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Latest · Health & Research
04 September 2025
Coffee is good for you. Specialty, more so.
A careful reading of what the last two decades of research actually say about coffee, and why specialty light-roast coffee is the version worth drinking.
Read the essayFreshness impact
A bag sold is capacity freed for the next harvest.
- 6–9months
The prime window
How long a green lot keeps the character it was bought for. After that it fades — regardless of how well it was farmed.
- 100%of a lot
What clears the shelf
A lot only has to sell through once for us to commit to the next harvest early — and early commitments are what let a producer plan and price as a partner.