Fresh Roasted to Order
All roasts and blends are fresh roasted to order and available in regular or decaf. The Swiss Water decaffeination Process is a certified organic process using Tessa's Organic Coffee beans. Decaffeinated beans roast slightly darker than regular beans. The taste of decaf and regular beans is the same.

The Best Beans ~ The Best Fresh Coffee
Most coffee drinkers are not aware that Europeans buy a higher grade of coffee than Americans do. European grade coffee beans cost more and have half the defects (2% vs. 4%) of American grade beans. A defective bean is off-color, sour, broken or the wrong size. Bad beans burn faster than the rest of the batch, producing a bitter taste. Coffee connoisseurs agree that European grade coffee has a richer, smoother taste, with no bitter bite.

There are two main varieties of coffee trees, Arabica and Robusta. Arabica beans are more flavorful and contain less caffeine than Robusta. The best flavored Arabica beans come from the highest altitudes (3,000 feet up to the frost zone). Tessa's Organic Coffee imports only European grade, certified organic, high altitude ("altura"), Arabica beans grown by indigenous farmers, producing the best cup of coffee around.

Central America
Mexican Chiapas ISMAM is a medium body and gentle acidity with a cocoa-ey taste.

Costa Rican is beautifully textured, this gives you a silky tanginess and a bright, even cup.

Guatemalan is a wonderfully complex, big and balanced, rich in subtle spice and coffee depth.

Nicaraguan has an extraordinary aroma with full toned acidity softened by fruity flavor, resonant and richly dimensioned, with a sweet, full, almost sugary finish complicated by hints of dry chocolate or tobacco.

el Salvador ~ the aroma is round, sweet and rich and (quite literally) buttery with hints of fruity cocoa.

South American
Peru is a lively and flavorful with nice aroma and a soft, medium body.

Colombian is tremendous all around. this gives all the richness for which Columbia is famous.

Brazil is a gently acidy coffee, with a melodic sweetness and delicate complexity.

Indonesian
Sumatra Gayo Mountain is very full bodied and flavorful. truly deep and wonderful. Our lowest acid coffee, this bean is ripened and dried on the tree. For lowest acid ask for Dark French Roast.

Roasts Descriptions:

French is the darkest roast available, with oily beans that are almost black, but not burned. It is very rich tasting with a smoky finish. French roast has less caffeine and a lower acid content.

Italian is our original roast; a roast well suited to Tessa's Organic Coffee Mexican Chiapas ISMAM beans. It is rich and dark in flavor with a bold, complete taste.

Espresso or Medium is the class of roasts that has brought oil to the surface of the bean. Our Medium is slightly lighter than Italian, with a sheen of oil and a clean, fruity taste.

Light roast is light brown, with no oil on the surface of the bean. Light roast has the highest caffeine content and an herbal, flowery aftertaste.

Specialty Organic Coffees

Azteca: Supremo Mexican Chiapas ISMAM medium roast.
Azteca Dark: Supremo Mexican Chiapas ISMAM dark roast.

Lima: Peru medium roast
Lima dark: Azteca: Supremo Peru medium roast

Blends:

Buenos Dias -Breakfast Blend is a blend of Medium and Light roasts, offering a mellow body with plenty of caffeine to start your day.

Tessa's Favorite is a blend of French Roast and Espresso, wonderful for all times of the day. A bit more caffeine than French Roast with a milder flavor. If you drink coffee all day order this one in SWP decaf.

Let'em Buck is the darkest roast available, with oily beans that are almost black, but not burned. It is very rich tasting with a smoky finish. French roast has less caffeine and a lower acid content.

Campfire Blend is a blend of Medium and French Roast. It has a rich flavor with a mellow sweetness. When in the mountains boil your spring water for 5 minutes before adding the coffee to brew.

Easy Rider is is the darkest roast available in 1/2 decaf, with oily beans that are almost black, but not burned. It is very rich tasting with a smoky finish. French roast has less caffeine and a lower acid content.

Tango is an equal combination of French and Italian. Tango blends the smoky finish from the French with the full-bodied richness of the Italian.

Mambo is a blend of Mexican, Peruvian & Guatemalan light to medium roast. A wonderful blend.

Viennese is a blend of Medium and French Roast of Mexican Chiapas. It has a rich flavor with a mellow sweetness, and is a good one to try with a home espresso machine.

de Moda is a blend of Medium and Italian roasts of Mexican Chiapas. It is fruity with a good body and clean aftertaste. de Moda is excellent served with food.

Rocky Mountain Blend is blended of French, Italian & Medium roasts, offering a perfect balance of smoky richness and mellow sweetness.

Altura Espresso is a blend of of Mexican Chiapas which varies with each harvest to create the very best flavor for your home espresso machine.

Grand Teton Blend is blend of French, Italian light roast. It is full-bodied with a mellow, herbal aftertaste.

Sampler: For aficionados who want to fit a roast to their palate. The standard Sampler includes one pound each of Mexican Chiapas ISMAM Espresso, Italian and French roasts. By mixing you can create Tango, de Moda , Viennese, or your own custom blend.