Everything you need to know about our coffee!
Great news! Kicking Horse coffee adopted a Food Safety and Quality Management System ruled by FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001. The system has been developed in line with the related international technical standards and implies all those procedures and contr
If the bag is unopened, our beans hold their freshness for 18 months after roasting. To find out when a bag of beans was roasted, check out the best before date on the back. The beans will have been Rocky Mountain-roasted 18 months before that date.
Our beans come from South America, Central America, Africa and Indonesia. Specifically, we buy beans from certified Organic and Fairtrade farming cooperatives in Peru, Colombia, Sumatra, East Timor, Uganda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras and
In our facility, we only make one thing: coffee! It's roasted from one ingredient only: green coffee. We don't use additives, fillers, or flavouring. We follow very strict food safety guidelines to ensure our coffee does not come in contact with glut
The caffeine content is going to be similar between most of our blends with the exception or our Decaf and Half Ass. The biggest factor impacting caffeine is how much coffee is used in relation to water and grind size. Caffeine is very water solubl
Based on a brew recipe of 2 TBSP of ground Decaf and 8 oz of water you will get approximately .08 mg of caffeine. Pretty sweet eh? Another reason to love our Decaf is it is decaffeinated using the Swiss Water Process. The Swiss Water Process is 100 p
A lot depends on which tastes you typically gravitate towards. A great place to start exploring is this page on our website, where we list all our blends and the typical tastes and aromas you can expect when enjoying them. For example, our most popu
100% ARABICA WHOLE BEAN COFFEE: Magic bean? Oh, goodness. From deep, dark & delicious, to lively and bright our beans are generally cultivated at higher elevation and shade grown, for uncompromising quality and taste. In our facility we only make onl
Great question! It sounds like you may be in search of our dark roasts. The pH of our hot brewed dark roasts are:454 Horse Power – 5.6 pHGrizzly Claw – 5.4 pHKick Ass – 5.2 pHThe way you prepare your coffee also contributes to the amount of acidity i
We would typically recommend Smart Ass! Smart Ass is a great option for espresso and produces a smooth finish with a perfect crema. The beans are also less oily, and your super automatic espresso machine will be compatible. Although our dark roasts
Hard no. The 'flavors' in our coffee are just delicious tasting notes that magically appear during the roasting process. Why spoil a good thing?
Light and dark roasts vary in flavor, body and complexity. Light roasts are roasted to a lower temperature than dark roasts: this difference in roasting temperature produces distinct sets of amazing characteristics. Light roasts tend to hold onto mor
Our ground coffee is a medium-fine grind and is intended for a typical drip brewer and pour over.
Our coffee does have a small amount of calories and carbohydrates. It is a misnomer that coffee does not contain any calories or carbohydrates. The ingredients are only water and coffee, however, coffee will contain calories based on strength and bre
Good news… you can actually use any of our blends to make cold brew! A lot depends on which tastes you typically gravitate towards. A great place to start exploring is this page on our website, where we list all our blends and the typical tastes and
Technically, all of our dark roasts are roasted to the same degree, but all have very different tasting notes due to very specific recipes.Our 454 Horse Power has the characteristics of the darkest of dark roast, Kick Ass is our most popular blend an
Our caffeinated blends that match our Decaf roasting profile the closest are Three Sisters and Grizzly Claw.
Our beans come from South America, Central America, Africa, and Indonesia. Specifically, we buy beans from certified Organic and Fairtrade farming cooperatives in Peru, Colombia, Sumatra, East Timor, Uganda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico, Honduras, an
Coffee oils are naturally brought out during the roasting process. The darker the roast the more likely the beans are to release their oils. Why? Theyíre exposed to higher temperatures which bring more natural oils to the surface. Thatís why more oil
We use the Swiss Water Process for both our Decaf and Half Ass blends. This is a chemical-free process that uses only water, temperature, and time to gently remove 99.9% of the caffeine. Graci-ass H2O!
Many of our blends are a great choice for brewing espresso. Cliff Hanger Espresso is made for it! Every blend comes with a list of recommended brew methods: Have a look and see what sounds about right. For a super-automatic espresso machine with an i
It all depends on how the coffee has been brewed and how much coffee is used. Generally speaking:. One double shot (2 oz) of espresso has about 80mg of caffeine. One cup (12 oz) of drip coffee using 2 Tbsp of ground coffee can have approximately 140m