Blue Collar Coffee in Sparwood is the definition of a hobby-business. Two friends with day jobs in the mining industry keep their colleagues fuelled with coffee made from beans they roast in a shipping container.
Steve Benoy and James Hillman of Blue Collar Coffee met while playing indoor soccer in Sparwood.
“We got on really well,” said Benoy. “And then I found out that James had been roasting coffee at home.”
Hillman
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