Coffee roastery

A coffee roastery is a place where the highest quality roasted coffee beans are produced. Our JAVA Coffee roastery offers only high-grade, hand-selected beans that undergo quality tests and trials. Coffee from a good roastery is entirely different from supermarket coffee. To understand what sets one coffee bean apart from another, we must take a closer look at the production process of coffee in both cases.

Contents:
What characterizes freshly roasted coffee?
Where does it come from?
Cultivation
Roasting method
Our beans

Why try freshly roasted coffee from a Polish coffee roastery?

A Polish coffee roastery does not operate in the same way as a global corporation whose products can be found in every supermarket. The differences begin with the sourcing of the raw product – coffee cherries. The cultivation, harvest, selection process, and roasting method all differ. Importantly, local coffee roasteries like JAVA Coffee follow a principle of complete transparency when it comes to the entire production process. We provide our customers with all the information about the products we sell because it is part of building trust and understanding why it is worth paying more for better quality coffee. If you cannot find the information you're looking for on our website, feel free to contact us, and we will gladly answer all your questions. In our online store, you will find not only the highest quality coffee with or without caffeine, but also various coffee brewing accessories such as filters, grinders, and coffee makers. Additionally, we offer a variety of teas, soluble chocolates, plant-based drinks, and Bacanha syrups.

Where does the coffee come from?

Coffee cultivation for store-bought coffee takes place on large plantations, using pesticides and fertilizers that accelerate the growth of coffee shrubs and their fruiting. The plants are grown low so that the fruit can be harvested mechanically. This process has many drawbacks that affect the quality of the product, the most significant being that the beans are not selected – both ripe and unripe, healthy and damaged cherries are used for roasting. In contrast, the raw materials we use at JAVA Coffee are handled very differently.

Cultivation

First, speciality coffee beans, which we roast, come from farms located at high altitudes – above 1200 meters above sea level – and are sourced from small, local producers. Plants grown at such altitudes develop under different conditions. Their fruits ripen slowly, are less exposed to pests and diseases, and their organic cultivation is therefore much easier. No artificial fertilizers or pesticides are used in coffee cultivation. Secondly, such coffee is harvested by hand, allowing only ripe and healthy beans to be selected. At our roastery, the selection process is even more rigorous. We source Arabica beans from the Americas, Asia, and Africa, but only from farmers who operate based on ecological methods and sustainable development. We then conduct a crucial blind test, where a sample of beans is evaluated by a group of at least three people who do not know the region, country, producer, or processing method. Only perfect beans, free from defects and with exceptional taste and aroma, pass the test.

Roasting method

The roasting process is the second most important difference between freshly roasted coffee and supermarket coffee. Mass production involves quick roasting (lasting only a few minutes) at very high temperatures and to a very dark color. Before this process, the beans are not selected. The heavy roasting is meant to mask any defects in the cherries harvested earlier. Meanwhile, a roastery’s work is a multi-stage, slow, and precise process. First, the beans are carefully inspected for defects. Then the coffee is roasted in specialized ovens, which first dry the cherries and then cause them to