Every morning preparing a cup carefully before the day starts. The ritual of gathering the beans, your favourite mug and the brewing equipment. The aroma of brewing. The moments of peace, quiet and reflection while you savour each sip, pausing before your day begins, arranging your thoughts for the tasks ahead. The relaxation, routine and ritual before the day begins.
The group of friends and family standing around a campfire, enjoying a cup of coffee while camping or exploring the beautiful coasts of Canada. The warm liquid that fills your cup, the fuel and kick that jumpstarts your adventures. The fun conversations, as sparks fly from the fire, dancing in the air and you sip the liquid warmth that delights your senses and connects you to nature and your people.
The global coffee farmer who wakes early each morning to take care of the coffee plantation. The generations of coffee producers who came before, paving a legacy of sustainability and organic farming practices. The ability to support your community with jobs and education, resources and supplies all centred around harvesting ripe and delicious coffee cherries. Respecting Mother Earth for her supply and doing our part to cultivate the micro-lots and farms.
Growing, harvesting and processing exceptional coffee while celebrating the natural beauty of our country and culture and sharing coffee with the world. Coffee is more than a drink, it’s our livelihood, our community, and it’s ingrained in our culture.
The roasters dedicated to unparalleled coffee experiences that connect their customers with the tastes of the world. The continued pursuit of the finest coffees in the world, committed to sustainable practices and building strong relationships with global coffee farmers. Invested in artisan roasting techniques to enhance the natural flavours and increase the customer’s experiences. The roasters who studied, bringing years of experience to perfecting their techniques and enhancing the flavour profiles for their customers.
The local who walks, bikes or drives to their favourite gem of a coffee shop. Who grabs a cup of coffee to savour while looking at the lake, dedicated to enjoying the best coffee around. Coffee that unites, that keeps our communities strong, that fuels our projects and our dreams.
Here at Coastal Coffee, coffee means a lot to us. The most important aspect that we can think of though, is the relationships that are built around coffee. Whether it’s with our amazing repeat customers who love our crazy fresh coffee, our retail partners and business owners or our international coffee producers dedicated to sustainability, relationships matter to us.
We hope that Coastal Coffee creates an unparalleled experience for you to gather around and connect with your loved ones, whether in person or virtually.
There’s a lot more that goes into that cup of coffee than you might think.
What does coffee mean to you?
Without a doubt, our festive season is going to look a lot different this year. The Christmas parties, family dinners and even holiday parades won’t be what we are used to and people are getting very creative in how they can continue to safely celebrate. Whether it’s zoom parties, social distanced walks or backyard visits, we will continue to find outside-of-the-box ways to spread the spirit of the season. 2020 has been one wild year and yet, we are still here, still going strong and still in it together.
However your family celebrates this year, we wish you joy, happiness and peace. It’s possible to find comfort in the small moments, the simple things, that can easily be overlooked. A smile from a neighbour, the twinkling lights of the season, the first snowfall. There’s still lots to be grateful for and around here at Coastal Coffee, we will continue to bring you amazing coffees from around the world.
There’s a lot going on around here. Coastal Coffee is here to help you safely celebrate over the holidays with unparalleled coffee experiences.
Our Popular Coastal Coffee Holiday Blend
For years, Coastal Coffee has helped to celebrate the holiday season with a special Holiday Blend, perfect for enjoying with your family on Christmas morning. We created this blend of deliciousness for the winter season with a velvety, sweet and fruit forward blend. Roasted right here at the Coastal Coffee headquarters, this medium roast is the perfect way to celebrate and enjoy the simple moments this season. You can purchase your Holiday Blend in our shop.
Taste the World – The 12 Days of Christmas
Not sure what to get that coffee connoisseur for Christmas? This is the perfect gift! The 12 Days of Christmas features 12 individual samples of coffee from around the world. Our carefully curated coffee selection has been designed to highlight a variety of flavour profiles and it’s the perfect way to discover your favourite Coastal Coffee. Each 40g sample makes one of the following: 5 shots of espresso, 4 cups of coffee, 3 aeropress, 2 moka pots, 1 french press, and a partridge in a pear tree. Available for local pick up or home delivery. (Due to Covid restrictions, we cannot guarantee Christmas delivery using Canada post). Order here.
Holiday Mixer Box
Check out our Holiday Mixer Box and explore four of Coastal Coffee’s curated selection of premium coffees. Our crazy fresh, ethically sourced and artisan roasted coffee beans make the perfect brew for Christmas morning (or any morning!) and the mixer box allows you to explore a variety of flavour profiles. Discover your next favourite with the Holiday Mixer Box. Available here.
Looking for Gifts?
Check out our online shop for a variety of gifts available for purchase. From premium coffee, to materials, kettles, grinders, brewing equipment and hand made mugs, we’ve got something for everyone. Our t-shirts, hats and sweatshirts also make amazing gifts and can be delivered to your friends or family. Support local, shop online and give the gift of coffee this Christmas. Explore the shop here.
Coffee Subscriptions
Coastal Coffee is proud to announce our new coffee subscription service. Perfect for the coffee connoisseur who wants a steady stream of crazy fresh, premium coffee delivered straight to their door. Learn more here.
We are open on Saturdays – swing by for a coffee!
Visit us at the roastery on Saturday mornings from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm to purchase retail coffee or pick up a cup for the road. Due to Covid restrictions, we can’t offer any seating at this time, but you are welcome to stop in and grab a coffee to go or pick up some crazy fresh coffee beans for yourself or a loved one.
Get Coastal in Your Community
You can find our coffee at a retailer near you. To discover the closest local retailer in your neighbourhood click here.
Thank you for continuing to support small businesses. Thank you to all our customers, retail partners and global coffee producers. We’re passionate about offering crazy fresh, ethically sustainable and artisan roasted coffee that allows our customers access to the best coffees of the world and we will continue to do so!
Wishing you peace, love and amazing coffee!
Cheers,
The Coastal Coffee Crew
We had been looking for a country property for a few years where we could have our production roasting facility and our family home. A little over a year ago, we purchased the Kintail Presbyterian Church, a historical building that was built in 1906 and served as a hub of the community for over 100 years.
Since purchasing the building, we’ve undertaken a series of renovations, all with the desire to preserve and honour the natural building techniques used in a historical building. We are dedicated to supporting sustainability in each and every aspect of our businesses and we wanted to extend this philosophy to our home and headquarters as well.
Each design and construction decision we made was aligned with our goal of honouring the church with natural building materials. The amount of research and work that went into our renovation could easily extend over a series of blog posts, but we wanted to highlight some of them here to give our followers a sneak peak. We don’t know when we will be able to have people into the building because of Covid, but we want to share the exciting renovations that are taking place!
Part of our dream is to use the sanctuary as an event space and share our love of premium coffee, artisanal roasting and ethical and sustainable coffee production. We are hoping once the pandemic is over, we will be able to offer events, classes and experiences with our followers. Until then, we can share with you digitally – so here’s a short overview of our journey.
Honouring the History
We really wanted to feature the unique characteristics of the heritage structure that has had a special place in the lives of community members for over a century. We chose to keep the original woodwork details, the maple floors and of course the beautiful stained glass windows. We were also able to keep the original lighting throughout the building.
In the sanctuary space, we installed a butlers pantry at the back and kept the main level open so that the space can double as usable living space for our family and yet can transform when we host events at the roastery in the future.
Natural Materials
We chose to use natural lime plaster, to honour our convictions of using sustainable products. The building was originally built using natural lime plaster and we chose to update the walls, sanctuary and basement with this beautiful material. We worked with Kieran Reid, a Scottish plasterer and owner of Lime Thistle Plastering. We are so pleased with the results and how it turned out, Kieran did an incredible job. The natural material brings a calmness and grounded-ness to the space and highlights the beauty and architecture of the sanctuary.
We also selected to insulate the church with natural materials. After a lot of research, we went with hemp. We worked with an incredible team in Quebec and our property is one of the first to use this product in Ontario. Super thick, tightly woven hemp batts insulate the space and we know that we will be warm this winter and for many more to come.
Love and Investment
Our dwelling deserves to have love and investment put into it. It has a prominence in the community and was open to the public for over 100 years. It’s an honour to have it as our family home and as the Coastal Coffee Headquarters.
We love the possibilities that are created by working with the history of building. It has been very exciting to find a building that would work and we have enjoyed each step of the renovation process. As things continue to evolve, we know that we can build our business and bring our customers amazing coffees from around the world to Ontario’s West Coast.
New Video “The Coastal Roastery”
Two-time Canadian Screen Award nominated cinematographer Matthew Braun has created a video that highlights the roastery renovations.
It’s a way to safely show our customers the inside of the Coastal Coffee headquarters, despite being the middle of a pandemic.
See the new video on our About Page here.
