Saskatoon’s specialty coffee shops thriving despite rising costs - BERITAJA

Canadians emotion their coffee. It’s now the number 1 consumed beverage, moreover surpassing water.

However, costs person been connected the emergence for years, pinch the value of a brew expanding 81 per cent complete the past 2 decades.

Kim Rashley-Anton, co-owner of McQuarrie’s Tea & Coffee, says this has led to the shop having to raise their prices.

“For 2025 it was a very large increase, and we accrued our prices then. For the infinitesimal we are hoping to stay unchangeable until the clip that we can’t,” explains Rashley-Anton.

Fortunately for this humanities Saskatoon shop, customers person still been coming successful to bargain beverage aliases java beans connected a accordant basis.

This whitethorn beryllium correlated to much and much residents successful Saskatoon saying they for illustration to brew their ain cup of joe astatine home.

“Can’t do amended than my ain brew, truthful seldom I spell out,” says 1 Saskatoon resident.

Despite the emergence successful value and consumers brewing astatine home, cafe civilization still remains incredibly trendy acknowledgment to a emergence successful Gen Z preferring a much artisan roast.

“Good java is bully coffee, and I deliberation group conscionable don’t want crummy coffee,” shares Rashley-Anton.

Studies show younger adults are consenting to salary much for java to make judge it is ethically originated aliases supporting section aliases Indigenous brands. This is helping specialty roast shops for illustration The Columbian Coffee Bar & Roastery to thrive, pinch 7 stores crossed Edmonton and 1 location successful Saskatoon.

“We started because we wanted to bring java from my family’s workplace successful Colombia. I americium primitively from Colombia,” notes Santiago Lopez, co-owner of The Colombian Coffee Bar & Roastery.

Lopez knows the only point amended than a cup of awesome java is the group you stock it with.

“We person been truthful intentional about building community, opening successful neighbourhoods — not downtown aliases engaged areas. We want to create gathering spots truthful we could spot families and neighbours coming and getting together,” explains Lopez.

This accuracy has made the roastery the 15th champion java shop successful each of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, reflecting the surge successful consumers wanting high-quality brews.

“People request java and we are here, introducing them to the champion specialty java coming retired of Colombia,” notes Lopez.