Elpida Coffee (Colombian)

All of our coffee is roasted weekly, in our bright yellow roaster, up front of our store. There is nothing like the smell of fresh roasted coffee as it fills the room!

We offer a variety of single-origin coffees from around the globe, to suit everyone’s personal tastes, from the floral and citrus-y coffee of Guatemala to the bold earthy coffee of Sumatra. Our Sunshine Blend, the newest addition to our coffee line, was crafted with the thought process of adding a little SUNSHINE to our days, with its bright, citrus-y flavour and aroma, during these hard times.

Our coffee beans are ethically sourced, from small coffee farms, to provide a certain level of transparency between us and the women farmers who we depend on. Our green coffee beans come to us through a non-profit called Café Femenino, which not only provides high quality coffee beans but also provides one-of-a-kind support for women farmers across the world. They disrupt the traditional economic system by paying women directly for their work, giving them the opportunity to take on leadership roles in their cooperative, and providing them with the title to the land on which they farm. We stand with these courageous women who fight for the credit they deserve and the voice they need to fight inequality, $1 from every bag of coffee sold goes towards the construction of a water reservoir in a coffee community affected by poverty.

We are currently coming up 2 years serving Georgina, but the dream first started over 5 years ago, when Justin discovered his passion for fresh roasted coffee, using a tiny microwave-shaped roaster in his dorm room in college. Fresh out of graduating, Justin spent a year learning how to manage a café, and opened Elpida Café and Roastery (elpida meaning ‘hope’ in Greek), with help from his wife Amanda, who brought a love for loose leaf teas, and an equal desire to spread some hope in the community.

Sneak Peak: a new blend is in the works – Charity Blend – a portion of which will go towards a local charity.”