The pinnacle of the coffee world is organic coffee. So what is organic coffee? The organic label means that the coffee you are drinking was grown, processed, and stored according to sustainable agricultural practices and not mixed with coffee that does not meet this standard. https://youtu.be/t8HOrq9NtNk

1. By: www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org

2. The pinnacle of the coffee world is organic coffee.
So what is organic coffee? The organic label
means that the coffee you are drinking was
grown, processed, and stored according to
sustainable agricultural practices and not
mixed with coffee that does not meet this
standard.

3. The short version is that organic coffee is free
from the roughly one hundred fifty impurities
that can routinely be found in regular coffee
grown by regular means. Roughly three
percent of commercially available specialty
coffee is organic.

4. Certification of Coffee As Organic

5. Coffee may be totally organic but you, the
consumer, do not know that since you live in
somewhere North of the coffee belt that is in
the tropics. The coffee probably comes from
near Manizales, Colombia, in the Colombian
coffee belt, was likely grown around 8,000 feet
altitude in rich volcanic soil and miles away
from any nearby city.

6. Luckily there are organizations that go to coffee
farms and make sure that all of the boxes have
been checked so that the coffee you are
drinking is organic. The label on your bag of
coffee says USDA Certified but the US
Department of Agriculture delegates the
certification job to local experts. The only coffee
the US resident drink that is grown in the USA
is grown in Hawaii where the USDA does the
certifying.

8. Criteria for Organic Coffee Certification

9. Coffee falls under the same rules that the USDA
uses for all organic foods. Here is what they
say.

10. In order for coffee to get organic certification, the land
it was grown on has to have been free of herbicides,
pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers for three years or
more and there has to be a buffer of land between the
organic coffee crop and adjacent non-organic crops.
This has to be demonstrated to the certifying agent
before certification can be obtained. Additionally,
organic coffee is processed, stored and shipped
separate from other coffee.

11. Organic food is produced without using most
conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with
synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge;
bioengineering; or ionizing radiation. Before a
product can be labeled ‘organic,’ a Government-
approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is
grown to make sure the farmer is following all the
rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards.

12. Companies that handle or process organic food before it
gets to your local supermarket or restaurant must be
certified. Organic food is produced by farmers who
emphasize the use of renewable resources and the
conservation of soil and water to enhance
environmental quality for future generations.
Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products
come from animals that are given no antibiotics or
growth hormones.”

13. When you insist on the organic label for your
coffee you can be assured that the coffee is high
quality because nobody goes to all of the
trouble of organic farming without producing a
superior product. Thus, besides being free of
impurities, grown according to strict standards,
and processed to perfection, your coffee is
Arabica of the highest quality.

14. Gourmet Organic Coffee

15. Besides organic coffees the other set of expensive
coffees are gourmet coffees. May gourmet
coffees are, in fact, grown organically. Thus
they are free of impurities, tend to have higher
levels of antioxidants, and generally taste a lot
better than the average cup of coffee. As we
noted, because organic growers put more effort
into their crop much of that work results in
gourmet quality coffee at the same time that it
satisfies organic requirements.

16. For more insights and useful information about
organic coffee, visit
www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org.