Vermont Coffee and Organic Coffee Beans

Good Morning Coffee Lovers,

This morning I'm enjoying the creamy texture of our Brown and Jenkins Organic Peruvian Coffee.
In the past few years consumer demand has resulted in a slew of new labels for coffees from around the world. Your bag of coffee beans might be labeled bird friendly, shade grown, fair trade certified, rainforest alliance or USDA certified organic. Here in Vermont, we are big on organic, and the organic coffee offerings on our website are reflective of that fact.

What does the organic coffee label really mean?

If a coffee wears the certified organic label it means that:
The growers are committed to conservation of water and soil to help the land
The growers put an emphasis on using renewable resources
No synthetic fertilizers or pesticides are used on the crops
No genetic engineering is used on the crops
No ionizing radiation is used on the crops
The coffee crop is handled and processed separately from traditionally grown coffee beans

Who sets the standard for the organic label?

The USDA set the standard for all organic food in 2000. It is their job to monitor and award the label to various foods. There are three levels of organic labeling: 100% organic, organic and made with organic ingredients. The organic label only requires 95% organic products and the made with organic ingredients label only 70%.

If you buy coffee online and like to know what's in your coffee then organic coffee is a great place to start. These beans create great tasting coffees and you don't have to worry about anything in the cup that you don't know about.

Until our next cup,
Sandy Riggen