Giant Red Paperclip
Featuring Kipling, Saskatchewan’s Giant Red Paperclip on its label. This is the Largest Paperclip in the World, built to commemorate Kyle Macdonald’s trading. Starting in Montreal with a regular-sized red paperclip, Kyle traded his way up to a whole house in Kipling, SK.
Kipling’s Red Paperclip. photo source: Buzzfeed
Trading up: a paperclip to a house
Excerpted from the Town of Kipling’s website:
“On July 12, 2005, while living in Montreal, Kyle Macdonald launched an unlikely sequence of online trades which would earn both him and Kipling places in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Starting with a single red paper clip, Kyle began “trading up”: the paper clip for a fish-shaped pen; the pen for a unique door knob and the door knob for a camp stove.
This he swapped for a generator, which was subsequently traded for a keg party. Ensuing trades were for a snowmobile, a snowmobiling adventure to Yahk, BC….”
The final trade was with the Town of Kipling for a house!
“That final trade was made on July 12, 2006, one year to the day after Kyle Macdonald had begun his world record trade sequence with a single paper clip…. As a part of the terms of the trade, Kipling also erected the World’s Largest Red Paper Clip, which was unveiled July 12, 2007.”
Read the full story on The Town of Kipling’s website: Red Paperclip Story and visit Kipling to see the giant paperclip statue that commemorates this tale of Canadian ingenuity.
Bold Taste to match a bold story
We love coffees from Papua New Guinea and are back to PNG with this medium roast blend. The RED PAPERCLIP blend tastes of rich, dark chocolate, juicy dried fruit, and has just a kiss of orange. A delicious & strong coffee.
Recommended brew:
A versatile coffee, Red Paperclip is particularly suited to French press, moka pot (Bialetti) and filter coffee makers. And, you probably know by now, we love EVERY coffee made in an Aeropress.
The Roadside Attraction Coffee Series
The Roadside Attraction series of seasonal coffees celebrates our love for coffee, for road trips, and for Canada by creating limited edition coffees named for and inspired by Canadian Roadside Attractions.
Wach one is a limited edition, around for only a few weeks so try it out while you can!
Enjoy this coffee and dream of your next road trip!
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