark! Thank you to everyone who entered our Giveaway by signing up for our mailing list or rating and commenting on your favourite...

SJICR – A Certified Organic Operation

Aug 21, 2018 | Blog

Have you heard? Our operation is now certified organic. Since we started up over nine years ago we’ve only roasted organic coffee because we care about organic farming. Organic farming protects the farmers and workers, wildlife, water systems, you, and us, from...

Cold Brew Iced Tea

Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Recipes

Cold Brew Iced Tea Simple Refreshing Thirst-quenching Affordable Customizable Looks great in Outspoken Brewing pint glass! Ingredients Loose leaf tea (our teas) Filtered water Equipment Glass pitcher and/or jar (we use a big mason jar for the brewing, then strain into...

There’s something we’ve been meaning to tell you.

Apr 18, 2018 | Articles About Us, Blog

“Rome wasn’t built in a day.” (i.e. “You can only eat an elephant one bite at a time” (what Shane has actually been telling me over the years), but I like elephants.) Back in the early spring of 2009 we renovated an outbuilding on our...

Thumbs Rule

May 19, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized

Nearly-sawed-off thumb, thumbs up, green thumb, not-so-green thumb, and rules of thumb. This month’s update definitely has a thumb theme, with a few other noteworthy tidbits thrown in for good measure. What’s up in the Shack? It all started with a...

Coffee Stout Chili Recipe

Mar 17, 2017 | Blog

St. Patrick’s Day has been special for us from the start. If you’ve read our story on our website, you know that this is the day we met back when we lived in Calgary, AB: Shane spotted Heather one sunny St. Paddy’s afternoon in the line-up for the Ship and...

We would love your questions/feedback! There’s a prize draw ($75-$87.50 value) so it might be worth reading to the end ;).

Mar 1, 2017 | Blog

Hello. Long time no post, if you know what I mean. You know how it is, right? Life happens and certain things get put on the “Least Urgent, Least Important” pile. Well, we want to change that. We want to give you more regular and interesting posts (no more...

New! For a Limited Time

Nov 19, 2015 | Blog

Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Natural Available for a limited time by special order: The bean is unwashed or natural, meaning the fruit (coffee cherry) is left to dry on the bean before being removed. This process imparts a unique flavour profile. It’s our new favourite!...

Coffee Equipment – Great Gift Ideas!

Nov 13, 2015 | Blog, Coffee Equipment

New to our Coffee Equipment Collection Kinto 4 cup Carafe Set Kinto 2 cup Carafe to 4 cup Carafe size comparison Kinto Stainless Steel Filter Hario Pour Over Ceramic V60 Dripper Hario Pour Over Plastic The Kinto Slow Coffee Style Series and the Hario...

Coffee Trees on St. Joseph Island!

May 14, 2015 | Blog

I kid you not! We have 5 coffee trees growing right here on St. Joseph Island! Inside our house of course. Last year a woman we met while homeschooling our son surprised us with a gift of coffee trees. Her husband was in Toronto last spring at the Green Living Show...

Getting Crafty for the Artisan Market

May 14, 2015 | Blog, Events

Cold Brew? Maybe not. Taya Mara and Kit Purnis had a vision to bring together the community “through local talent, artistic expression and satisfying food”. This will be a semi-regular event that will happen (generally) on the Friday before long weekends....