Anchored Coffee

Press coverage from The Coast, a Halifax alt-weekly, reports that Anchored Coffee was co-founded in 2013 by Zane Kelsall and Dean Petty as a roastery offshoot of Kelsall and Tara MacDonald's Two If By Sea Cafe in Dartmouth: a 2014 article names 'Anchored's Zane Kelsall, and co-owner Dean Petty' directly. A 2018 Coast investigation (still live, last modified 2025) reports that Two If By Sea and Anchored Coffee severed ties with Kelsall over misconduct allegations and that 'MacDonald and Petty are now working toward buying out his remaining shares'; a recent interview with The Roasters Pack still credits Dean Petty as Anchored Coffee's 'Co-founder,' consistent with him remaining an active owner. Corporations Canada's federal registry returns zero results for the name, consistent with provincial rather than federal incorporation, and the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies remains blocked to automated access, so no significant-control register could be checked directly. Both named owners are long-time Nova Scotia residents operating the business locally, with no indication of any foreign stake, so this is treated as reported Canadian ownership rather than the unverifiable inference used previously.

• Anchored Coffee: the toast of Quinpool press “Anchored's Zane Kelsall, and co-owner Dean Petty, are teaming up with their pals at Pro Skateboards and Snowboards”
• After allegations of sexual misconduct, Two If By Sea parts ways with co-owner press “MacDonald and Petty are now working toward buying out his remaining shares, and he's no longer allowed on the property.”
• Catching Up With Anchored Coffee – The Roasters Pack press “Interview with Dean Petty, Co-founder & Harley Shea, Head Roaster”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Corporate name: anchored coffee. 0 results were found, 0 returned.”

Anchored Coffee's About page states its coffee is roasted weekly to order, and its storefront runs on the Shopify subdomain dartmouth.myshopify.com. Archived versions of the site from 2014 through 2020 list a single roastery and contact address at 70 Ochterloney St in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and no other roasting facility or co-packer is mentioned on the current or archived site.

• About Us – Anchored Coffee vendor_statement “Our coffee is roasted weekly to order ensuring the freshest and most flavorful offerings we can!”
• About Us – Anchored Coffee (archived 2020-09-29) vendor_statement “Anchored Coffee 70 Ochterloney St Dartmouth NS B2Y 1C9”

Anchored Coffee is a single-site business. Its current site names no office or staff location, but archived versions from 2014, 2017, and 2020 consistently list the same 70 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia address and a Nova Scotia phone number, with no other location ever mentioned.

• ABOUT — Anchored Coffee (archived 2017-02-27) vendor_statement “ANCHORED COFFEE 70 OCHTERLONEY ST., DARTMOUTH, NS B2Y 1C2, CANADA 9023295225”
• About Us – Anchored Coffee (archived 2020-09-29) vendor_statement “Anchored Coffee 70 Ochterloney St Dartmouth NS B2Y 1C9”

Green coffee cannot be grown in Canada, so every bean Anchored Coffee roasts is imported. Its single-origin coffees list Colombia, Brazil, and Ethiopia as their origins, and its house blends (Cannon Espresso, Figurehead Filter, Nighthawk) are stated as 75% Ethiopia and 25% Brazil, so the mix goes entirely to OTHER with no stated origin in the US or EU.

• Hey Joe – Anchored Coffee vendor_statement “Origin: Colombia Region: Huila Process: Washed”
• Cowboy Tears – Anchored Coffee vendor_statement “Origin: Brazil Region: Estrela do Sul and Monte Carmelo”
• Dream Weaver – Anchored Coffee vendor_statement “Origin: Ethiopia Region: Shekiso, Guji”
• Cannon Espresso – Anchored Coffee vendor_statement “Blend: 75% Ethiopia / 25% Brazil”