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What is Anaerobic Processing?

Coffee is always evolving. Recently, innovative coffee producers have been experimenting with anaerobic processing, where coffee is fermented without oxygen. This distinct process—which lends itself to tinkering and testing—results in...

What is Anaerobic Processing?

Coffee is always evolving. Recently, innovative coffee producers have been experimenting with anaerobic processing, where coffee is fermented without oxygen. This distinct process—which lends itself to tinkering and testing—results in...

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What are coffee tasting notes?

Because everyone’s senses are different, it can often be difficult to pin down a coffee’s precise flavor. Much like the food we eat, coffee is very chemically complex and we...

What are coffee tasting notes?

Because everyone’s senses are different, it can often be difficult to pin down a coffee’s precise flavor. Much like the food we eat, coffee is very chemically complex and we...

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Specialty Coffee Explained

Specialty coffee is a term used for the type of green coffee that we buy and roast. It is coffee that scores over 80 points based on a 100 point...

Specialty Coffee Explained

Specialty coffee is a term used for the type of green coffee that we buy and roast. It is coffee that scores over 80 points based on a 100 point...

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Our Best Year Yet! 2019!

This year we all punched it together! We’re so excited to ring in 2020 and share a few things that we accomplished in 2019. We roasted 118,000 lbs of coffee and brewed...

Our Best Year Yet! 2019!

This year we all punched it together! We’re so excited to ring in 2020 and share a few things that we accomplished in 2019. We roasted 118,000 lbs of coffee and brewed...

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Peppermint Mocha Recipe

It’s been a pretty quiet winter so far in Lansdale, PA, still dreaming of having a snow day and enjoying a peppermint mocha in front of a snow-fallen sky. So...

Peppermint Mocha Recipe

It’s been a pretty quiet winter so far in Lansdale, PA, still dreaming of having a snow day and enjoying a peppermint mocha in front of a snow-fallen sky. So...

Mr. Shimekt Daba receiving the freshly de-pulped coffee into the fermentation tanks.

Processing revisited - Washed Process and Natur...

When the skin and pulp are removed from the seed of the coffee cherry prior to drying we are talking about the washed process, or wet process. Washed coffees require...

Processing revisited - Washed Process and Natur...

When the skin and pulp are removed from the seed of the coffee cherry prior to drying we are talking about the washed process, or wet process. Washed coffees require...