Organic certification

An organic certificate is an official document proving that coffee beans were grown on a farm without the use of synthetic fertilizers or artificial pesticides. Farmers who hold this certification rely entirely on natural compost and take great care to maintain a healthy balance in their local environment. In the specialty coffee world, a massive portion of small farms grow their coffee completely organically anyway, simply because their traditional, generational farming methods have always been based on working alongside nature. The official certification process itself is incredibly expensive and complex, which is why the absence of this label on a bag from a good roastery rarely means the beans are full of chemicals.