Selecting your next bag of coffee is more art than science. Though we have devised a guide to help you through this process, there are many factors that will impact how your coffee tastes – such as which brewing method you select, how much coffee and water you use, and how you store your beans. […]
1. Colombia Supremo Roast degree: MEDIUM-DARK Taste balance: BALANCED Texture & body: MIDDLE (Between SMOOTH & LIGHT and RICH & FULL Flavors: Caramel, sweet balance acidity. 2. Costa Rica Roast degree: MEDIUM-DARK Taste balance: ACIDITY Texture & body: MIDDLE (Between SMOOTH & LIGHT and RICH & FULL Flavors: Crisp acidity, sweet and herbaceous. 3. Ethiopian […]
We choose only the best Arabica beans from Africa, Central and South America, Hawaii and Asia. The Arabica Trees grow at altitudes between 3,000 to 6,000 feet and produce a ‘hard bean’ with concentrated flavors. Beans grown at such altitudes require very careful cultivation with just the right climatic conditions. The colder climate encourages a […]
Roast degree The roast degree determines the flavor development of a coffee. In general, the lighter the roast profile, the more origin character is retained by the coffee bean. This means that lighter roasts will have more acidic and fruity characteristics while darker roasts will have more caramelized sugar flavors and bitter characteristics. Taste balance […]
We choose the best Arabica beans from Africa, Central and South America, Hawaii and Asia. The Arabica trees grow at altitudes between 3,000 to 6,000 feet and produce a “hard bean’ with concentrated flavors.
You can tell a lot about coffee if you know where it’s from, because every bean has a distinctive flavor particular to its land of origin. Coffees from Latin America are celebrated for their great balance, medium boy and clean finish, while coffees from Africa/Arabia are rich and complex with exotic fruit and floral notes. […]
We’re passionate about the Starbucks Roast. More philosophy than a length of time, temperature or color, this roast treats each individual coffee in a unique way. Part art, part science, our process carefully takes each one to its peak of flavor. These are the coffees we are proud to present to you, throughout the world.
The best coffee comes from the best beans. Our quest for extraordinary coffees sends Starbucks coffee buyers literally around the word. They visit the coffee farms individually, developing long-term, personal relationships with the people who are growing the coffee we purchase. Our experts taste more than 1,000 sample roasts of coffee every year, carefully selecting […]
Starbucks is dedicated to paying equitable prices for the coffee we buy. The farmers work hard to provide us with the great coffees, and we strive to fulfill our social, economical and environmental responsibilities to their communities. In fact, our Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E) Practices is an unprecedented program of industry-leading guidelines – an […]
All of the finest coffee in the world is grown between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. These two imaginary lines define the coffee belt, where soil, temperature, rain fall and other elements form the perfect environment for coffee trees to flourish. The choicest arabica beans are found in the higher elevations, where cool air […]