08/27/2026
ā NOT ALL COFFEE BEANS ARE THE SAME
Ever wonder why fresh-roasted specialty coffee tastes so different from the coffee you find on a grocery-store shelf?
It starts before the beans ever reach the roaster.
ā WHAT DOES āSPECIALTY-GRADEā COFFEE ACTUALLY MEAN?
Youāve probably seen the words āspecialty coffeeā beforeābut what does that really mean?
It starts with the green coffee bean, long before it ever reaches the roaster.
š± QUALITY FROM THE START
Specialty coffee is produced and selected with quality in mind. The beans are evaluated for things like defects, consistency, processing, moisture and, ultimately, how the coffee tastes in the cup.
š FEWER DEFECTS MATTER
Raw coffee can contain damaged, immature, insect-damaged, mold-affected or improperly processed beans. Higher-quality coffee is carefully sorted and graded to minimize these defects.
ā THEN COMES THE CUP
Coffee professionals evaluateāor ācupāācoffee for characteristics such as aroma, flavor, acidity, sweetness, body, balance and aftertaste.
Traditionally, coffees scoring 80 points or higher on a 100-point cupping scale have been considered specialty coffee. Today, the specialty-coffee industry is moving toward a broader evaluation that looks beyond a single score, but quality in the cup remains at the heart of it.
š„ AND THEN ITāS THE ROASTERāS TURN.
Buying great green coffee is only the beginning. Roasting is where we try to bring out the flavors and character already inside those beansāand freshness matters after that.
At Bigfoot Brew Coffee Co., our goal is pretty simple:
Start with better coffee. Roast it fresh. Put better coffee in your cup. āš¦¶