About us
Our Process
Personally Hand Selected
To assure that all coffee entering and leaving our facility is only the finest available, we work with our Brokers, tasting and testing each one to get only the best. We choose the roast profile that we feel most enhances the specific characteristics of each of the selected coffees. Where we think that there is more than one profile that works well, we will offer it in both styles, ie.Light and Dark Roast, as in our Sumatra Mandheling.
Coffee, however is a commodity, and as with all crops, it varies both within the time of year (new vs. old crop) and the year (weather conditions, political (in)stability, etc.). Therefore, it is important for us to occasionally modify slightly the way (profile) that we roast a specific variety for maximum flavor. This becomes more important in the single origins than in blends. In a blend, the combined flavors will continue to compliment one another. We consider this to be melding the art with the science of roasting. Not an excuse for variance, but rather an intelligent response to it, because to paraphrase Dr. Frankenstein, “The beans, they’re alive!”
Given the above facts, you may well see some of our coffees come and go due to their current availability and quality. Please bear with us on this; it is not within our power to alter either seasonal or local weather patterns, soil conditions or political machinations.
It is within our power to do all that we can to provide you with only the finest, most consistent product available. This we do by choosing only the best coffees, roasting them both to perfection and to order, assuring that all coffees are as flavorful and fresh as is humanly possible when you receive them. We also hand sort, that’s right – we use our eyes and hands to remove as many defective beans and geological debris (rocks, etc.) as possible.
Much like the proverbial apple, ‘one bad bean’ can affect the outcome of your cup! We feel that all of this TLC is worth the effort and very much hope you agree.
Roasted to Order
To maintain the utmost quality and freshness, we hand roast all orders, sort, and seal. Other than roasting coffee yourself, when you open one of our bags you will be opening the most freshly roasted coffee you can purchase just about anywhere. You can count on it! |
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