What is illy’s position on organic coffee?
Illy produces only sheer Arabic coffee, and it’s more focused on the high end of the coffee market. I prefer Illy over Lazvazza or other brands, but I must say, it depends on the skills of the person that prepares the coffee. For example, I found a great range of Nespresso capsules here https://www.thecoffeemaven.com/best/nespresso-capsules/ and the coffee is so good, that I can call myself a barista already. I think if the coffee is of good quality and freshly ground, you can’t ruin it with anything, but well, that’s just my opinion.
I am in the coffee business and my personal goal is to help people to become more knowledgeable about coffee and to do it in a way that helps
them to understand and not confuse them with coffee industry jargon.
To be honest, the language used in the industry confuses me.
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illy’s demand for the highest quality beans is rarely met through organic coffee. Because illy is a single blend composed of beans from 7 to 9 growing regions, some organics may be present in the blend if they meet our rigid quality standards. Organic coffee has a very low yield per hectare–about 6 to 8 bags per hectare. This low yield is not compensated for by a proportionally higher price, so the farmer makes less, not more. Furthermore, and quite importantly, the cultivation of so-called organic coffee depletes the soil of its nutrients without sufficiently replacing them. Unless the farmer rigorously practices proper soil analysis and management and adds enough phosphorus (which coffee needs to grow well) the plants are weak and highly susceptible to insect and fungus attack. Few farmers maintain their soil at the high level necessary to produce the best beans. The process can lead to an irreversible deterioration in the quality of the soil. As part of illy’s ISO 9001 certification
