As a rule the best way to know that your coffee is organic is to look for the USDA Organic label on the package. However, there are organic coffee scams and other false representations in the organic food and beverage world.
Read More...Archive for the Organic Coffee Category
Is It Organic Coffee?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 | No Comments
If you love great coffee you probably want organic coffee. So, is it organic coffee?
Read More...Will Organic Coffee Survive Climate Change?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 | No Comments
Because organic coffee is generally arabica, that alone is a reason expect that climate change will probably result in less organic coffee. The bottom line question is this. Will organic coffee survive climate change?
Read More...The Problem of Organic Coffee Low Yields
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 | No Comments
One can argue that sustainable agriculture has its own rewards, but that does not keep a coffee farmer from going broke during a couple of bad years! A major issue is the problem of organic coffee low yields.
Read More...Are Sustainable Coffee Businesses Viable Financial Entities?
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024 | No Comments
All too often a grower quits paying to have their operation certified because they do not have a ready market for the coffee produced by their sustainable operation. This brings us to the point for today. Are sustainable coffee businesses viable financial entities?
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What Is Organic Coffee?
By Tim Thompson on Monday, January 16th, 2023 | No Comments
The pinnacle of the coffee world is organic coffee. So what is organic coffee? The organic label means that the coffee you are drinking was grown, processed, and stored according to sustainable agricultural practices and not mixed with coffee that does not meet this standard.
Read More...Should Your Coffee Creamer Be Organic?
By Tim Thompson on Thursday, February 17th, 2022 | No Comments
Do you take the time and make the effort to buy organic coffee? Or do you purchase any of the Colombian coffees that are organic in everything but name? Either way, should your creamer be organic too?
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Colombian Organic Coffee Brands
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, June 15th, 2021 | No Comments
Colombian coffee is widely acclaimed to some of the best coffee in the world. But what about Colombian organic coffee brands and Colombian coffee brands for standard Colombian Arabica coffee? Any coffee grown in Colombia qualifies for Juan Valdez designation, meaning that the Colombian Coffee Growers Association certifies it as 100% Colombian.
Read More...Coffee from Manizales Colombia
By Tim Thompson on Monday, January 6th, 2020 | 2 Comments
Some of the best coffee in the world comes from a place where the highway signs give you a choice of heading to Bogota or Medellin. This piece of coffee heaven is Manizales, Colombia. The main highway to neighboring Pereira is even called the coffee highway, the Careterra de Café. Coffee grows everywhere from lowlands […]
Read More...Gourmet Coffee Brands
By Tim Thompson on Monday, June 18th, 2018 | No Comments
For many folks there is a good cup of coffee, OK coffee, or bad coffee. In the world of true coffee lovers there is good coffee or exceptional coffee. And, for the true connoisseur there is gourmet coffee, either regular or one of the organic coffee brands. Although there is USDA certified organic coffee there […]
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