- “If one word, it would be care.”
- “If they don’t drink Gigawatt, they’re not my friend.”
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⚡ Kite & Key Blend
Coffee shouldn't taste bitter.
If you've been adding cream and sugar just to make coffee drinkable, it might not be the coffee. It might be the roast.
★★★★★4.9 · 400+ reviews
Kite & Key Blend
Medium dark · dark chocolate, walnut, caramel
Air roasted in small batches · roast date on every bag
Smooth enough to enjoy black. Rich enough to stand up to cream.
Grind
How many bags? $13.99 each
$5 shipping per order, any number of bags
Ships in 1–3 business days
Never bitter, or we make it right.No hoops. No sending anything back. See our promise
4.9★from 400+ verified Kite & Key reviews
39,000+bags of Kite & Key sold, online and at markets
3,000+five-star reviews across all our coffees
In their own words
Real customers. Real coffee opinions.
Filmed at our Elmhurst farmers market booth, in their own words.
- “Smooth.”
- “So nice that now we can get it delivered when the market’s not coming on”
StephanieAt our Elmhurst market for six years
- “Super smooth.”
- “I like black coffee.”
ValSwitched from Starbucks
- “You’re never late, we never run out of coffee”
- “You spoiled us, Eli, you spoiled us!”
JulieHome delivery customer
- “It’s super delicious, very tasty”
- “The best cold coffee drink I have had in the western suburbs or anywhere”
MikeTried us at the Elmhurst market
- “I come here every week”
- “In your coffees you really kind of can get the smells and the flavor and the taste”
RJWeekly market regular
- “You’ve got a wide variety of flavors, and it just hits the right spot.”
- “Awesome.”
BonnieFarmers market shopper
- “It’s really just about flavorful coffee”
- “Just good stuff”
JeremyFound us at the farmers market 2–3 years ago
Don't take our word for it
What people say after the first bag
★★★★★
"The coffee is delicious and has no bitter after taste. I don’t even need to add cream to make it palatable like some other brands."
Jennifer T.VERIFIED★★★★★
"Not a connoisseur of coffee. But I would and will start drinking this without cream or sugar."
Paul B.VERIFIED★★★★★
"This coffee is excellent for a long black or an Americano. There is no hint of bitterness."
Matt G.VERIFIED★★★★★
"This coffee is very smooth with no aftertaste. Smells great while brewing. For being a ‘medium dark’ roast, it is not over-powering or has any hint of bitterness."
SusanVERIFIED★★★★★
"Much better than church coffee! No burnt flavor. I’d rather have a cup of Kite and Key at home than have a cup of Starbucks."
Erica P.VERIFIED★★★★★
"I really like this blend it is so smooth that I don’t need creamer in it"
Kriss C.VERIFIEDSwipe for more reviews →
Why it isn't bitter
Air roasted, not drum roasted
This is chaff · drum roasted
Stays in the drum
Chaff is the dry outer skin of the bean. In a drum roaster, chaff stays in the drum longer, and it can scorch against the hot drum wall.
This is our roaster · air roasted
Carried away on the air
The beans ride on a bed of hot air rather than tumbling against a hot drum wall, so nothing scorches. Airflow carries chaff away during the roast.
No cream. No sugar.
Nothing to hide behind.
♥ Family-owned & roasted
Corporate coffee has no soul. But we do.
We're Jen & Eli. Gigawatt is our family business, roasted in small batches in Bensenville, Illinois. Kite & Key is the one we drink every morning.
Before you ask
FAQ
How much is shipping?
$5 per order, no matter how many bags. Free local delivery in eligible towns near Bensenville. Orders ship in 1 to 3 business days.
Why is it only $13.99?
Because great coffee shouldn't require luxury pricing. We keep overhead low: we roast it ourselves and sell direct, online and at farmers markets. We'd rather earn a repeat customer than maximize one sale.
Is it dark or light roast?
Medium dark. Tasting notes of dark chocolate, walnut and caramel come from the beans themselves, not from anything added. Nothing is flavored. It's the middle of the road on purpose: the one people order when they want coffee that just tastes good every morning.
I take mine with cream and sugar. Does that matter?
Not at all. Drink it however you like. A fair number of customers tell us they stopped needing it.
How fresh is it really?
We roast in small batches and ship in 1 to 3 business days. The roast date is handwritten on the front of every bag.
Find out what coffee was supposed to taste like.
$13.99 a bag · $5 shipping per order · roast date on every bag
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