For $10, today’s Groupon is worth $20 of instant coffee and more from Fireside Coffee Co., located in Swartz Creek. This Groupon is valid at the factory store or online, but it cannot be applied toward the cost of shipping.

Fireside Coffee offers chocolate-based coffee and cholesterol-free caffeinated concoctions to people tired of the jittery jolts associated with the menacing specter of energy drinks and the personal mini-tasers marketed as coffee alternatives. Whether shopping online or in reality, customers can find bags or tins of Fireside's inventively soothing instant coffee, such as the original cinnamon-chocolate blend ($7.25) or the creamy butter-rum blend ($7.25). Each coffee tin contains about 14 8-ounce servings. Tea drinkers can choose from spiced, chocolate, or vanilla (decaf vanilla available) chai ($9.95/12 oz. box contains about 12 servings). Fireside’s flavors are all instant blends, though decaf and sugar-free coffee varieties are also available.