Our Single Origin Stories: Meet Chloe!

Welcome to our Origin Stories! We're introducing our Coffee Addicts one blog post at a time so that you can get to know us and our stories. Make sure to drop your comments down below if you relate to our stories, to share your own experiences, or just to say hi!

When I was young, I never understood the hype of coffee. It was bitter, it was unpleasant, and it made my stomach and head feel funny. All I knew was that if I wanted to be on my parents' good side, it was required they already be drinking a cup, or that whatever my request of the morning was, it came accompanied by a mug of the hot brown stuff.

As a young adult, I tried to get into coffee for the buzz, but it wasn’t until a boyfriend brought me to Credo Coffee in Edmonton that I started to understand what coffee could mean. I settled into my standard drink pretty quickly; a trad cappuccino, baby temp. The gentle warming of the milk brought out such a delicate sweetness. Paired with the classic Italian roast profile preferred by Credo at the time, it was an experience to say the least.

When I moved to Copenhagen in 2015, coffee changed for me again as I started to taste more light roasts at Coffee Collective, as well as over familiarize myself with the baristas as I was a transplant in a city where I knew no one. Soon, I knew most of the baristas by name, and had also gained a strong appreciation for Kenyan grown pour over, which felt to me as if coffee and tea had combined into a buzzing, light, bright, and sweet drink. 

I still would list these two rather polar opposites as my favorite options. Settled now in Calgary, though, I would definitely recommend anyone to try out an Espresso Tonic once we hit the dog days of summer - truly the best non alcoholic cocktail in my books, and a life saver on those sticky, +30 days.