Vlad Tepes - Dark Roast Blackberry

Feast, if you dare, on the blood-chilling brew inspired by Vlad III of Wallachia, better known as Vlad the Impaler—or, as the terrified whispers of history would come to call him… Dracula.

Born in 1431 in Transylvania, Vlad was the son of Vlad II Dracul (“The Dragon”), from whom he inherited both his name and a taste for merciless vengeance. But where his father wielded cruelty with caution, Vlad wielded it like an executioner’s blade. His reign over Wallachia was soaked in terror, punctuated by thousands of impalements—his signature punishment. Enemies were skewered alive on towering wooden stakes, left to writhe in agony as their bodies rotted under the sun. It was said that the forests of stakes around his stronghold could make even the most hardened warriors abandon their campaigns in fear.

Historians estimate that Vlad was responsible for the deaths of 20,000 to 80,000 people, many of them executed not in battle, but in elaborate spectacles of suffering. He impaled foreign invaders, domestic rivals, and even the poor—claiming he was cleansing the land of corruption. One German pamphlet from the time claimed he once dined among the dying, dipping his bread into their blood as if it were fine wine. Fiction? Perhaps. But what is certain is that Vlad didn’t just rule through fear—he thrived in it.

This dark roast coffee, infused with bold blackberry, is as complex and unforgiving as its namesake. The roast is deep—sinister, even—and the blackberry twist bleeds through like a whisper from the old forests of Wallachia. It’s a sip of the macabre, meant for those who relish the sharpness of history and the darkness of flavor.

You may enjoy this cup in the comfort of your own home…

But remember: He drank from the blood of the living. You? You only think you’re safe.