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Although the content on this site is accurate, please use the links in the right hand sidebar for your coffee related needs.

What Makes Great Tasting Coffee?

Like great wines, the flavor of great coffees are determined by a variety of factors. As grapes with wine, hand picked ripe coffee cherries are the main ingredient for great coffee. These are processed into green beans ready to be roasted.

Factors Influencing Coffee Bean Quality

• Variation in growing conditions (soil, altitude, regional geology)
• Farming techniques
• Genetics, heredity and pedigree
• Weather and climatic conditions

Once a quality coffee cherry is grown, ripened, picked, and processed into the green bean stage, most of the variables in determining the flavor of a cup of coffee are in the hands of the coffee enthusiast.

Variables Influencing Coffee Flavor

• Freshness and quality of green beans
• Length of time between roasting and brewing
• Degree of roast
• Brewing process (water, grind, equipment)

A review from the San Francisco Chronicle states that "Hard, gray-green coffee beans stay fresh for a year. Once roasted, their volatile oils and fruit flavors are lively for just a few days. They deteriorate within a week."

At Flo Jo's we like to say "We roast to order." What this means to our customers is the freshest possible coffee, unless of course you roast at home. But we want you to know that we will not roast a bean until you call, tell us what you want, and place your order. We roast, vaccum pack, and ship every Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting our website and happy roasting!