The Life of the Coffee Bean

While most people are aware that coffee comes from beans, few people realize the many steps it takes to go from a plant to the delicious green coffee beans you can buy in bulk from our online store! Read on to find out the humble life of the coffee bean and how it plays a […]
Coffee Varieties and What They Mean in Your Cup

Arabica or Robusta? Faced with these different terms, many consumers simply take a guess—Arabica sounds… Arabic, perhaps, like it comes from a hot climate, where Robusta… will be robust? For those in the coffee industry, however, there is far more to it than just what those names can suggest. At Lavanta Coffee Roasters in New […]
100% Kopi Luwak Green with Authenticity Certificate

Legend has it Kopi Luwak was discovered in Indonesia under Dutch colonial rule. During that time, native farmers and plantation workers were forbidden from harvesting coffee for their own use from the cash-crops and were left to scrounge around the plantations. The civet cat eats only the ripest of coffee cherries and passes the seeds—the […]
Facts About Sualwesi Toraja Coffee – White Eagle

Critical coffee lovers nationwide are investing in a sweet, spicy, and clean coffee made from beans grown in a secluded part of the Indonesian mountains on the tropical island of Sulawesi. The geographic location is so remote that it takes four days of horseback riding on the hard dirt road to get into this region […]