The double-wall vacuum-insulated walls give you a worry-free mind knowing your beverages are kept icy cold or piping hot for hours. Made of lightweight 18/8 food-grade stainless steel that is non-leaching and will not retain taste or odor. The double-wall technology prevents condensation on the outside for those hot sunny days while keeping the heat within the inner wall so you don't have to worry about burning your hand on your favorite hot beverage. Ideal to use as your everyday coffee cup or enjoy a cold one on a hot summer day. The 16oz tumbler is designed to fit comfortably...
Cerro Las Ranas (the Hill of Frogs) coffee is named after the farm’s lagoon that is populated by thousands of frogs, located in Apaneca within the department of Ahuachapan, El Salvador. The coffee is produced by JASAL, a family owned operation where Jose Antonio Salaverria and his sons take great pride in their meticulous attention to detail, from year-round farm management to quality control in the cupping lab, and everything in between. In the pulped natural process (also called a honey process), JASAL pulps perfectly ripened cherries and then dries the coffee beans, still covered in mucilage, on clay patios while...
The world holds myriad variations of Japanese green tea. In this article we'll take a glimpse into several types of green teas and what makes each them uniquely their own. All of these teas can be found on our site. Shade Grown Tea This type of green tea is carefully grown in the shade for twenty to thirty days before harvesting. This creates Theanine, an amino acid, which gives the tea a sweet and mellow taste. When brewed, this tea has a pure grassy green color. Teas that fall within this category are Matcha and Gyokuro. Matcha After harvesting, tea leaves for Matcha...
How it all started...The METAD coffee groups origin story begins with Muluemebet Emiru, the first female pilot in Africa during WWII. After WWII the Ethiopian Emperor awarded her with farmlands lush with wild coffee trees, in the Harrar and Sidamo regions of Ethiopia. She transformed the Harrar farmland into a private coffee estate, thus forging her family's deep connection to the land and the beginning of coffee cultivation that would go on for generations to come. METAD is managed by Aman Adinew who returned to Ethiopia after many years working abroad at the executive level for multiple fortune 500 companies...
Your morning cup of coffee contains myriad amounts of flavor, along with a pretty interesting story from the seed to the bean. Today, Vail Mtn Coffee & Tea Co. is going to walk you through the process of what it takes for that little bean to make its way to your favorite mug. When is a coffee cherry ripe? Harvesting is either done by hand or machine, depending on a farm's size and terrain. But it's not as easy as it may sound- coffee cherries on the same branch ripen at different times, which can make things tricky. All...
Improving Quality: ASPRASAR Colombia Project Vail Mountain Coffee & Tea Co. and the coffee growers of Tolima's ASPRASAR association have come to completion on upgrades made to their facility in Colombia. In the past few years the association has made upgrades with the help of donations from VMCT and contributions from the association itself. The growers have dedicated their lives to growing coffee in the same tradition as generations before them. Now, with the help of Vail Mtn Coffee & Tea Co. and their surrounding community, the growers have been able to improve their operation for coffee production and the...
