FAQs

We roast our coffee 3-5 days a week, so we promise that your coffee is always super fresh.

We don't put a roast date on the bag because we know that there's a lot of misinformation and confusion out there relating to coffee freshness, and we don't want to add to the confusion. If you do want to know, feel free to email us with your order number and we're happy to look up when your specific bag was roasted.

Our goal is to make fresh and delicious coffee that can be made in almost any standard at home equipment, so that's how we roast. Our coffee is best enjoyed within 2 weeks of opening the package.

Whole Bean
Whole bean coffee should only be selected if you have a grinder at home.

Regular

This is what most people should select, as it works with the broadest range of brewing equipment, and was designed for an at home drip coffee pot.

French Press

Select this grind if you would like to make your coffee in a french press, or in cold brew. Since our coffee is more delicate than store brands, you may find that our french press grind is a bit finer than some brands. We do this on purpose, and believe that it produces the best results in a french press.

Pour Over

Select this grind if you would like to use a manual pour over brewing method, such as a V60 or Chemex.

Espresso

This is a very fine grind intended for an espresso maker. While we do offer this grind for convenience, we always recommend purchasing whole bean and grinding your beans fresh when making espresso at home.

In our unflavored coffees (most of our coffees), the only ingredient is coffee.

In our flavored coffees, the ingredients are:

Coffee, Natural Cane Alcohol, & Natural Flavorings

We work with a natural flavorings supplier that creates extracts that we apply to our coffee. The base for the natural flavoring is a natural cane alcohol that is designed to evaporate off of the coffee within 24 hours of application (so it's done before it gets to you!).

All of our coffee is:
Vegan
Sugar Free
Gluten Free
Allergen Free (per the FDA's top 8 most common allergens)

We believe in sourcing high quality coffee in an ethical way that's good for farmers and the earth.

Organic

Most of the farms we get our coffee from are small, family run farms and run on tight margins. In order to sell organic certified coffee, every stage of processing must be certified organic. That is, both the farmer and us, as the roaster. Unfortunately, these certifications are extremely costly for the farmers, so it's not something many of them opt to do.

We source only high quality specialty coffee. In order to produce this high end product, the farmers can not use things like chemical pesticides, one of the primary concerns in organic farming. So although our coffee is not certified, we still feel confident that our coffee is chemical free and good for the earth.

Fair Trade

Like organic, fair trade is a practice that is regulated and requires expensive certifications. We believe that the best way to give farmers a fair price for their coffee is to utilize a direct trade sourcing method that puts the money straight in the pocket of farmers, and not in co-ops. In our research, we've found that sourcing our coffee directly from farmers for a fair price does the most good for coffee farming commmunities--we believe it even goes further than Fair Trade.