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Coffee and the Environment

Beyond the web of well-over-a-thousand compounds that contribute to a cup, coffee is an ethically complex industry. Painful as coffee's environmental impact is, we can’t turn a blind eye. There is hope, and the sooner we act, the better!

Decaf... what is it?

Decaf is a strange creature... how is ours made?

Oh, the terroir!

Hello Flight Fam, New coffees are always exciting and I have decided to go back to buying in smaller lots so we can h...

Better Communicating Flavor Notes in Coffee

Perhaps the ultra-delicate, ultra-unique flavor notes roasters pull are unrepresentative of a coffee?

Our Wholesale Mission Statement

  Our Wholesale Mission We work hard to pursue and provide the very best specialty coffee available and we strive to ...

Organic Acids in Coffee in 95 seconds or less...

One pesky test of the Q exam has to do with Organic Acids and Chemistry of Coffee. In a nutshell (or a coffee husk) w...

Taste, Flavor and Aroma

If you enjoy coffee, I highly recommend attending a cupping session to explore the various ways terroir and processi...

The Top Crops

So what exactly makes our coffees hit 90 plus and win awards?  Many things, of course.  The first on the list is con...

More on roasting:

The kaleidoscopic array of flavors you find in your coffee from cup to cup is a result of both the natural chemical m...

What we mean by varietal distinction...

 Produced in between the tropics, with varying climates, soil, and growth processes, your cup of coffee has a specifi...

Coffee Varietals

Varietals have a big impact on the cup profile of each of our single origin coffees.  You will notice in our store, w...

Storied coffees...

  STORIED COFFEES   A really amazing cup of coffee tells a story of connection.  At CQ COFFEE, we love a good back st...
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