The Amazing World of Coffee (onward!)O.K. So far we've touched on some Fun Facts and Coffee History; we've learned about The World's Best Coffee and discovered why that's so. Then we did some Globe Trotting to learn about coffee origins and characteristics. Now I'd like to introduce you to some things you should know about green coffee. It's not necessary to follow any links on the rest of these pages. (with one exception -"Proper Brewing" page) Just click on the link below to begin!
Our Decaf selections represent 8-10% of our business. You're a bit more familiar now with where our green coffee comes from, but how do we get the caffeine out of 10% of those beans? Find out by following the link below! Our World's Best coffee beans are cultivated all over the world in mountainous regions within 1000 miles of the equator. Our green coffee importers actually go there, cup coffee with the farmers, and choose the best of the best. Then some of those beans are sent away for decaffeinating, and in turn shipped to our importers warehouse. We make a phone call or two and have a selection of those beans delivered to us. Now what? Well, strangely enough, green coffee is pretty much worthless until we do our part. What you are about to learn, is one more major component in what sets us apart from everyone else who sells coffee. It is our main competitive advantage. Now it's time to release all of the yummy goodness that resides deep in the heart of the coffee bean. Now it's time to do some roasting!
Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed the roasting tour. It was definitely a labor of love! I plan on splitting the rather lengthy page into smaller sections and adding video of an actual roasting session in the near future. Right now you know more about where coffee comes from and how it's produced and processed than about 98% of the population! To round out your education on coffee beans, please read the next three pages in succession. They will help you with product knowledge and with fielding customer questions:
Fair Trade and Organic Coffee...
There is one last area you need to be reasonably knowledgeable about: How to handle our "World's Best Coffee"... You will definitely get questions from our customers that will be answered in the following three pages.
Proper Storage...
I realize there's a lot of material and of course, you won't remember it all at first. That's why we built this online manual. It's designed as a coffee reference and training suite that is available to you anytime you may need it, to brush up on your coffee knowledge, get clean copies of needed company forms or documents, look at next weeks schedule, make a suggestion or lodge a complaint, or request time off for vacation. We will have a message board for current events, announcements, and any change in the status quo, to keep us all connected and up to date despite our busy schedules. I plan on adding a website search feature that will take the place of an index. It will allow you to locate and research any subject just by typing in a keyword or two. Now for our next section on Training... Here we go!
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