quality grade

What Is Special About Specialty Coffee?

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For a coffee to qualify as “speciality”, it must have zero Primary defects and less than five Secondary defects Cupping involves roasting the coffee and brewing simply with hot water, and relies on the skill of the taster to assign scores to each of the coffee’s attributes, such the acidity, body, flavour and aroma. Why … Read more

What Is Fairtrade Coffee?

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What does fairtrade coffee mean? A Fair Trade-certified coffee means that the coffee has been audited throughout the supply chain to meet certain sustainability and labor standards. What is fair trade coffee does it work? Fair Trade USA is a non-profit organization that certifies goods like coffee, chocolate and sugar are made according to a … Read more