This is a good question. There are thousands of professional coffee tasters and coffee experts who are more than willing to tell you exactly what they think the answer is, and you can be sure that only a few of these people will agree. The truth is that a great cup of coffee is one that pleases you.

There are many different coffees in the world, and each have subtle nuances that makes them unique. St. Ives Coffee Roasters offers a wide variety of coffees for this reason. We want to deliver a perfect coffee to our customers.

To do so, we roast every order separately and on demand. This guarantees that the coffee that we send out is the freshest available. This also enables us to roast to the specification of the customer. Some people prefer their coffee to be a bit darker, and some like their coffee to be a bit lighter than our normal roasts. We welcome these differences because it shows that the customer has found what makes that perfect cup for them.