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The importance of coffee packaging: how it keeps your coffee fresh

May 2, 2024 by Joseph Verbeek

Exposed to air coffee will degrade quickly due to a combination of moisture and oxygen. Coffee releases CO2 formed during roasting for up to 28 days. This CO2 also negatively affects flavour and it is recommended to degas for at least 7 days. So it is important to protect the coffee from moisture and oxygen quickly after roasting, yet we need to get rid of the CO2. Voila, there is the high barrier coffee bag with one-way valve. We can then further improve with Nitrogen-flushing all air out of the coffee bag before sealing.

Travel Diaries: Coffee Trip 2024

April 21, 2024 by Joseph Verbeek

Visiting coffee growers in Northern Peru to check the harvest. It is looking good, the plants are charged and it promises to be a good harvest. With the international coffee pricing edging up it might be a good year for the growers. Our organic growers need that. Luckily there are now also schemes being developed that reward coffee growers for their green cover with carbon credits. We need a lot more easy-to-access schemes like this where organics is truly rewarded for its positive contribution to the environment.

People's Choice OrganicNZ Awards 2024 - Beverage of the year Finalists!

April 12, 2024 by Admin Peru

The Different Types of Coffee Bean varieties

April 11, 2024 by Joseph Verbeek

We present an overview of the primary plant species within the Coffea genus, situated within the large family of Rubiaceae plant. There are over 120  species of Coffea. Below 4 of the better known species and subspecies. There are many coffee cultivars derived from these original species and subspecies.

Rebranding IncaFé: How it started and where we are today

February 13, 2024 by Joseph Verbeek

This year will see some big changes for IncaFé . We are more committed than ever to promote organic coffee as a more sustainable and better beverage. We want to be clearer in our messaging and purpose and that is promoting organics being better in taste and better for you, the farmers, the environment and combatting climate change. With that come some difficult decisions. We will announce them as they come and see our blogs. To reflect these changes we are also refreshing our logo and packaging.