Item Tag: Invalsa Coffee

10 lbs SPECIALTY SOUTH AMERICAN BLEND 90-POINT DECAF GREEN COFFEE FREE SHIPPING

Coffee Specs Grade Category Screen Altitude Grown Cupping Scores Specialty Invalsa Decaf S.A. Blend 16 Above 2,500 feet 85 (Minimum), Range: 84 – 92 Sample Cupping Score from our Head Cupper Aroma7Flavor 7 Sweetness 7 Aftertaste 7 Acidity 6 Balance 6 Body 7 Overall 7 Total 54 Total Score 36+54 90/100 Comments: Remarkable creamy body with citric acidity. Brown sugar and chocolate tones. Smooth mouthfeel. Balanced flavor. No apologies for decaf. Best 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Worst Take advantage of this **free shipping**, fixed-price sale (everyone pays the same price). Buy our own South American blend, Specialty, Water- Processed, green (unroasted) DECAF coffee, delivered for free anywhere in the US (including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and all US territories). Low, fixed-rate shipping both to Canada (no “brokerage fee”) and to anywhere else in the world. Why do we charge more for our Decaf compared to our Regular coffee? All good decaf coffees are more expensive that their equivalent-quality non-decaffeinated ones. This question is commonly asked and easily explained. Most quality coffee shops and coffee merchants charge more on all comparable-quality decafs. Decaffeination is a complicated, expensive industrial process that also requires and additional trip to the decaffeination plant from the farm and back to the importer. Decaffeination plants are large and there are only a few strategically located across the globe. It stands to reason that if one uses the same (or same quality) green coffee bean, the decaffeinated one will cost more. Roasters or green coffee sellers that charge the same for regular and decaf are simply compensating the higher cost decaf by using lower quality (and lower) price beans. This is why decaf has gotten its reputation as not being very good. Knowledgeable customers understand this, if you want to drink good decaf you need to pay the additional cost, and they gladly do it! This auction is for ten (10) pounds of our Specialty, decaffeinated (water-process), South American blend (our own mix of Colombia fully washed & Brazil Natural), 100% Arabica, green, unroasted coffee beans grown in the higher altitudes of the Antioquia & Sul Minas coffee valleys. These are not your “run-of-the-mill” decaf coffee beans. We are proud to report that on the July, 2010 issue of coffeereview.com, the World’s leading coffee buying guide, we were ranked as the best decaf coffee in North America; the only one with a score of 90 points. And we have the lowest prices! This is a rare consumer’s dream: the best coffee at the lowest prices. Thank you Coffee Review! This is what the reviewers had to say: “Blind Assessment: Roundly balanced and deep. Flowers, orangy fruit and molasses in the aroma. In the cup soft, integrated acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, with the continuing orange-toned fruit and molasses adding a distinct chocolate complication. The chocolate and molasses carry into a richly sweet finish haunted, as the cup cools, by a faint wisp of flavor-flattening wood.” These coffee beans will be shipped to you in a boxed, plastic bag. We used to ship 10-lbs coffee in burlap bags.but alas, it is no longer possible to source food-quality small burlap bags. We have also updated our thinking about coffee storage. Kept in a cool dry place coffee stored in the shipped plastic bag will keep for a long time (years). These coffee beans are decaffeinated by the chemical-free water process, the preferred decaffeination method. The water process (sometimes by the trademarked Swiss-Water® process) removes caffeine from coffee beans without the use of solvents or chemicals. Traditional decaffeinated coffee uses Methylene Chloride (nothing we would want in our bodies) to remove the caffeine. So if you do not want artificial chemicals in your coffee, make sure you chose the naturally water decaffeinated coffee, even if you have to pay a little more. Our South American decaf blend is characterized by delicate sweetness, gentle acidity and round, robust flavor. Once you try our decaf coffee “you will not want to drink any other decaf coffee, even the big name ones!” -This is an actual new customer comment. Please read our extensive eBay coffee-products buyers’ feedback (100% positive, close to 4,600 transactions. over 2,800 distinct buyers, over 1,750 repeat customers) and buy with confidence. We are very proud of our record and reputation. In order to reach such distinction, Ebay sellers must uphold the eBay community values, including honesty, timeliness and mutual respect and maintain very demanding Feedback levels. Only a few, select eBay sellers reach this level of distinction and recognition. Please check our other auctions for other grades and quantities, as well as coffee gear. To learn more about us please visit our about page. In addition to this decaffeinated blend, we stock and sell high-quality Bolivian, Brazilian, Colombian,Costa Rican, Decaf & Cup of Excellence® coffees. As we already told you, we decaf our own coffee beans. Some of our coffee beans are organic, some are Fair Trade, and none have defects (rocks, ferment, insect attacks, mold, etc). We carry Specialty, Microlots, and Cup of Excellence® green coffee beans. Our US coffee warehouses are located in the Boston, New York, Oakland & Seattle areas. What is “Specialty” coffee? There are two major species of coffee, robusta and arabica. Robusta is grown at low altitudes, under full sun, has almost twice as much caffeine, and is the main ingredient of cheap, flavorless, “blended” commercial coffee available everywhere. Arabica, grown at high altitudes (4,000 to 6,500 feet) with abundant rain fall, warm temperatures, fertile soil and adequate shading, develops superior coffee flavors. Picked by hand only at the peak of ripeness, these arabica beans are processed with care and meticulously graded and separated by bean size and density. All of the world’s great coffees are 100% arabica, but only the top 10% have fine enough flavor to be selected as Specialty coffee. The fine flavor is determined by the cupping score. To be considered Specialty, the cupping score must be at least 80, using the SCAA criteria. What is “Premium” coffee? According to the SCAA Standard Classification Method, arabica green coffee beans are graded according to Category 1 and Category 2 defect equivalents. Specialty coffee cannot have any Category 1 defects and may only have up to five Category 2 defects. Premium coffee may only have up to eight defects in either category. Graded coffee with more than eight defects is considered “commercial” or “below grade”. After cupping, the remaining 90% of the fine arabica coffee, with still fine flavor, is considered Premium coffee. What is “conventional/commercial” coffee? The remaining coffee, the majority of which is traded in the commodity markets, is considered “conventional/ commercial” coffee. It includes all robustas and the lower-quality arabicas. What is “cupping”? It is a professional technique for evaluating coffee’s Fragrance/Aroma, Flavor, Acidity, Body and Aftertaste. To be considered Specialty coffee must exhibit distinct attributes in these five areas. Moreover, such coffee must be free from odors, faults and taints. We cup, roast and drink our own coffee everyday . Our customers are amazed how good our coffees are and most no longer buy Bolivian, Brazilian, Colombian, Costa Rican, Decaf & Cup of Excellence® coffees from anyone else. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about coffee and about coffee roasting. All questions are welcome and will be answered promptly. Shipping Policy: We ship the same business day payment is received, if payment is received before 2:00pm (EST). Otherwise, we ship the following business day. Please use the shipping calculator to obtain your shipping costs We use shipping services that offer tracking service and a delivery date, instead of lower-cost Parcel Post which does not offer tracking and delivery confirmation, which we need to respond to non-delivery claims. The additional cost for the better service is nominal. We ship worldwide. We ship to the address on record with the payment account (PayPal or credit card). Feedback & Customer Satisfaction Policy: We are in the business of keeping customers happy above all reasonable costs, but we are also human. If you feel your experience with us has been less than exemplary, please contact us and we will try our hardest to keep you a happy, loyal, repeat customer. Feedback is final, once given it cannot be taken back. If you change you mind about buying a product, before we ship, we will gladly cancel the transaction rather than report you as a non-paying-bidder. Likewise, please contact us before giving us negative feedback. We will make things right. Because this is a food item, we cannot accept returns. Affiliations: We are proud members of the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the Specialty Coffee Association of Bolivia. We are also proud members of the Cup of Excellence®. Thank you for bidding. You will love this Specialty, 90-point Decaf coffee! Bid with Confidence Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.

3lbs Bolivia Heirloom Certified-Organic Unroasted Cacao Beans. NEW CROP!

But they have 10% more cacao butter, and lots more flavor. This is a Heirloom variety that has been recognized at Cocoa of Excellence (CoEx) competitions. Coffee beans are generally roasted at around 450-480 degrees Fahrenheit, while cacao beans should never get hotter than 325 degrees.

3lbs Bolivia Heirloom Certified-Organic Unroasted Cacao Beans. NEW CROP!

But they have 10% more cacao butter, and lots more flavor. This is a Heirloom variety that has been recognized at Cocoa of Excellence (CoEx) competitions. Coffee beans are generally roasted at around 450-480 degrees Fahrenheit, while cacao beans should never get hotter than 325 degrees.