Dylan Tootoosis has always had a love of coffee. Today he has a small grassroots coffee company which roasts beans on Maskwacis First Nation and is sold online and on the powwow trail in western Canada. | CBCIndigenous
based out of Maskwacis, Alta. The company is named after his youngest daughter and his people.
When the company he was working for closed down, he applied at every other coffee joint in Calgary, eventually landing a delivery and sales associate job with Van Houtte, a Montreal-based coffee company."In the beginning it was really far-fetched, like all the logistics and you know. It was very costly," said Tootoosis.
Tootoosis travels to powwows across western Canada with a vendor and concession stand. He sells his coffee in mason jars, with four blends, each blend representing a different part of the medicine wheel.The powwow trail is where Melissa Budesheim, owner of Native Delights First Nations Cuisine in Edmonton, was first introduced to the brand.
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