Kick Ass

My cousin Elana moved out to B.C. a while ago and started roasting organic coffee out of her house. It has since grown to become the largest organic and fair trade coffee producer in Canada. I must confess that I'm not much of a coffee drinker but I always have a pack of Kicking Horse Coffee beans in my freezer and they always go over very well with guests.

Kicking Horse buys all of their beans from organic coffee farming co-operatives and roast the beans at high altitude (3,000' above sea level) in their home town of Invermere B.C. Coffee is grown at high altitude and Kicking Horse claims the symmetry of roasting it way above sea level contributes to its unique taste.

At my house we usually keep a couple of bags of their Kick Ass ($11.95 /1Lb) dark roast variety (if I'm drinking coffee, it's this stuff), 454 Horse Power ($11.95 /1Lb) dark roast and their Three Sisters ($11.95 /1Lb) medium roast variety. They have quite a few roasts now including some international roasts from Africa and South America and have recently added a line of tea.

I'm not just posting this to support my cousin. If you've had the coffee, then you know and you can vouch for this. It's good stuff. You can find it in the organic sections of most grocery stores, by looking up local retailers on their website or by purchasing it directly online. It really is Kick Ass stuff.