What’s Different about our coffee?

THE COFFEE BEANS!
THE COFFEE ROASTERS!
THE COFFEE ROAST!
OUR GUARANTEE!

IT STARTS WITH THE COFEE BEANS!

• Sweet Sam’s imports only the highest grade of Arabica coffee bean.  If the highest grade is not available, we will go without the coffee beans until it is – only the best for you!
  

• Sweet Sam’s uses only the largest (screen 16 and 17) most uniform bean coffee.
  

• Sweet Sam’s deals exclusively with estates which are vigilant with respect to their picking, processing and exporting methods of coffee beans.  Our importers are requested to only deal with coffee estates which are members of and subscribe to the Specialty Coffee of American standards.

IT CONTINUES WITH THE ROASTER!

§         Sweet Sam’s uses small batch carousel roasters which use a circular movement like a carousel and gently air roast ¼ lb of green coffee beans per batch.  This allows a yield of 120 – 135, 6 ounce cups of java per pound!  As we grow, we add more – not larger – roasters.

§         Other roasters use production drum roasters which roast anywhere from 15 to 300 + lbs of coffee per batch.  The weight and friction from the drum movement pulverizes and otherwise damages the beans.  This decreases yield from coffee roasted by this method to 90 – 100, 6 ounce cups per pound.

§         Sweet Sam’s, because of the design of the roaster, visually monitors each batch of green during the roasting process.  The moisture levels vary significantly in green coffee beans – even within the same harvest, same pick, same bag – this is important to the continuity of the roast.  We guarantee your enjoyment of that continuity with each pound of Sweet Sam’s Java Joint coffee!

§         Other roasters cannot see what is happening during the roasting process.  At a specific time during the roasting period, they insert a ‘tryer’ – looks like a measuring cup shaped like a pie wedge – into the drum.  The tryer is pulled out and the roasting beans examined.  If the roasting process has proceeded to far or not uniformly, there is no correction method available.  That can explain the lack of consistency in coffee labeled the same, but which tastes different from batch to batch.

THEN THERE IS THE ROAST:

• It is all about you!  Sweet Sam’s guarantees the roast of your choice.  Our general roasts are specific to the bean’s country of origin.  Each region estate  enjoys nuances specific to their topography, soil composition, weather, etc.,  Sweet Sam’s does the research to ensure that roast of each varietal is truly representative of the best each region can offer.  All of the individual personality, mouth feel, aroma, finish, flavor, etc., of each bean is presented to you for your personal selection.
• Sweet Sam’s will also roast and blend to your specification, just ask!
• Other roasters – Roast to a color.  Regardless of the origin of the bean.  The individual characteristics of each region are lost.  Most often roasters roast too dark and present burnt coffee beans to their customers.

OUR GUARANTEE!

At Sweet Sam’s Java Joint, we are truly excited for the opportunity to create an incredible taste experience for you.  We have done the work to bring together the best green coffee beans, the best roaster, and the best roasting method. 

Because of this, we are excited to provide our customers with the best tasting coffee, with the highest yield, shipped within 24 hours of the roast, enabling us to fulfill our commitment to you to be your corner roaster.

Sweet Sam’s Java Joint Customer Guarantee

We guarantee our service, quality and your satisfaction – absolutely - every time!