Are you coffee nerds like us?
We love what we do and can talk about coffee all day long. It is an ever evolving industry that most of us don't think much about, unless you do, and then pandora's box opens up. So this is the page for you, for us, by us, about the stuff we nerd out on. The stuff that may have crossed your mind, but you forgot to google, because life, and heck you aren't in the coffee industry. But we are, and we take great pride in making the best darn cup of coffee we can, with the best beans we can source! A lot goes on behind the scenes here at 44 North Coffee, that you may have never thought of, so here is a glimpse:
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Important! We get this question all the time and most people don't realize how perishable coffee really is. We are all used to that 3 year old can of pre-ground coffee that sat in the back of grandma's freezer and was brought out once a year, because grandma is tea drinker. Those days are over. Coffee is a perishable food! As soon as you lock that in the better your coffee experience will be, and sorry yes, you will be ruined forever once you've had freshly harvested, freshly roasted, freshly ground just before brewing coffee. In other words - 44 North Coffee. You will be able to taste the aged notes of coffee and it will be hard to ever go back. Read more....
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How to brew our coffee:
On the topic of freshness, let's also cover how to brew and the ratios we recommend for manual brewing methods. Don't ask us about espresso, that is not our jam.
Check our Brew Guide Videos if you are a visual learner.
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We only source organic, fair-trade certified decaffeinated coffee. This is esential when drinking decaf, because the standard method is chemical process of caffeine extraction which just intensifies the chemicals when you brew a cup - yuck! Not on our watch. Learn more about how organic coffee is decaffeinated here.
A more in depth dive into our decaf coffees here at 44 North. We rotate seasonally between 3 decaf offerings throughout the year due to seasonal availability and making sure we source coffee that was grown within the last harvest year: Decaf Peru (winter-spring), Decaf Honduras (spring-summer), and new this year is a Decaf Mexico (fall-winter). The Decaf Peru and Decaf Honduras are what we consider a medium/dark roasted coffee and the newest Decaf Mexico is a true medium roasted coffee with lots of nuance and flavor. If you liked the Decaf Guatemala we carried for a number of years, you will likely enjoy this Decaf Mexico. It has earthy molasses notes, with spiced roasted nuts and a medium body. Read more...
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While most of us are thinking about holiday celebrations our farmers in Sumatra, Indonesia have been devastated by a cyclone, monsoon disaster last week. The damage has been catastrophic and still continues in flash floods and landslides. The disaster has caused widespread impact to the population, infrastructure, and agricultural economy, including coffee farms which are the primary livelihood source of the community. Details and the death tolls are still mounting....keep reading...
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