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  Coffee beans shelf life is based on various things that affect them. To begin with, coffee beans are picked at certain times. Their color and moisture content is used to determine the ripeness of the bean.  Normal moisture levels for most coffee beans when picked is about 30-35%. At this point the seeds will then be hulled. Drying of the coffee will proceed at this time. Once dried, bagged and collected, the coffee will be sent from its location from the mountains to the shipping locations. Usually located in large warehouses where a collection of all the regional coffee is...

 Cherry Blend Coffee Roasters brings you six single origins from around the world. We have Ethiopian, Brazil, Costa Rica, Kenya Guatemala, Colombia and Papua New Guinea coffees always available for you. Our coffees come from Balzac Brothers Importers in Charleston SC. Owned by the Great Granddaughters of the original owners that started the business in 1917! The coffees they provide are top notch, very high in quality, and their Service is impeccable. Their goal is to provide the highest quality, sustainable, green coffee possible.       Our Ethiopia GEDEO is a Grade 1 Organic Arabica coffee. It is a washed coffee with...

    When you purchase your coffee you need to decide how you want it ground. This affects the whole process of making your coffee correctly. Whole beans cannot be used for making your coffee in any coffee maker today. We can supply you whole bean coffee and you will need to grind it according to the process you will make it in.         The whole bean is self explanatory, not cut or ground. The Coarse grind is the largest grind. Usually about the consistency of Kosher salt, The medium grind is very similar to Sea Salt, and  The Fine grind has the...

   Why would you buy whole bean coffee vs. having the roaster grind it for you? After-all, It is much easier getting up in the morning, and having a spoon ready to shovel your ground coffee into the coffee maker, Vs. having to buy a grinder and grinding your coffee every day. Additionally, Grinding coffee is a lot more work and time you could be doing what you really want to do instead.         Now, I will tell you something that a lot of people don’t know. Coffee ground by the bag costs you more, why you ask? Because coffee that is improperly...