The Journey of the Green Bean

Our faithful green bean, once it has been screened for quality, is put into a marked bag or barrel.

In many countries, beans marked for export must be inspected and certified by government or independent coffee organizations. Next stop? Bags or barrels of specialty coffee are shipped to a roaster or a bean broker.

An important thing to note about this process is that green beans may be stored for a year without losing quality. Coffee is a commodity, like many other agricultural products; in fact it is the second largest commodity in the world behind oil.

Once the coffee bag or barrel makes it to a bean broker, it is typically sold to a roaster for the final step in the process: roasting.