If you love great coffee you probably want organic coffee. So, is it organic coffee?
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Colombian Coffee Facts
By Tim Thompson on Sunday, June 20th, 2021 | No Comments
When you are looking for reliably great Arabica coffee the best choice, bar none, is coffee from Colombia. While there are many places in the world that grow and export great coffee Colombia grows great Arabica coffee across a wider region in the Western Andes than any other growing region in the world. The coffee culture, volcanic soil, and perfect coffee-growing climate all contribute to reliably excellent coffee region after region, farm after farm, bag after bag and cup after cup.
Read More...How Is Organic Coffee Harvested?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 | No Comments
Organic coffee is good for you and good for the environment. From planting to harvesting to storage and transportation organic coffee is kept separate for regular coffee. That having been said the harvesting of organic coffee is similar to that of regular. Harvesting Coffee in the Eje Cafetero of Colombia The coffee harvest in Colombia […]
Read More...Is Organic Coffee Toxin Free?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, January 17th, 2017 | No Comments
We live in a world where they keep adding more and more things to our food and drink. Are things like high fructose corn syrup or monosodium glutamate good for you? How about the residues of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, or antibiotics? What toxins are the lurking about that you don’t know about? How […]
Read More...How to Pick an Organic Coffee Brand
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 | No Comments
Coffee has many health benefits besides being a great way to start the day. Healthy organic coffee is preferable because of the reduction in impurities obtained by a purely organic food chain. Healthy organic coffee has been around for a long, long time. Unfortunately in the modern era the use of pesticides and herbicides has […]
Read More...History of Organic Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 | No Comments
Healthy organic coffee has been around ever since coffee was discovered growing wild and ever since it was first grown. However, the history of organic coffee of the certified variety starts in 1990. The Organic Foods Production Act was passed in 1990. It – requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National List of […]
Read More...Is Coffee Leaf Rust Due to Climate Change?
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 | No Comments
It is fashionable these days to blame any natural phenomena on global warming. With this in mind we ask a question. Is coffee leaf rust due to climate change? This is a pertinent question as Arabica coffee production has been devastated in several nations in the Western Hemisphere due to coffee leaf rust. There is […]
Read More...One Hundred Percent Natural Coffee
By Tim Thompson on Saturday, March 30th, 2013 | No Comments
The issue arose the other day of whether or not there is a difference between healthy organic coffee and one hundred percent natural coffee. One of our readers recently asked this question, Is it possible to find any coffee which is not merely organic, but ‘100% natural,’ that is, it is neither artificially decaffeinated NOR […]
Read More...Organic Coffee Growers
By Tim Thompson on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 | No Comments
The work of organic coffee growers is to produce excellent coffee using sustainable farming practices. The work of organic coffee growers is to bring healthy organic coffee to your table while preserving Mother Earth. Organic coffee growers are commonly certified by the United States Department of Agriculture or one of its affiliates for the USA […]
Read More...Organic Food Certification
By Tim Thompson on Monday, November 26th, 2012 | No Comments
There are varying rules that apply to organic food certification depending upon the business that is seeking certification. Obviously the same rules wouldn’t apply to organic seed suppliers as would apply to organic restaurants. But there is an organic certification process for each and every stage of food production – from seed to table. Basically, […]
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