Producer
Greenfield Coffee Company
Contact: Mark & Nora Apple
Address: 303 E Lincoln St Greenfield, IN, 46140
Phone: 317-695-0018
Website: https://greenfieldcoffeecompany.com/
About Us
Welcome to Greenfield Coffee Company! We are a local family business in Hancock County, owned and operated by Mark and Nora Apple.
Our years in farming were spent trying to educate about the benefits to both flavor and health between artisan small scale natural farming systems and big industrial agricultural systems. We are what we eat. When we ingest foods from plants and animals raised on pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and hormones, we suffer the consequences that ravish our society. The same concept applies to coffee, one of the most popular liquid foods. The importance of our health is non-negotiable. This is why we are committed to only use beans grown on organic farms. This is very important to us as coffee is one of the heaviest sprayed crops. Organic coffee has many health benefits. As the coffee bush is unable to grow in Indiana, the beans are grown in different parts of the world and the raw green beans are then shipped north. We are committed to Fair Trade, and ultimately Direct Trade so that the farmers get fair compensation for their work. The green beans will then need to be roasted before the coffee can be prepared. Unlike store-bought coffee, which is roasted in commercial factories, we roast the raw beans right here in Hancock County. When you buy local, you make a choice that benefits our community.
Our goal is to help coffee lovers to be able to enjoy fresh coffee, always. What that means, in our opinion, is always having coffee no more than a week from when it was roasted. A fresh cup of coffee is a rarity in our fast paced culture. Coffee made at home or work is often disappointing, even when it’s made from beans purchased from a good roaster. There are several components to making great coffee, but no matter how much care and skill is involved each step of the way, if the coffee is stale, the coffee won’t be very good, no matter the care taken in brewing and/or the brewing method used. When a bag of whole beans is sold, even from some upscale coffee shops, the beans were roasted sometimes days, weeks, or even months prior to your purchase. Each batch and bean variety is unique, but in our opinion, roasted beans generally reach peak flavor starting around day 3 or 4, but into week 2, much of the freshness is often history. By being a micro-roaster doing micro batches, we will only roast as needed. Our beans are not roasted until you are ready to take them home!
Look forward to a brighter morning with our fresh locally roasted coffee beans - organic and direct trade!
Our years in farming were spent trying to educate about the benefits to both flavor and health between artisan small scale natural farming systems and big industrial agricultural systems. We are what we eat. When we ingest foods from plants and animals raised on pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and hormones, we suffer the consequences that ravish our society. The same concept applies to coffee, one of the most popular liquid foods. The importance of our health is non-negotiable. This is why we are committed to only use beans grown on organic farms. This is very important to us as coffee is one of the heaviest sprayed crops. Organic coffee has many health benefits. As the coffee bush is unable to grow in Indiana, the beans are grown in different parts of the world and the raw green beans are then shipped north. We are committed to Fair Trade, and ultimately Direct Trade so that the farmers get fair compensation for their work. The green beans will then need to be roasted before the coffee can be prepared. Unlike store-bought coffee, which is roasted in commercial factories, we roast the raw beans right here in Hancock County. When you buy local, you make a choice that benefits our community.
Our goal is to help coffee lovers to be able to enjoy fresh coffee, always. What that means, in our opinion, is always having coffee no more than a week from when it was roasted. A fresh cup of coffee is a rarity in our fast paced culture. Coffee made at home or work is often disappointing, even when it’s made from beans purchased from a good roaster. There are several components to making great coffee, but no matter how much care and skill is involved each step of the way, if the coffee is stale, the coffee won’t be very good, no matter the care taken in brewing and/or the brewing method used. When a bag of whole beans is sold, even from some upscale coffee shops, the beans were roasted sometimes days, weeks, or even months prior to your purchase. Each batch and bean variety is unique, but in our opinion, roasted beans generally reach peak flavor starting around day 3 or 4, but into week 2, much of the freshness is often history. By being a micro-roaster doing micro batches, we will only roast as needed. Our beans are not roasted until you are ready to take them home!
Look forward to a brighter morning with our fresh locally roasted coffee beans - organic and direct trade!
Practices
We are a local micro roaster committed to producing whole bean coffee that is “alive” and fresh. All of our coffees are certified organic. This is very important to us as coffee is one of the heaviest sprayed crops. Organic coffee, one of the most popular “liquid foods”, has many health benefits.