Yellowknife (Feb 25/04) - Tundra Transfer may very well be the best smelling business in Yellowknife, with scents of coffee and syrup wafting through the air at the shop.

Tundra Transfer manager Rhonda Merko shows off some of the new items at the store on Old Airport Road. - Stephan Burnett/NNSL photo

Located on Old Airport Road and owned by Peter and Annette Austin, Tundra Transfer has been in business for 10 years now.

For the first eight years the business was wholesale in nature, but over the past couple of years the retail shop on Old Airport Road has been attracting its fair share of customers.

"We have a few addicts that keep coming for their caffeine fix," said owner Peter Austin.

Austin runs the company with his wife and business partner, Annette Austin, and manager Rhonda Merko.

So what's new with Tundra Transfer? How about a coffee scoop with a bag clip. Another new item is a hand-held coffee grinder.

"We always have fresh products coming in. We have a company out of Edmonton that does roasting and they bring in fresh coffee every week," said Merko.

Another new item for Tundra Transfer is the automatic water dish for pets. The dish utilizes a reservoir as well as a filter. The water that is not lapped up is recycled.

It's meant for the fussy pet, said Merko.