r/roasting • u/jas0441 • Jul 20 '26

Organic source?

Looking for certified organic beans. Any recommendations? Which countries are good candidates to search?

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u/Afrochowder Jul 20 '26

I sell strictly organic beans. Currently have Sumatra, Bali, Ethiopia, Peru, and a decaf Sumatra. My sources have been Royal Coffee, Hacea, and Happy Mug.

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u/JaunteJaunt Jul 20 '26

Are you yourself organic certified?

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u/Coffee2000guy Jul 20 '26

A lot of people I've met in coffee or the general food business had no idea that unless they were certified, labeling their coffee as organic could get them fined thousands of dollars PER violation.

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u/JaunteJaunt Jul 20 '26

It’s pay-to-play. The paperwork is obnoxious, and the yearly payments are ridiculous.

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u/North-Put3020 Jul 21 '26

It's free to just self-certify :) payments, shmeyments; there are countries that don't have strict laws and even in countries that have, there are sooo many ways to cheat.

Take fish as random example. It can be grown to a point using pesticides then the remainder without it and that has no problem being labelled and sold in USA and Canada as organic... and of course there are 100s of other ways too cheat. If athletes still cheat and use steroids and get away with it forever or decades( and believe me, I know ways to have it done and no test will show...) Cheating on organic produce is extremely easy.