**ORDER NOW for ROAST DATE: WED APRIL 16 SHIP DATE: THU APRIL 17**
Net Weight: 12 oz (340 g)
Shipping: FREE USPS SHIPPING in the Continental United States
Preferred Roast Level: Medium
Optional Roast Level: Medium - Dark (Light or Dark Roast Not Recommended for this Coffee)
Flavors:
This robust, yet delicate, coffee features flavors of milk chocolate, honey, stone fruit and nuts with a delightful citrus finish. The cup is well-balanced with a medium body and is one of our highest graded coffees. Enjoy this fine Specialty Coffee as a perfect morning wake-me-up, mid-morning reboot or pair it with your favorite late afternoon goodie.
Recommended Roast Level:
Medium
Specialty Coffees truly shine at a Medium Roast level and our La Minita Costa Rica coffee is no different. However, this coffee can tolerate a darker roast as well. The darker the roast level, the less prominent the flavors unique to that coffee, especially the lighter and more acidic flavors - in this case that tasty, light citrus finish. This can sometimes create a coffee that is flat, two-dimensional and uninteresting. However, a Medium-Dark roast can preserve the more prominent flavors while still leaving a hint of that acidic charm, leaving us with a slightly more robust, yet still balanced and delicious brew.
Better Coffee:
We roast only the highest grade of coffee, Specialty Coffee, which represents the top 10% of all coffee sold in the world. Don't be misled by marketing terms like "Gourmet Coffee" (which has no definition) or Premium Coffee (think Starbucks) which is a lesser grade than Specialty.
Unfortunately for coffee lovers, the vast majority of retail coffees available to the consumer are lesser grades, with the bulk of coffee sold in America (Exchange Grade/Commodity Coffee) falling as low as 40 points below Specialty Coffee grading. Most of that sits in warehouses or on store shelves for unknown and undisclosed lengths of time. And, since most coffees don't display a roast date, you have no way to know how old they really are.
At best, most coffees function reasonably well as cheap, competent caffeine delivery systems. But, if you're a coffee lover, you'll have a difficult time finding great coffee on any store shelf. In fact, you've probably never tasted Specialty Coffee or Truly Fresh Coffee unless you've actively searched for it online.
Our coffees are roasted in small batches (less than 25 lbs ea) so that we (not a computer) can control every aspect of the roasting process using old world, artisan roasting techniques. This allows us to pay close attention to the unique, distinct character of each coffee that we're roasting and enhance those characteristics and flavors by adjusting the roast accordingly.
Fresher Coffee:
Our coffee is roasted to order in small batches and then hand-packed into standing, resealable, box pouches. The one-way valve allows your freshly roasted coffee to naturally off-gas CO2 while inside the bag. This enables us to pack your coffee almost immediately after roasting so that your order is exceedingly fresh, never having sat in inventory or on some warehouse shelf. In fact, we have no roasted coffee inventory - zero, zip, zilch, nada! Your coffee is roasted only after you order it and then shipped the very next day* so that it arrives at your door at its peak of flavor and freshness. And you'll know your coffee is fresh, because we stamp the roast date on every box and bag.
Packaging: Resealable Kraft Box Pouch
*Orders are shipped on the next available shipping day after roasting.
**ORDER NOW for ROAST DATE: WED APRIL 16 SHIP DATE: THU APRIL 17**