Farm to Cup - learn about our commitment to quality

Every Cup Tells a Story

From seed to sip, your coffee embarks on a fascinating journey, spanning years and continents. Each step, from planting to brewing, shapes its unique flavor and quality. This intricate process involves countless hands, each playing a vital role in crafting your perfect cup.

We are engaged with our partners and have personally inspected every critical step in our coffee's supply chain, from the fields to the roasting facilities, to ensure quality and sustainability from the farm to your cup.

We take pride in sharing our coffee bean's unique origin story with you and believe that it makes every cup of coffee more special.

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The Journey from Farm to Cafe

Growing

Farming practices have a profound impact on the environment, the way pests are managed, and ultimately, the intricate flavor profile of your coffee. We prioritize quality from the very beginning. Our coffee is cultivated organically, under shade, and intercropped with diverse plants like banana trees to promote soil fertility.

Harvesting

Workers handpick only ripe coffee cherries, a method called selective picking. This ensures optimal flavor and quality while promoting a sustainable and responsible approach to coffee farming. Unlike stripping or machine harvesting, selective picking allows unripe cherries to develop until they are picked during a later harvest.

Processing

Coffee cherries undergo processing, a crucial step that unlocks their full flavor and aroma potential. This process can significantly impact aspects like sweetness, acidity, and body. Our coffee goes through the honey process, a unique method that retains some of the fruit pulp for a richer, more complex flavor profile.

Drying

Sun-dried coffee is the traditional method prized for its complex flavor profile. African drying beds optimize this process, ensuring there is no damage or contamination from mold, bacteria, insects, and other pests. Unlike farms where coffee dries on the ground or on terraces, our coffee never touches the floor.

Grading

Beans are meticulously sorted by size, color, and density using a combination of machines and hand sorting. The beans are graded based on their unique qualities, determining their suitability for specific products and markets. We only use specialty or premium beans, guaranteeing a consistently exceptional cup of coffee.

Importing

We take special precautions during transport to ensure our coffee arrives in pristine condition. Ocean freight exposes cargo to heat, humidity, fluctuating temperatures, and other problems. The porous beans absorb odors and flavors from inside the containers they travel in. Our coffee is sealed and ships by air or in dedicated coffee-only containers.

Roasting

Roasting reveals the hidden potential within each coffee bean. We favor medium and light roasts, allowing the natural character of our beans to shine through. We avoid dark roasts, as they often mask subtle nuances and can be used to conceal defects. Lighter roasts also pack more caffeine for when you need a little extra to get through the day.

Ensuring Freshness

Roasted coffee is at peak flavor 2-14 days after roasting, and then it begins to quickly lose its flavor before turning stale within 2 months. This is why we never store roasted coffee. We import green coffee beans, which have a much longer shelf life, and roast them locally so that our coffee is always served at peak freshness.