Candlewood Roasting Company
Why is our coffee different?
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"I tried Smooth Sailing this morning and it was the best coffee I had ever tasted....my friend wanted to meet me later at Starbucks and I just laughed!"
F. B. Danbury CT
"I am sitting down right now for breakfast, and I think I am enjoying the best cup of coffee I have ever had in my life...Thanks Candlewood!"
L. D. Brewster NY
"The dark roast is absolutely amazing--have not had a cup of dark roast this perfect since we left New Orleans in 1979....really! You know how to get the dark roast RIGHT without burning it up. Thanks for a wonderful cup of coffee!
ps--this makes a great Christmas gift"
E.M. Connecticut
F. B. Danbury CT
"I am sitting down right now for breakfast, and I think I am enjoying the best cup of coffee I have ever had in my life...Thanks Candlewood!"
L. D. Brewster NY
"The dark roast is absolutely amazing--have not had a cup of dark roast this perfect since we left New Orleans in 1979....really! You know how to get the dark roast RIGHT without burning it up. Thanks for a wonderful cup of coffee!
ps--this makes a great Christmas gift"
E.M. Connecticut
"I need some more of that noccio stuff, that is the best coffee I have ever had!" D. B. New Milford, CT
"I'm hooked on Jamaican Me Crazy....Its awesome!"
A.I. Brookfield, CT
"I don't really care for that Starbucks ***...it tastes all burnt...but this coffee tastes as good as it smells. Like coffee
should."
R.D. Denver, CO
"I'm hooked on Jamaican Me Crazy....Its awesome!"
A.I. Brookfield, CT
"I don't really care for that Starbucks ***...it tastes all burnt...but this coffee tastes as good as it smells. Like coffee
should."
R.D. Denver, CO
"HI Candlewood Roasters!
After getting my first bag of Candlewood Coffee at the Sherman IGA, I fell in love. It was the best cup of coffee I had had in a VERY long time! I grew up on Candlewood and recognized the steam on your logo almost immediately- I was so touched by the cleverness of it, that I showed anyone who cared :)!"
E.S. Sherman, CT
After getting my first bag of Candlewood Coffee at the Sherman IGA, I fell in love. It was the best cup of coffee I had had in a VERY long time! I grew up on Candlewood and recognized the steam on your logo almost immediately- I was so touched by the cleverness of it, that I showed anyone who cared :)!"
E.S. Sherman, CT
Why Our Coffee is Different
Beans picked by automated 'stripper'
The first reason our coffee is different is because we get to choose the quality of the raw beans that we roast. This is very important because not all coffee cherries are hand picked anymore. Some coffee farmers and plantations use automatic “strippers’ which are able to pick more coffee in less time, but these machines cannot tell the difference between the ripe cherries, and the unripe cherries. This creates a problem with the quality of the cherry when it is time to be roasted because like any unripened fruit, it does not contain the properties it needs to taste its best. By selecting the origin of the coffee, and what plantation the beans are coming from, we can be assured of getting only the ripened cherries which will have the properties they need to taste their best!
"Once you've tasted freshly roasted coffee you are ruined for life....I could never go back to stale coffee...EVER!"
T.D. Clearwater FL
"Your Decaf tastes like regular coffee....I am enjoying my coffee again."
Danbury,CT
T.D. Clearwater FL
"Your Decaf tastes like regular coffee....I am enjoying my coffee again."
Danbury,CT
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Why Our Coffee is Different
Smooth Sailing right out of the Roaster
The second reason our coffee is different is because of it's freshness. While the quality of the raw (unroasted) coffee bean is very important, a more crucial issue is WHEN were the beans roasted. Even though raw coffee beans can be stored for up to 2 years without losing any of their chemical properties, roasted coffee begins to go stale in under 2 weeks, and within hours after being ground! This is why you hear so many marketing gimmicks like.. ‘freshness of the packaging’ and “sealed in flavor.’
Because we are a local roaster, and not a huge factory, we are able to control our batches better, and maintain a higher degree of freshness before our coffee even leaves our facility.
Because we are a local roaster, and not a huge factory, we are able to control our batches better, and maintain a higher degree of freshness before our coffee even leaves our facility.
Why Our Coffee is Different
The Taste is in the Roast
Finally, there has to be something said about the roaster. You can have the first two factors down, but if you can't get a consistant roast the way you, and others want it, you might as well throw in the towel. At Candlewood, we take pride in our roasting recipes, and because of our state of the art equipment, we are able to maintain consistancy throughout every roast.
