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March 16, 2023
Commonplace Coffee releases collaborative coffee blend to support Indiana County Parks & Trails
By Nathan Zisk NZisk@indianagazette.net
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Indiana County Parks & Trails has partnered
with Commonplace Coffee to release a collaborative coffee blend, the Blue Spruce
Park Blend, that will be available online Tuesday, March 21, and in Indiana
Commonplace Coffee locations Thursday, March 23.
Commonplace Coffee, headquartered in Pittsburgh, will donate a portion of the
retail and wholesale proceeds from coffee sales to Indiana County Parks &
Trails, a nonprofit organization tasked with operating Indiana’s 15 park and
trail sites.
This is the first time the two entities have partnered to release a donation
coffee blend, which will run for eight weeks through May 9.
The funds raised from this project will be used to construct an accessible
pathway to allow persons of all abilities to reach the bird-feeding site in Blue
Spruce Park, according to a Commonplace Coffee press release.
“I love enjoying the local Indiana Parks & Trails with family and friends,” said
Commonplace Coffee founder TJ Fairchild. “A few years ago, I found this magical
place where you can feed the birds, and through this project, I was able to meet
Ray Winstead, who first trained the birds at Blue Spruce Park.”
Winstead, a former Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor, began
training chickadees to eat from his hand in 2012 at Blue Spruce Park along Getty
Run Trail. What started as a personal project quickly became a popular
attraction at the park, where people can hand-feed curious chickadees, nuthatch
birds and tufted titmice looking for a good meal in winter and early spring.
The Blue Spruce Park Blend features an image of a chickadee eating seeds from a
person’s hand in the park.
“It has been an honor to work together on this collaborative coffee,” Fairchild
said. “It is even more special, as Commonplace Coffee celebrates its 20th
anniversary, to have the chance to give back to an organization that means so
much to me personally.”
Commonplace Coffee will host a kick-off tasting event from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at
the Lakeside Center at Blue Spruce Park. The event is free and open to the
public, who can learn more about the blend and taste samples of the coffee
before its official launch.
Those who wish to learn more about the coffee or purchase a 12-ounce bag for
$18.50 can visit Indiana’s Commonplace Coffee locations in University Square or
along Hospital Road or go online at commonplace coffee.com/coffees.
The Blue Spruce Park Blend will also be available for purchase as brewed drip
coffee at all Commonplace locations on Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26.
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