Marques Organic Coffee, 100% Organic Arabica, Medium Roast, Ground

Gourmet. Four generations. Since 1895. Marques de Paiva Family Quality Approval. USDA organic. The Story of Marques de Paiva. For over 100 years the Marques de Paiva family has been cultivating coffee in the highlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil with pride. Today's generation of growers have invested in state-of-art technologies and quality practices to capture the Arabica bean's optimum flavor and preserve its freshness. Enjoy your fresh bag of Marques de Paiva Gourmet Organic Coffee. Certified organic by BCS Oko-Garantie GmbH. No middlemen exist that can compromise the quality of the product, add to the cost or impede the swiftness in which the coffee reaches you. This ensures the finest tasting coffee at a fair and reasonable price. Now we offer our blessings to you in America. 100% Organic. 100% Quality. Our family takes great pride in nurturing coffee trees to bear the finest fruit without resorting to pesticides or chemical fertilizers. The stalks, husks and other remains of the whole plant are used as organic nutrients in concert with rain and the rarefied air of the Minas Gerais highlands. From tree to shelf, great care is taken to maintain the highest standards of purity and cleanliness. This coffee was produced and certified according to USDA specifications for organic products. Our company has also met organic requirements from Brazilian, European and Japanese agencies. We meet the worldwide standards of ISO 9001 and 14001 for excellence in dealing with the environment. This coffee is also certified Kosher. In our quality control facility, our coffee cuppers, (experts who taste every crop and roast) describe the optimum taste of organic coffee as something that can be felt - the feeling of the taste. The aroma and the body are fuller, smoother, and more complete. This feeling of taste amplifies the sensual nature of coffee drinking. In Brazil, only fine coffee is served. For the host and guest, it is considered an essential detail at every meal or business gathering. When you serve 100% organic Arabica coffee from the family estates of Minas Gerais, our name is your guarantee of a rewarding experience. The Science of Taste and Freshness: Joao Marques de Paiva understood the best beans make the best coffee. Our generation knows that only the most rigorous attention to every facet of the process can preserve taste and freshness. Once harvested, we roast with split-second precision to match the actual water content and characteristics of the particular crop. Finally, our state-of-the-art packing equipment from Italy removes air and immediately locks in flavor and freshness. To speed the coffee to you, Marques de Paiva has a customs operation located adjacent to the roasting facility, ensuring total tree to shelf quality control. Product of Brazil.