“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” As a family business with a number of longtime employees, we take the sentiment of this quote to heart. We recognize that the actions we do or do not make today shape tomorrow for our families, for our company, and… Continue Reading →
Production in 80 countries, employing 125 million workers with 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed globally per day. Coffee is a big business and sustainability, across all levels of the bean’s lifeline, is an increasing problem.
From green beans to roasted perfection, this is how we transform our green beans into perfectly roasted coffee. To learn more about our coffee, please visit TheQueenBean.com. To learn more about us and our coffee, please visit TheQueenBean.com.
Purchasing a coffee subscription is a commitment most of us enter somewhat blindly. In this entry, we are shedding light on subscription nuances, describing what we’ve found — based on our years of offering coffee subscriptions — to be subscription pros, subscription cons, and questions to ask before subscribing.
Long isolated from the western world, Myanmar’s coffee is as bold, diverse, and exciting as the land it grows on and hands that tend it.
Coffee from the Galapagos is unique in the Arabica coffee world. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the thirteen Galapagos Islands are highly protected, with only two being approved for agricultural production, San Cristóbal and Santa Cruz. Our coffee comes from San Cristóbal, the larger of the two islands, and the only one with certified sustainability,… Continue Reading →
“Those direct connections, allowing farmers to earn their own income rather than giving handouts, is what makes us the happiest and why we exist.”
Coffee rust? It’s real and it’s attacking your favorite coffee plants. Okay, that was a bit dramatic. While true, the situation isn’t quite as apocalyptic as you may have been lead to believe — though coffee rust does threaten global coffee supply, particularly Central American coffee, it does not signal the end of coffee.
Stock up now, coffee will be gone by 2050! If you read the news, you’ve likely felt shock, horror, and finally, despair at the headlines pronouncing our beloved bean’s imminent demise. Thankfully, the whole truth is much less dire.
Decaffeinated coffee can be organic, naturally-processed, and delicious! Long gone are the days when the sole option to remove caffeine from a bean was chemical decaffeination. Long gone should be the days of decaf bashing.
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