Coffee Roasting

Coffee filters come in many shapes, sizes, and materials. There are nearly as many types of coffee filters as there are coffee brewing devices. So many, in fact, it can be overwhelming to filter through all the options. We’ve compiled this handy guide to determine what type of coffee filter is the best for your brewing method. That way, you…

Grilled Coffee Aboard the Coffee Caboose! Taylor Kirkman and Steven Leganski, owners of SW Grilled Coffee, are making their mark on the Phoenix coffee roasting scene with their mobile coffee bar and grill-roasted coffee business. In addition to maximizing flavor, the entrepreneurs are also dedicated to energy efficiency. In every step, they are trying to minimize waste and contribute to…

Arabica and robusta coffee beans by Igor Ushakov | Getty Images Arabica vs Robusta, what's the difference? How do they taste? While Arabica and Robusta coffee beans account for around 99% of the world’s coffee production and consumption, it doesn't stop there. Both Arabica and Robusta are species of the Rubiaceae family under the Coffea genus. However, new species are…

What were the best green coffee beans in 2022? As the end of an impressive year approaches, we rounded up some of our team’s absolute favorite unroasted green coffee beans and roasted coffees from 2022. Genuine Origin is always sourcing new coffees with the help of our sister companies and partners at origin, bringing you the best green coffee beans…

Buying Wholesale Green Coffee Beans: How to Get Started Whether you’re starting a coffee roasting business and roast green coffee beans professionally or coffee roasting is your side hustle, you'll need to buy green coffee beans. Here’s some good news: getting started doesn’t have to be difficult. When the time comes to start roasting, you’ll need to buy unroasted coffee.…

Best Green Coffee Beans October 2022  What are our best green coffee beans right now? Good question. We are constantly sourcing new coffees from our sister companies and partners at origin and everyone’s tastes are different. We asked our team which unroasted green coffees they recommend coffee roasters stock up on. They gave us their favorites and also threw in…

Wholesale coffee roasting. For many coffee-roasting businesses and coffee roasters, it’s the plan, the goal, and the key to success in a single phrase. A strong roaster and a few good wholesale clients can catapult a roastery into high speed growth, lower costs through bulk purchasing and increased sales.  Genuine Origin works with many small to mid-size coffee roasting businesses.…

Hey Coffee Roaster, are you getting started with coffee roasting or just new to Genuine Origin (GO — that’s what most roasters call us)? Well first, welcome aboard! We’re so glad you’re here and honored to be part of your coffee journey! We recognize that buying green coffee can be tricky — contracts, origin differences, different qualities, price swings, the…

As the C market rises, so does the price of green coffee. In December 2021, the C-market price for coffee hit a 10-year high – and there’s still room to surge even steeper. As a result, roasters and green coffee buyers now face difficult decisions on mitigating the rising costs. Ultimately, increasing the price of a cup of coffee for…

Demystifying Green Coffee Sourcing from Origin to Roastery As a two hundred year old, traditional supply chain company, Volcafe had no public face. However, its business was based on hundreds of thousands of face-to-face relationships. At origins around the world, Volcafe field teams worked with vast networks of farmers, in order to source coffee and make coffee farming sustainable. With…