Limited Editions
Take a virtual road trip with coffees named for giant and quirky attractions alongside Canada’s roadways.
Sparkplug’s seasonal coffees are not flavoured or decaffeinated and are always delicious. They may be a single-origin (from one country or even part of a small lot from one farm) or a blend of special beans from a couple places.
One thing is for sure, each one is a limited edition. It's only around for a few weeks so try it out while you can!
Find the story of the Red Paperclip on the Sparkplug blog.
Red Paperclip
Bold Taste to match a bold story
We love coffees from Papua New Guinea and are back to PNG with this medium roast blend. The RED PAPERCLIP blend tastes of rich, dark chocolate, juicy dried fruit, and has just a kiss of orange. A delicious & strong coffee.
Featuring Kipling, Saskatchewan’s Giant Red Paperclip on its label. This is the Largest Paperclip in the World, built to commemorate Kyle Macdonald’s trading. Starting in Montreal with a regular-sized red paperclip, Kyle traded his way up to a whole house in Kipling, SK.
Recommended for:
A versatile coffee, Red Paperclip is particularly suited to French press, moka pot (Bialetti) and filter coffee makers. And, you probably know by now, we love EVERY coffee made in an Aeropress.
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Kipling’s Giant Red Paperclip (photo from Buzzfeed)
Trading up: a paperclip to a house
Excerpted from the Town of Kipling’s website:
“On July 12, 2005, while living in Montreal, Kyle Macdonald launched an unlikely sequence of online trades which would earn both him and Kipling places in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Starting with a single red paper clip, Kyle began “trading up”: the paper clip for a fish-shaped pen; the pen for a unique door knob and the door knob for a camp stove.
This he swapped for a generator, which was subsequently traded for a keg party. Ensuing trades were for a snowmobile, a snowmobiling adventure to Yahk, BC….”
The final trade was with the Town of Kipling for a house!
“That final trade was made on July 12, 2006, one year to the day after Kyle Macdonald had begun his world record trade sequence with a single paper clip…. As a part of the terms of the trade, Kipling also erected the World’s Largest Red Paper Clip, which was unveiled July 12, 2007.”
Visit our BLOG to learn more about Kipling Saskatchewan and its giant paperclip.
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Standard (300g)
The Standard delivers 300 grams or about 30 or 35 great mugs of of coffee - it's as much as we can squeeze into a Canada Post lettermail envelope. The Standard typically keeps 1 coffee drinker happy for 2 weeks.
Large (900g)
The Large delivers 900 grams of Sparkplug Coffee and makes about 100 mugs of coffee. The Large is designed to keep 2 coffee lovers (or 1 serious coffee fiend) going for 3 to 4 weeks.
Go Large and save - our Large 900g bag works out to just over 50¢ a cup, all in, delivered to your door!
Note: Coffee ships the following Tuesday
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We featured this giant Muskoka chair summer 2023
The Roadside Attraction Coffee Series celebrates our love for coffee, for road trips, and for Canada by creating limited edition coffees named for and inspired by Canadian Roadside Attractions.
The logos of these coffees pay tribute to the giant sculptures and other quirky and cool attractions that are found across Canada. And their names are for the communities where the attractions can be found.
See where we’ve been on the Sparkplug Blog. Enjoy your coffee and dream of your next road trip!