Alta Organic Coffee Roasting Company

COFFEE CLUES "Coffee...Sweeter far than muscatel wine..." It is not hard to see why fine coffees are compared to fine wines. The same painstaking care and love for the process that produces great wine also distinguishes great coffees.	Did you know... Depending on the country and farm where the coffee is grown, each bean has its own exciting and unique character. Weather plays a big part in the yield and flavor of each harvest. In a good harvest a coffee tree will only yield about one pound per harvest, picked by entire families, including the children. The final step of roasting is all-important, for it is not until the green bean is roasted that it gives up the flavor and aroma.
	Provided a coffee seedling does not meet with climatic disturbances or disease, 3 to 5 years will pass before it begins to produce a crop. More about harvesting and pesticides.. The coffee bean is really a seed that grows inside a berry. For the sweetest flavor the berries are picked when the fruit is red in color and fully ripe. One cup of coffee fulfills your daily requirement of niacin. An extensive study conducted recently in Italy indicated that coffee drinkers are less likely to suffer from bronchial asthma. More about coffee and your health...
	Coffee beans contain volatile oils that easily go stale if they are exposed to air or warm temperatures for long. Storing your beans in the freezer can retain their freshness for up to a month. Grind only the beans that you need at the moment of brewing and you will have a much better cup of coffee. Coffee is the world's only major agricultural product that can be economically produced without causing major damage to the environment. Want to know more about this?

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Alta Organic Coffee, PO Box O, Davenport, California 95017 Phone: 800-866-5181 - Fax: 831-427-3372

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