Just in time for your holiday parties and gift giving, Breaking Grounds holiday coffee selections are here!
Our five new flavors include:
Creamy Nog
Buttered Rum
Highlander Grog
It's a Mint
Spice is Nice
Order for yourself, or as a gift.
Great Gift Giving Idea!
Our five festive flavors nestled in a holiday basket make a fantastic gift for the coffee lover on your gift list. The more you order, the more you save. Order $39, or more, and receive FREE shipping.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Boiling Over! Drink Your Coffee at Home.
Hold On to Your Coffee Pot, Prices are Going Up!
Coffee prices have been and continue to rise steadily this year. According to CNNMoney.com a trifecta of bad news continues to push the prices of beans upward.
What is happening?
Bad weather in South America hurt crops earlier this year which in turn is causing both Brazil and Vietnam to hold onto their stocks in hopes of getting higher prices for their beans. Additionally, US stockpiles of coffee are at a 10 year low. The three factors together add up to higher prices for consumers.
So, what's a consumer to do? Your best bet is to begin buying in bulk especially if you are a frequent coffee drinker. If you're concerned about your coffee losing freshness, remember to store it in an air tight container. To ensure you receive the freshest coffee from the beginning, remember to buy direct from a coffee roaster.
Buy Coffee Fresh.
Breaking Grounds online coffee store specializes in fresh gourmet coffee. Our coffees come to your door directly from our roaster. buying coffee at the peak of freshness helps ensure your coffee maintains its great taste.
Buy in Bulk.
We offer our coffees in 12 oz, 2 lb, and 5lb package sizes to help you enjoy more coffee and feel the pinch of increasing prices less. When ordering $39 or more, we ship to your FREE!
Visit; www.breakinggroundscoffee.com
Coffee prices have been and continue to rise steadily this year. According to CNNMoney.com a trifecta of bad news continues to push the prices of beans upward.
What is happening?
Bad weather in South America hurt crops earlier this year which in turn is causing both Brazil and Vietnam to hold onto their stocks in hopes of getting higher prices for their beans. Additionally, US stockpiles of coffee are at a 10 year low. The three factors together add up to higher prices for consumers.
So, what's a consumer to do? Your best bet is to begin buying in bulk especially if you are a frequent coffee drinker. If you're concerned about your coffee losing freshness, remember to store it in an air tight container. To ensure you receive the freshest coffee from the beginning, remember to buy direct from a coffee roaster.
Buy Coffee Fresh.
Breaking Grounds online coffee store specializes in fresh gourmet coffee. Our coffees come to your door directly from our roaster. buying coffee at the peak of freshness helps ensure your coffee maintains its great taste.
Buy in Bulk.
We offer our coffees in 12 oz, 2 lb, and 5lb package sizes to help you enjoy more coffee and feel the pinch of increasing prices less. When ordering $39 or more, we ship to your FREE!
Visit; www.breakinggroundscoffee.com
Friday, July 9, 2010
Wildly Fresh! Why is that an important statement in the coffee world?
Fresh coffee means it will taste better and more true to the beans natural flavor.
Each bean in a blended coffee or roast is chosen for its specific contributions. Whether the desired outcome of a blend is nutty with a hint of chocolate, or if a roast is supposed to be smooth with a finished taste, the freshness of the bean will make a difference.
How can you tell if the coffee is fresh?
Coffee freshness is measured at the time of roasting. Green beans tend to keep for some time, but once a coffee bean is roasted it must be packaged and shipped quickly to ensure freshness. The roasting process allows a bean's essential oils to surface. If left unpackaged, the beans become stale, oils rancid and are unusable.
Roasted coffee beans emit gases for about a week after roasting. At Breaking Grounds, we air cool our beans and then immediately package them in bags with a one way valve to allow gases to escape while keeping oxygen out. Oxygen is a coffee bean's worst enemy.
Our packaged coffee is kept in a cool, dry, dark area until shipping to minimize the effects of heat and light.
Test our coffee's freshness for yourself!
Place some coffee beans in a zip locked bag and squeeze out all of the air. By the next day, if you see the bag appearing puffy, you know your beans are freshly roasted because they are still emitting gasses due to roasting.
Another way to test coffee freshness is to pour hot water over fresh ground coffee. If a froth or "bloom" appears on the top and you are able to taste a complex range of fruity, winey, smokey, or chocolate overtones then you know you are enjoying the freshest, most pure coffee the world has to offer.
Breaking Grounds Coffee delivers in the fresh coffee category. Our new online store features 90 coffee blends, flavors and roasts all of which are fresh to you from the roaster. Our featured coffee, African Safari Blend, brings Africa's finest Arabica coffee to your mug. It's a wild and wonderful aroma to begin your day's journey.
Conservation corner: Composting
I recycle used coffee grounds in my composting bin up at the garden. The grounds provide good fuel for the pile.
Each bean in a blended coffee or roast is chosen for its specific contributions. Whether the desired outcome of a blend is nutty with a hint of chocolate, or if a roast is supposed to be smooth with a finished taste, the freshness of the bean will make a difference.
How can you tell if the coffee is fresh?
Coffee freshness is measured at the time of roasting. Green beans tend to keep for some time, but once a coffee bean is roasted it must be packaged and shipped quickly to ensure freshness. The roasting process allows a bean's essential oils to surface. If left unpackaged, the beans become stale, oils rancid and are unusable.
Roasted coffee beans emit gases for about a week after roasting. At Breaking Grounds, we air cool our beans and then immediately package them in bags with a one way valve to allow gases to escape while keeping oxygen out. Oxygen is a coffee bean's worst enemy.
Our packaged coffee is kept in a cool, dry, dark area until shipping to minimize the effects of heat and light.
Test our coffee's freshness for yourself!
Place some coffee beans in a zip locked bag and squeeze out all of the air. By the next day, if you see the bag appearing puffy, you know your beans are freshly roasted because they are still emitting gasses due to roasting.
Another way to test coffee freshness is to pour hot water over fresh ground coffee. If a froth or "bloom" appears on the top and you are able to taste a complex range of fruity, winey, smokey, or chocolate overtones then you know you are enjoying the freshest, most pure coffee the world has to offer.
Breaking Grounds Coffee delivers in the fresh coffee category. Our new online store features 90 coffee blends, flavors and roasts all of which are fresh to you from the roaster. Our featured coffee, African Safari Blend, brings Africa's finest Arabica coffee to your mug. It's a wild and wonderful aroma to begin your day's journey.
Conservation corner: Composting
I recycle used coffee grounds in my composting bin up at the garden. The grounds provide good fuel for the pile.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Welcome to Breaking Grounds Coffee Blog
Breaking Grounds Online Coffee Store - New store coming soon.
Sent to your door directly from our roaster, our coffee is always fresh and tastes great. Carrying a wide selection of varietal, blended, certified fair trade organic, flavored coffees and teas; each of our products is selected for their quality.
Sent to your door directly from our roaster, our coffee is always fresh and tastes great. Carrying a wide selection of varietal, blended, certified fair trade organic, flavored coffees and teas; each of our products is selected for their quality.