Speciality Coffee
Discover the UK's best speciality coffee — superior taste & health benefits in every cup. High in antioxidants (1,000+), and free from mould, mycotoxins & pesticides.
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Full Speciality Coffee Breakdown
Speciality Coffee is the highest-grade of coffee known for its exceptional taste and quality. It's made from the finest speciality coffee beans, carefully grown in ideal conditions.
The Speciality Coffee Association requires a coffee beans score of 80% and above to pass as specialty coffee.
Speciality coffee is not just a beverage; it's a journey into exquisite flavours and quality. It represents the pinnacle of coffee sourcing and production, from the finest speciality grade coffee beans to the meticulous brewing processes that bring out their unique characteristics.
Specialty Coffee Questions.
The good news is yes! There are many studies available that demonstrate the positive impact of coffee on your health, particuarly when it comes to antioxidants which are disease fighting.
Read our blog to learn more about health benefits to coffee.
Balance coffee is absolutely fair trade (as every product should be).While some of the coffee that we use may not always be “certified” organic, many of the coffee farms we buy from are in fact organic but cannot afford to pay for the certification.In fact, we pay a higher price than most to help support farmers’ livelihoods whilst incentivising them to re-invest in order to create a more sustainable supply of coffee for the future.
At Balance, we’re fresher than fresh.
All Balance Coffees bags are sealed with a heat seal immediately after we bag the coffee just 24-48h after roasting.
Due to our quality packaging and fast delivery, your coffee will arrive as fresh as the day it was roasted.
At Balance Coffee we predominantly roast a medium profile for the majority of coffees apart from our single origins which are generally a touch lighter.
Professional Cuppers have described our coffee as “balanced, with a very clean flavour.
Our coffees all score above 80 points, which means the coffee you sip is not only 100% ethically sourced and sustainable, but also extremely rare – not everyone can get their hands on it.
Yes – they are regularly tested at origin during the processing process.
The farmers take pride in the picking and sorting process to ensure no bad beans are selected.
Yes! Balance Coffee Decaf is called Halcyon and it’s super tasty.
If you don’t know already speciality coffee beans are the way to go.
Ground coffee works well, but you’ll really taste the difference with wholebean coffee by grinding your coffee fresh using a coffee bean grinder.
If you’re into a milder taste or have a caffeine intolerance you’ll be happy to know there are many options available including specialty decaf coffee and lions mane mushroom coffee.
We source coffees from so many countries across the globe however, predominantly these coffees are sourced from the common coffee growing regions, otherwise known as the coffee belt.
Examples include Africa, Asia, South and Central America.
We have a great relationship with our farmers and co-ops, and are confident they meet all of our selection criteria for the highest quality green coffee beans.
Specialty coffee is the term used to describe the highest possible grade of coffee available.
Exceptional standards of sourcing, processing and brewing produces the most noticable results in terms of flavour.
The speciality coffee grading method is also known as the ‘’Brazilian Cupping Method’’. This means all coffee is graded on a scale of 0-100, 100 being the highest. And guess where specialty coffee lies on the scale?
Any coffee scoring a whopping point of 80 or above gets official classification.
Here's a more detailed definition and guide to specialty grade coffee.
The distinction between the two terms are quite significant.
Commodity coffee is grown for mass production and uses harmful chemicals like pesticides to increase production capacity. Studies show this to be harmful for human consumption.
Organic coffee and speciality grade remain the safest coffee grades for your health.
Currently we are only shipping within the UK & Ireland.
We hope to soon expand internationally.
We use Royal Mail to deliver coffee to your door.
Standard delivery is 48 hours and Express delivery within 24 hours.
Delivery details will be provided in your confirmation email.