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Our commitment is to offer fresh roasted organic coffees
while honoring our growers
with premium compensation and preserving environmental ethics.Kalani
also gives back to the environment and it citizens, globally
and locally by donating a 1% One World Tax to selected organizations.
 This
is our tenth year of roasting organic coffees, imported from
cooperatives And small independent farms. Our coffees come
from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Peru,New Guinea, Indonesia and now Africa. In addition to
our coffees,
we have added a wonderful line of teas and herbals
Our expansion of coffees and teas has created beautiful gift
boxes and accessories from around the world. If one enjoys
a quality cup of coffee or tea, and value the contribution
which organic agriculture makes to our future, this is the
catalogue for you.
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CERTIFIED
ORGANICALLY GROWN
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All of the organic growers we work with have been certified
by an independent third party. These certifying organizations,
which include O.C.I.A., E.K.O., S.K.A.L., and The
Biodynamic Institute, verify that no synthetic chemicals (pesticides,
herbicides, or fertilizers) have been used on the crops or soil.
It usually takes three years of cultivation
without synthetic chemicals for certification to occur.
During this transition period, the certifying agency works
with the grower to create
and monitor sustainable, non-chemical strategies of pest control,
fertilization and to implement a soil-building program. Organic
certification ensures that not just cultivation, but also
harvesting and processing are done without synthetic chemicals.
A certification document accompanies every shipment.
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"Fresh"
is coffee that is roasted, bagged & shipped, all in one
day. Packaged environmentally sound, so there is no waste. All
Kalani coffee is shipped USPO 2 Day Priority or UPS for expediency
and freshness.
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 Based
on a century-old European model, our drum-style roasting machine
utilizes banks of gas jets for supreme response and control.
Our formula is a balance of time, temperature, air-flow
and knowledge of how each variety of green coffee reacts during
the roasting process. We continually extract samples to monitor
progression.
We watch for color change and wisps of smoke, at the same
time listening
for special pops and cracks indicating moisture loss and changes
in flavor development.
We roast in a mode of rapid progression, finishing with
a great deal of heat,
to better caramelize and sharpen the flavor components. This
hot, fast roast enhances the delicate nuances and varietal
character of each coffee without
a "burnt" or "baked" quality.
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OUR
COMMITMENT TO THE EARTH, ITS ENVIRONMENT, AND ITS PEOPLE
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Our interest in organic coffees was born of a desire to have
the coffee
business be entirely responsible from the coffee fields to your
morning cup.
Kalani Organica buys and roasts only certified organic coffee
beans.
These beans have been grown free of manufactured chemicals,
pesticides, herbicides and commerical fertilizers. All coffees
are grown by farmers/co-operatives using sustainable agroecological
practices that mirror natural systems. They are paid a premium
for the growing of organics over conventional non-organic farmers.
We fully support this cyclical system.
Kalani Organica gives back to our environment and its people,
globally and locally. We donate a 1% One World Tax to selected
organizations. Locally we are involved with various community
social programs.
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Constance
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