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Item Name:Belize Cap #8Item #:CA-8Price$12.49

DARK ROAST.MEDIUM GRIND
GULLON JUG ESTATE
NESTLED BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO AND GUATEMALA IS THE COUNTRY OF BELIZE. ITS SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE AND FERTILE SOIL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT ENVIRONMENT FOR FARMING. GALLON JUG ESTATE, LOCATED ON A PLATEAU BETWEEN TWO ESCARPMENTS, BENFITS FROM THIS IDEAL COFFEE GROWNING CLIMATE.
ALL OF THE COFFEE IS NATURALLY GROWN IN THIS PROTECTED RAINFOREST ESTATE OF 130,000 ACRES. THE RAINFOREST CANOPY PROVIDES SHADE FOR THE PLANTS.THE LUSH TEMPERATE CLIMATE NURTURES THE ARABICA COFFEE PLANT AND PRODUCES A FULL BODIED, FRAGRANT BEAN WITH A SOPHISTICATED FLAVOR. OUR ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY GROWING PROCESS EMPLOYS NO PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES NOR FUNGICIDES. EACH GALLON JUG ESTATE COFFEE PLANT IS INDIVIDUALLY CULTIVATED UNDER THE CLOSE ATTENTION OF THE WORKER WHO LIVE YEAR-ROUND NEAR THE ESTATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
WHEN THE COFFEE CHERRIES HAVE RIPENED TO A BRIGHT RED AND ARE BURSTING WITH FLAVOR, THEY ARE HAND PICKED, WET-MILLED, DRIED -- THEN ROASTED TO PERFECTION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING GROUND, THE COFFEE IS VACUUM-SEALED IN OXYGEN-FREE CONTAINERS TO ENSURE THAT THE DELICATE FLAVOR IS PRESERVED.