Taste, Flavor and Aroma
If you enjoy coffee, I highly recommend attending a cupping session to explore the various ways terroir and processing can impact the flavor profi...
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Who we are.
Notice the title of this blog entry. It is a declarative sentence. It is not a question or something we ponder. Our mission statement for our co...
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Brewing and hitting the sweet spot.
If you’ve ever looked at Brewing Control Chart or had it tattooed on your body and have always been confused by it, or never bothered to look at ...
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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 continuing education through the ...
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In between the tick and tock...
I have often said that morning coffee has a way of tricking us into believing we are going to have a really, REALLY productive day. Many of our...
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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 makeup of the green coffee and ...
Read moreWhat we mean by varietal distinction...
Produced in between the tropics, with varying climates, soil, and growth processes, your cup of coffee has a specific flavor profile that can be t...
Read moreCoffee Varietals
Varietals have a big impact on the cup profile of each of our single origin coffees. You will notice in our store, we list the varietal of each co...
Read moreStoried coffees...
STORIED COFFEES A really amazing cup of coffee tells a story of connection. At CQ COFFEE, we love a good back story. Sure brewed coffee is a ...
Read morePROCESSING
On Processing: We sure do spend a lot of time talking about processing but it impacts the cup in a big, big way so in a coffee husk, here is what...
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