Coffee Roasters

There are many factors that will influence the flavor of your cup of coffee. From the origin of the beans to the drying process, from the roasting to the brewing, there are many steps from field to cup that affect the taste of your coffee. To get the best cup of coffee possible, you want to make sure that you get the best coffee beans possible--and the surest way to do that is to go to a quality coffee roaster.

From Ranch to Roasted
Everything that goes into the coffee industry has an effect on the quality of the beans that you get. The farming techniques, drying methods, and roasting are all steps that are out of your hands--but when you buy your coffee from a quality coffee roaster, you don't need to worry. At Casteel Coffee, we only roast the best beans we can buy, and we carefully research every step the beans take before they make it to our roasters.

That's part of the reason that we serve Fair Trade coffees. Most coffee plantations are located in countries without much economic weight, and as a result, many coffee importers and exporters make a hefty profit on coffee that is never seen by the farmers. To counteract this, there is a rising number of Fair Trade coffee distributors who pass on the profits to the people who are farming the coffee. To read more about Fair Trade coffees, click here.

This practice aims to remedy the gap between what you pay for coffee and what actually makes it to the people who grew the beans. Fair Trade coffees are often slightly more expensive than other beans, but we feel that this expense is a worthwhile one. A much greater share of the profits from coffee sales make it back to these farms, providing much needed health, education, and technology to some of the poorer parts of the world.