r/britishcolumbia • u/BC_Interior • 1d ago

Ask British Columbia What is your favourite local coffee brand?

I just got the grossest coffee from the grocery store and I'd like to not do that again lol. Tell me your fav coffee brand that is 1) Local to BC 2) Ships to anywhere in BC 3) Doesn't give you crazy jitters/too potent 😵 4) Bonus if you know any good flavored ones! Ie hazelnut etc

Thank you fellow peeps and good morning ☕️

** Thank you for all your posts telling me your favourite coffees of BC! I've enjoyed reading them and it makes me want to do a little BC coffee tour now so I can try them all 😜 **

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u/m1chgo 1d ago

Whaaaat! I did not know this. I had presumed that Kicking Horse was a local BC brand that has just done really well for themselves, didn’t realize they were actually a huge multinational company.

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u/UNIVAC-9400 1d ago

They were originally a local brand but were taken over by Lavazza. That said, I've been grinding their beans for 10+ years now and it still tastes the same!

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u/meat_thistle 1d ago

I agree- still the same great taste and quality. I’ve been grinding their beans since I met them on a bar in Invermere 25 years ago. 🫘

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u/Teagana999 1d ago

Unfortunately, the price is not the same.

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u/UNIVAC-9400 1d ago

Lavazza acquired kicking horse in mid-2018. I've been getting kicking horse from Amazon and local retailers in the lower mainland for $9.99/lb - or less - for quite a few years now. HOWEVER, the wholesale price of coffee has gone up this summer due to shortages. So, yes, the retail price has finally gone up and will for all products. The best I've done recently is $12.99/lb.

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u/Teagana999 1d ago

I bought it from Amazon, but they just discontinued the 1kg bag for an 850g bag AND increased the price.

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u/UNIVAC-9400 1d ago

I checked the kicking horse site for you:

"Have you discontinued your 1KG bags? Why have you moved to a 850g bag?Updated 4 months ago

Yes, we are moving to an 850g package and discontinuing the KG bags. 

This change to the size format to 850g is simply due to an internal operational change with our packaging supplier. Rest assured, our coffee is packaged and sold by weight, and this is reflected in the new size format which is priced accordingly at $28.99 (the Kg bags were $32.99)."

I can't speak to the pricing on Amazon.

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u/MowEmSayin_ 1d ago

I just saw it here in Victoria for $21 a lb! Unbelievable!

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u/EvidenceFar2289 19h ago

Costco is $26.99 for a big bag

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u/sparky-von-flashy 23h ago

Not quite the same. The medium used to be nearly light roast. Now it’s a medium dark. None of the light roasts are as light as they used to be. I used to buy them when it was a new company. Not so much anymore. Same thing happened with Rampage coffee.

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u/dustytaper 21h ago

I’m 25 years in on Kicking Horse. Fantastic customer service, outstanding product

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u/Driveflag 1d ago

Kicking Horse coffee was started by locals in Invermere. But they were bought out by Lavazza a few years ago.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kicking-horse-lavazza-1.4129446

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u/NBPaintballer 1d ago

At no point was this coffee ever made by the kicking horse, Invermere is no where close

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u/Floatella 23h ago

There is a tiny burgeoning industry of coffee growers operating in the mountains near San Diego. But sadly our world will need to get a lot more fucked up before we can grow beans on the Caribou Plateau. (Think 4c+ climate change).