Lakeshore Advance, 2013-01-23, Page 25Local, ethical
Lynda Hillman-Rapley
"it's amazing where love
will take you."
Ben Gingerich grew up on
an organic farm near Bay-
field, Ontario. Later, while
studying at the University of
Victoria, B.C. he met and fell
in love with Brianna. 'Those
years on the west coast also
led Ben to discover, and
develop a palette for, excep-
tional coffee.
Brianna was raised on Van -
ver Island surrounded by
Van-
eitch culture of all things
,ill.
As Ben and Brianna's
paths merged they left one
coast for another, settling on
Ontario's West Coast along
the shores of Lake Iluron
between Grand Bend and
Bayfield.
This is where they now live
and raise their family, shar-
ing it love for people, for
nature and for adventure.
Clearly a foundation for this
couple is their love of coastal
living and meaningful con-
versations over a cup of
coffee.
COASTAL COFFEE
COMPANY IS BORN
During one of their
many sociable interac-
tions a friend showed
them how to create and
use a home roaster. They
found themselves learn-
ing the art of home roast-
ing on a small scale. 'they
shared their fresh roasted
brew with anyone one
who would try it and it
wasn't long before they
were receiving orders!
As word spread and
demand grew, they
imported a drum coffee
tster from Turkey, put it in
outbuilding on their prop-
erty and the Coastal Coffee
Company was born!
It took no time at all for
local farmer's markets to
become the next setting for
new customers and conver-
sations where invaluable
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feedback was received. As
the first farmer's market sea-
son drew to a close, Coastal
Coffee spread to local retail-
ers and restaurants, available
all year round to their grow-
ing client base.
Coastal Coffee Company is
a family owned business with
a passion for freshly roasted
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coffee and a desire to share
an exceptional brew. "We
started from selling out of our
green hippie viol and con-
tinue to bring farmers market
freshness to the shelves of
your neighbourhood
store. As an artisan micro -
roaster, we hand roast in
small batches using premium
direct and fair trade organic
Arabica coffee beans. This is
about supporting sustaina-
bility for farmers around the
world. Our goal is to make
great coffee accessible from
the shores of Lake Huron
where ve live, roast and raise
our family," says Gingerich.
Coastal Coffee Company
micro -roasts, by hand as an
artisan, in small hatches
using only premium Direct
and Fair Trade, Organic Ara-
bica coffee beans.
This is about supporting
sustainability for farmers
around the world. "Our goal
is to create exceptional coffee
right here on the shores of
Lake Iluron where we live,
roast coffee and raise our
family.
Success is pleasured by the
experience of quality and
freshness in your cup. We
fresh roast each order. "'this
was a hobby gone wild. i was
thrilled,' Gingerich said.
"Growing 111) o11 an Organic
Farm, 1 know how incredible
local food does taste," be says
adding with the buy local
and slow food movement
restaurants love how Coastal
Coffee compliments their
!Menu's by providing the chef
to influence their own cus-
tom and private labeled
bie1(1 of Coastal Coffee.
"Freshness does mat-
ter! "That is why Coastal Cof-
fee is roasted fresh for order
and fresh for farmers market,
can't get any fresher than
that," he says.
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1lippie van is not only their
pronto vehicle "hut also our
local farmers market food
truck. We have been called
modern hippies more than
once.'
"1 was home roasting and
started to share my fresh
roasted, ethically sourced
brew with friends and fam-
ily. Coastal Coffee has come
out of a hobby gone wild. 1
gave up my Government lob
to continue to provide excep-
tionally fresh roasted brew
right here from the shores of
Lake Huron. Cheers and buy
local," he says with a whole
lot of enthusiasm.
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The (;ingerichs are currently
in the process of moving to a
1100 square foot commercial
facility in Zurich. "We hope to
be roasting in at the new
location by the end of
February," said Ben. Coastal
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