Organic Coffee

Organic Coffee

Is organically grown coffee available?

Organically grown coffees are available in extremely limited supply. By US Federal guidelines, an organically grown coffee cannot have been exposed to herbicides, pesticides, insecticides or commercially produced fertilizers. The price for organically grown coffees is significantly higher than non-organically grown coffees.

In our opinion, there is no value in purchasing organically grown coffees. Many organically grown coffees come from which has been submitted to pesticides and herbicides or pesticide-free coffee farm, at least not in our suddenly become a clean, pesticide-free coffee farm, at least not in our life time.

Chemical spraying may touch coffee cherries. The coffee beans are practically unaffected; these are covered by layers of pulp (or fruit). parchment and silver skin. All of which is removed in the processing of coffee (coffee beans are the coffee seed), taking large amounts of chemical residues with them. Now, lets assume that there are residues of chemicals in the remaining coffee beans. Coffee beans are subject to days long drying which can extract some of these chemical residues. Further, coffee is then roasted at temperatures in the range of 350-500^oF which would remove any remaining chemicals. As a final step we all brew the coffee, submitting coffee to heat (approx. 200^oF), once more. Any residues of chemicals at this point should be minimal and insignificant.

In summary, we believe that the organic coffee industry is aimed at extracting additional income from the consumer and it has not proven, to our satisfaction, the need or the authenticity of organic coffees.

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