ORGANIC COFFEE

Organic means no synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers are used during growing. Organic coffee has been around as long as coffee has been cultivated because many of the poor farmers growing coffee can’t afford these materials.

Certified organic coffee means that a certifying agency inspected the path of the coffee from the nursery to the mountainside to the mill and insure that it is organic in every step. Many farmers can’t afford the certification fee but quite a few are certified. Our Nicaragua Wiwili, Costa Rica, and Sumatra Gayo Mountain are examples of certified organic coffees.

We have found that much of the organic coffee we tasted has been of poor quality. As we find more great tasting organic coffee, we will purchase them. The Nicaragua Wiwili is an amazing and wonderfully delicious organic coffee (and the first organic coffee we liked.)