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What Makes Good Coffee?     List of Categories







  • { The Green Buyer }

    Green coffee buyers select beans from quality growers in the world’s best coffee growing regions. Altitude, climate and the farmer’s skill are primary factors that guide the buyer’s selection of premium beans.

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  • { The Roaster }

    Transforming the green beans to aromatic dark brown beauties destined for greatness requires skill in the sciences and the arts. The trick is to know when the beans have roasted long enough to bring out their best qualities. Certain roasting guidelines set the foundation, but experience, skill and a passion for perfection rule the roastery. Blends and Single origins – Roasters may combine flavors by mixing beans from different growing regions, called a blend, or single out a coffee region’s distinctive taste by allowing it to stand on its own, a single origin coffee.

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  • { Measuring Up }

    The freshly roasted coffee samples are put to test in the cupping room. Beans are ground, brewed directly in the cup and evaluated against stringent taste standards. Only the bean samples that pass go to the roasting plant and eventually into your cup.

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  • { Always Freshly Brewed }

    Every caring step of coffee production can be lost if coffee is allowed to stand on a heated surface after brewing (even for a few minutes!). Every cup should be freshly brewed from filtered water heated to the optimal brewing temperature to enjoy coffee at the peak of its flavor and aroma.

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  • { What do I need to consider to brew a great cup of coffee? }

    A great tasting cup of coffee depends on the following factors:
    1) The Bean Quality
    2) The Age of the Bean since it was Roasted
    3) The Age of the Coffee since it was Ground
    4) The Water Quality
    5) The Cleanliness of the Brewing Equipment

    Visit our Drink Menu page to browse our selection of Premiun Coffee Brands.

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  • { What is the best temperture to brew a pot of coffee? }

    According to the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America), the optimal temperature for brewing a great cup of coffee is 197.6 - 204.8F.

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