Staff pick
First Light
$21.00
Guji Zone, Ethiopia
A tea-like Ethiopian that tastes like the first warm morning of spring.
Order by Sunday midnight — roasted Monday, shipped Wednesday. Subscriptions always ship free.
Small-batch roastery · Halifax, Nova Scotia
Coffee is produce — it peaks two weeks after roasting, not two months. Tell us your taste, and we'll keep roast-dated coffee landing on your doorstep exactly as fast as you drink it.
This week's roast: batch no. 412
We roast coffees from Ethiopia, Colombia, Guatemala, Kenya, Brazil, Sumatra, and Mexico.
How it works
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Take the two-minute taste quiz — brewer, flavour camp, how much you drink — or skip straight to the box builder if you already know.
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Roast profile, grind, bags per delivery, frequency. Every option stays editable after you subscribe — this isn't a contract, it's a default.
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Your box is scheduled against the roast calendar, packed the same week it's roasted, and shipped free with the roast date on the bag.
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Pause before a holiday, skip a delivery, go darker for winter, add a decaf. Two clicks in your account — no phone calls, no fees.
On the roaster this week
Staff pick
$21.00
Guji Zone, Ethiopia
A tea-like Ethiopian that tastes like the first warm morning of spring.
Bestseller
$18.00
House blend — Brazil & Colombia
Our everyday breakfast blend — comforting, sweet, impossible to mess up.
Signature
$19.00
Signature espresso blend
The blend the roastery is named for. Built for espresso, brilliant everywhere.
$18.00
Sumatra & Mexico
Unapologetically dark. Heavy body, low acid, zero ash.
Subscribers pay up to $2 less per bag. Build your box and see.
The Ember & Oak difference
Supermarket coffee was roasted months ago. Ours is roasted the same week it ships, in batches small enough that our roasters taste every one. Your box is scheduled against the roast calendar — so it never sits on a shelf, including yours.
The taste quiz
Brewer, flavour camp, caffeine appetite — the quiz turns your answers into a recommended box with roast, grind, and frequency already set. You can tweak every part of it before anything ships.
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Subscriber mail
“The quiz nailed it on the first try. Eight months in and the only change I've made is adding a second bag — which took about ten seconds.”
“I gave my dad the 6-delivery gift and he now texts me tasting notes. Unprompted. My father. Tasting notes.”
“Roast date on the bag, ships when it says it will, and pausing for vacation actually works. The coffee being excellent almost feels like a bonus.”
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Prepaid boxes of 3, 6, or 12 deliveries from $55.00. Never auto-renews, starts when they choose, arrives with a hand-written note.
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Batch no. 412 roasts Monday
Order by Sunday midnight and your coffee roasts Monday morning, ships Wednesday, and lands roast-dated on your doorstep days later.