Veral Café

Getting you extra-gourmet coffee from the farms requires many factors...

 At the farms, all our coffee is 100% Arabica, Strictly High Grown (SHG) which means that the plants grow at over 1200m above sea level.  On top of that, all the coffee is shade grown.  This ensures that the coffee matures slowly and has time to ripen properly.  Many farms have some sort of certifcation, usually Rainforest Alliance.

 Harvesting is done at different times in coffee producing regions around the world, but we insist on coffee cherries that are picked only when they are bright red and at the height of their maturity.

 Once picked, coffee cherries begin to rot quickly (especially given the warm, humid climate), so it is important to begin processing the ripe cherries as quickly as possible to remove the outer flesh and expose the coffee beans. Our coffee is processed within a few hours, not days, of being picked.

 The coffee beans are processed naturally following the “pulp natural” or "wet" methods, that we believe result in the best flavor from the beans and  in a clean coffee bean.  Almost all the farms we work with utilize fresh spring water and dry the coffee naturally on sun decks.

 Our master roasters are true artisans that carefully watch over the coffee as they roast it to perfection.  No burnt or broken coffee beans, that’s our policy.

 We then carefully package the coffee for you, so that when you open the package you get a unique coffee that will impress you time and time again.