Salt Spring Coffee

When we are staying on Salt Spring, this is the first place we go to start our day. The coffee is wonderful and their breakfast sandwiches are delicious (I highly recommend the pesto).
They offer a great gluten free breakfast sandwich that my wife simply adores. We can’t find anything comparable to it in Vancouver.

I saw these guys at the Salt Spring in The City show at Heritage Hall over the weekend. I am not surprised that they had some representation at the fair as you can but their coffee locally here in Vancouver at various locations. I am a huge fan of their roast next to 49^th Parallel, therefore, huge thumbs up for me.

4 days on Salt Spring Island, and 2 visits to Salt Spring Coffee, sitting inside on a drizzly day, and enjoying the outdoor seating when the sun was shining. There’s a large flat screen monitor on the wall that had a gorgeous array of island photos showing, and the shop was buzzing with locals and tourists. The coffee was excellent, and the strong fair trade mission abounds on wall panels and packaging. The aroma of roasting coffee is missing — apparently some NIMBYs decided that the coffee company couldn’t expand its roasting facility on the island — they didn’t want to smell the coffee? Wow! Anyway, a great spot in downtown Ganges, with super people watching seats on the front porch, and just a few steps away from pretty much everything else Ganges has to offer. QUICK TIP: The Visitors Bureau is close by and offers an amazing amount of info on the island and activities — stop by and chat with the friendly folks!

I have mixed feelings about this place. The coffee is great, a little disappointing that the beans are no longer roasted on-​island, but still fantastic flavor (and a crazy buzz off their newest addition, the Cold Toddy)…My major complaint is their tea, particularly the chai. I thought for sure I’d be getting a delicious brewed tea, I was handed a cup of milk mixed with chai concentrate. For a coffee shop with such great joe, you’d think they’d put the same efforts into their tea.

A soupy weekend at Salt Spring island landed me at Salt Spring coffee,
Fresh sandwiches, good coffee, ample seating,
Salt spring coffee is a very genuine spot to grab lunch or a hot drink.
Not really astounding décor or anything, but it’s a modest, comfortable, and fairly modern space (Not minimalist but 2013 industrial modern)
If you’re visiting town, check it out.
The lentil soup is lemony.

Salt Spring’s flagship location has a lot less ‘rah’ than one would expect: it’s large, rather plain and bustling with locals. Without the famed name, there would be no way that I’d suspect this was the birthplace of one of BC’s most well known coffee businesses.
And that is what I like about it.
The funny part? Well, it turns out that the beans are no longer roasted on the island due to complaints about the smell (umm), so now the famed Salt Spring beans are roasted in – wait for it – Richmond BC!
My iced coffee was great and I’m looking forward to tasting an even fresher sample from the beans in my back yard. Who knew! :)