Stay healthy with an antioxidant rich diet. Antioxidants are substances found in healthy organic coffee and other foods. They help reduce the incidence of Type II Diabetes, many forms of cancer, depression and diseases as diverse as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Although there are foods and beverages that contain higher concentrations of antioxidants, coffee […]
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Natural Organic Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 | No Comments
Natural organic coffee is your best bet for great coffee without traces of pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers in the cup. Healthy organic coffee is grown using strict environmentally friendly farming practices. In fact, for natural organic coffee to be certified as USDA organic coffee it must meet a strict set of criteria. Natural Organic […]
Read More...Wholesale Organic Fair Trade Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Monday, June 9th, 2014 | No Comments
Where do you find wholesale coffee if your preference is healthy organic coffee? Commonly, wholesale batches of organic coffee are purchased directly from coffee growers and cooperatives, whereas standard coffee commonly enters a worldwide supply chain and ends up where price, supply, and demand dictate. Coffee giants like Starbucks send their people throughout the world […]
Read More...Wait Five Years for a Cup of Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Monday, June 2nd, 2014 | No Comments
For folks who are used to stopping by Starbucks for a cup of coffee on the way to work it may be a little difficult to imagine that they might have to wait five years for a cup of coffee! This thought is occasioned by an article we read in the online Arizona Daily Star. […]
Read More...Leaf Rust and Drought Drive Arabica Prices Higher
By Tim Thompson on Thursday, May 8th, 2014 | No Comments
The price of Arabica coffee beans is twice what it was a year ago. It turns out that both leaf rust and drought drive Arabica prices higher. Both problems also devastate the finances of small coffee farmers. A recent article in the New York Times notes the terrible damage done as a leaf rust fungus […]
Read More...Wholesale Green Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Friday, April 18th, 2014 | No Comments
The best way to store coffee is before it is roasted. The most cost effective way to purchase coffee is in wholesale quantities. Thus wholesale green coffee is what roasters around the world buy. Green coffee beans retain their flavor and antioxidant potency for two years if stored properly. Once coffee beans are roasted they […]
Read More...Coffee-Shops
By Tim Thompson on Saturday, March 15th, 2014 | No Comments
Coffee-shops are good places for first dates. Coffee-shops with Wi-Fi are great for staying in touch with friends or getting your work done while sipping a cappuccino. Coffee-shops are also good places to try out various brands of healthy organic coffee as well as the various types of coffee house coffee. First of all let […]
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Healthiest Organic Coffees
By Tim Thompson on Friday, February 7th, 2014 | No Comments
A reader, Rachel, recently asked this question, There are so many coffees – how do I know which is healthiest and who to buy from? Rachel, thanks for your question. First of all the healthiest coffees are organically grown, processed, stored and transported. Let’s look at what constitutes organic coffee and why it is healthy […]
Read More...Organic Shade Grown Coffee Brands
By Tim Thompson on Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 | No Comments
Shade-grown coffee comes from coffee plants grown under a tree canopy. Coffee growers plant both coffee and a variety of shade trees. This is a sustainable agricultural practice resulting in high quality organic coffee. Shade trees attract birds and are the cornerstone of a healthy habitat. Some coffee farmers plant plantain and other trees which […]
Read More...Naturally Organic Coffee from Colombia
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 | No Comments
In our continuing search for healthy organic coffee I was visiting Colombia. In the heart of the Colombia coffee district, the Cafetero, is the mountain town of Manizales. A million people live in and around this city at elevations of 7000 feet more or less. Elevations in the city vary by 500 feet above and […]
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