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It was in New York City, during 1984, when Greg Lewis walked into a coffee importing company on Wall Street looking for work. The small importing firm needed a messenger to run bean samples to and from roasters, brokers and other importers in the downtown area. He was put in charge of the sample room, where he was responsible for roasting and preparing all the coffee samples for the traders and quality control experts to taste or “cup”, grade and evaluate.

He soon fell in love with the art of roasting coffee, not to mention his future wife and partner Barbara DiBeneditto, who came to work at the same firm in the traffic department. They became fascinated with the business.

Greg was fortunate to be able to sit next to some of the most respected and talented experts in the industry, as they graded and cupped the coffee samples. He learned everything about the coffee bean, the flavors, aromas, qualities, and the science of growing it.

Barbara became familiar with all aspects of shipping coffee from its source to its final destination at the roasting plant. And Greg moved from the cupping room to the trading desk at one of the largest Coffee Exporter/Importer companies in the world. He was now buying green coffees from South and Central America and selling to “household name” coffee companies. Throughout this time he continued to cup and grade the coffee he was trading.

Eventually, Greg applied for his graders license, and passed the intensive cupping and grading test that would certify him to be a coffee grader, for the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange.

Greg was also selected to become a member of the quality arbitration panel for The Green Coffee Association of New York City. As a certified grader, he would be called upon, along with two other graders, to settle any quality disputes between buyers and sellers. The panel of three, would taste and grade the coffee, and if warranted, award an allowance to the buyer. This arbitration process or “Coffee Court” is the only way to settle these disputes, since a jury in a regular courtroom lacks the coffee experience.

Greg and Barbara traveled to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Puerto Rico and Brazil. They learned everything about the process of getting a coffee cherry from a tree, into a bag, and onto a ship.

Over the years, Greg got away from the physical side of the business, trading coffee future contracts as both a speculator and a hedging tool against the fluctuating prices of physical coffee. He began to spend an increasing amount of time sitting at a desk, staring at the trading monitors. It was more about studying charts and less about the art of roasting coffee.

At the same time the coffee industry was changing. The larger roasters were starting to buy direct from the producing countries and needed fewer quality coffee importers.

It was time to try something different. Barbara had long since left coffee for a career in broadcast television, and now it was Greg who decided to pursue a different career passion. They continued to be involved in the coffee industry on a limited basis, but missed the smell of coffee roasting and working the physical product with their hands, just like when Greg was in that first sample room.

Greg and Barbara have now truly come full circle, and all these years later, are personally roasting and supplying the best coffees from all over the world.

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FMR Coffee Sampler

$45.00

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FMR Cold Brew Regular 32 oz

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FMR Colombia

$23.00

A new arrival from Colombia! Colombia "Tolima" Natural Organic and Fair Trade.
This microlot is limited quantity, specially handled for best flavor, if you are a fan of natural coffee, this is a great cup to sit and enjoy.
This extremely smooth, clean, high-grown varietal from Colombia is some of the best we've tasted from the region.
This well-balanced cup is roasted to medium.

The association that produces this coffee was started in 2012. The farmers pooled together to achieve better commercialization and higher premiums. In this short time these producers have worked hard to become certified as both fair trade and organic.

where:Tolima, Colombia

aromatics: notes of Strawberry, green apple and honey undertones.

roast profile: medium

process: Natural


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FMR Costa Rica

$22.00

La Amistad (the "Friend") is located in Coto Brus, a canton in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica and is owned by Roberto Montero, a third generation coffee farmer. Roberto's grandfather first traveled to the area in the early 1900s as part of a team surveying the border between Costa Rica and the newly formed country of Panama. Roberto's grandfather later purchased over 10,000 hectares (24,710 acres) of land and began to cultivate coffee. The family has returned more than 6,000 hectares of land to the government of Costa Rica for the preservation of La Amistad International Park, the largest natural reserve in Central America.

Roberto's commitment to organic farming pairs harmoniously with his commitment to his community. During the coffee harvest, they provide housing and free access to medical care for the seasonal pickers, because most are indigenous people from Panama who come to La Amistad with their entire family. Roberto also takes pride in his ability to provide more than 100 full-time jobs to his neighbors from Las Mellizas.

And we take pride in offering our customers this exceptional coffee from the La Amistad estate in Costa Rica.

where: 
La Amistad Estate, Costa Rica

notes: 
hints of brown sugar and milk chocolate with orange citrus. Medium body with nice natural sweetness.

roast profile: medium


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FMR Dark Roast

$21.50 

Produced by La Florida, a coop in the Chanchamayo Valley, the major coffee growing region of Peru. Grown between 4000 and 5200 feet, this coffee is wet processed and fully sun dried before undergoing the Royal Water decaffeinating process.

Unlike chemically processed decaf coffee, this coffee is decaffeinated using a totally organic method of water, steam, and extractors which removes 99.99% of caffeine.

Coffee from La Florida is produced by 1,200 local members of the Coop, with plantations situated in the Chanchamayo Valleys of Yurinaki, Ubiriki, Perene and in the central upper Peruvian jungle. This coop was established in 1965 by 100 impoverished coffee growers hoping to combine and market their coffee at better price…and today is 1900 farmers strong.

Wet process, patio drying. Shade grown.

roast profile: dark
This coffee is certified fair trade/organic


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FMR Full Moon

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FMR Guatemala

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Always organic this beautiful medium roast has hints of milk chocolate and almonds, a creamy body and a citrus orange finish. 


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FMR Medium Blend

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FMR Mocha Java

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This classic ancient blend results in a cup that is rich in body & creamy with deep chocolate undertones and a slight hint of blueberry. We've combined the best beans from Ethiopia and Indonesia for a deep, full flavor. These fair trade/organic beans are brought to a medium dark roast..

roast: medium-dark


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FMR Two River Dairy Private Blend

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