The Roasting Process of our Roaster

The roasting of our green coffee beans at Crescent Moon Coffee & Tea is one of our most important processes. We employ a combination of science and art to produce a truly unique roast for every customer. Unlike most traditional bulk roasters, who pull beans off a warehouse shelf or out of a truck, Crescent Moon Coffee & Tea is a Micro Roaster. All of our coffees are Artisan Hand Craft Roasted in house to give you the freshest possible flavors.

In a nutshell, we take the green coffee beans and put them into our drum roasters. Here they are craft-roasted to their specific desired level, using
the skills of our roastmaster. The roasted beans are then deposited into a cooling tray and air-cooled. Unlike some of the larger roasters, we prefer
this air-cooling method to the flavor-diluting effect of water-cooling.

We go to a great deal of expense to buy the best coffee available from each country of origin. A combination of time, expertise and knowledge needs to
go into the roasting process in order to get an exceptional coffee that not
only brings out the best characteristics of each bean, but also keeps the customers coming back for more.

A lot of people assume that all coffees are the same, and so a lot of
roasters roast each coffee identically. However, we know that growing conditions such as soil, rainfall and the way the coffee is picked,
processed and stored, all contribute to how the coffee will roast up
and taste. Therefore, we do several trial and error roasts for each coffee
to determine their optimal roast level. This takes a lot of time, but you
tell us… It's worth it, isn't it?

When we have our desired roast levels determined, we don't stop there. We do cuppings of our roasted coffee to ensure the desired flavors and characteristics are coming through. Our customers can be assured that
each time they purchase coffee from us it is the best quality they can get.