Seize your moment.

Urban Calm began with one extraordinary cup of single-origin Colombian coffee. It stopped founder Tara Duncan mid-sip and made her wonder why coffee this smooth, rich and memorable was not what everyone was drinking.

That question led her to the mountains of Huila, Colombia, and to the women producers of Timaná. Their skill, resilience and care for every harvest made the sourcing story just as important as the coffee itself. Women supporting women became part of Urban Calm's foundation.

For more than twenty years, Tara had helped build other people's brands through marketing, communications and project management. In 2022, she left corporate life to build something she truly believed in: a Canadian women-owned coffee company centred on exceptional beans, meaningful partnerships and high standards.

Four years later, Tara noticed her own mind and body changing. Energy felt different. Focus came and went. Stress hit harder. Sleep was less restorative and current self-care routines didn’t work like they used to. She learned she was entering a new phase, perimenopause, and realized the routines that had supported her for years needed to evolve with her.

Searching for practical, natural ways to support everyday wellness, Tara kept coming across Lion's Mane, Reishi, Cordyceps and Chaga. What resonated was not one dramatic promise. It was the idea of adding thoughtful support to a habit she already loved and would actually keep.

Coffee was still the non-negotiable part of every morning, so Tara asked a simple question: what if her daily coffee could do more without tasting like a supplement? The experiments began with specialty Colombian coffee and organic 100% fruiting body mushroom extracts, with no mycelium-based mushroom ingredients and no mushroom flavour taking over the cup.

That question became Urban Calm's mushroom coffee. The coffee still comes first, the mushrooms add purpose, and the sourcing story connects women at different stages of life from Huila to Calgary. The goal is not to transform life overnight. It is to make one familiar daily moment more intentional, one cup at a time.