Kion Coffee

Kion Organic Whole Bean Coffee | Designed for Taste, Purity, Highest Antioxidants, and Health | Medium Roast, 12-Ounce Bag

Ben Greenfield, the founder of Kion, in Boundless writes...

Roasting involves some pretty complicated science: it requires converting a substance that has three hundred volatile aromatic compounds into a substance with over one thousand volatile aromatic compounds. As you can imagine, this encompasses a lot more than simply tossing a metal bucket of coffee beans into a giant oven. Why is the roasting process so important when it comes to your health and the purity of the coffee you drink? Even the highest-quality coffee beans contain a substance called acrylamide, which has been known to cause cancer in animals. Most roasters roast the hell out of the coffee bean to eradicate this substance, but this dark-roast process often introduces other cancer-causing chemicals. For example, at high temperatures, roasting produces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and results in the burned flavor that so many coffees are known for.

About the product

• Kion Coffee starts with the healthiest possible green beans. We test organic coffees from all over the world to find the green beans with the highest antioxidant levels – and we work to maintain those levels all the way through the production process. At Kion, we will never tolerate pesticide-soaked beans, or grow our coffee in fields that are doused with herbicides. This is especially important because coffee beans contain one of the highest pesticide residues in the world.
• Kion Coffee requires “near zero defects”. Only the highest quality, specialty grade coffee beans meet our standards. We rigidly test for toxins and never select beans that are chipped enough to risk an uneven roast, or beans that may contain undesirable microorganisms.
• Kion Coffee never contains mold. Ever. When searching for the freshest coffee possible, mold cannot be tolerated. We use an independent laboratory to test for 60 different types of mold – ensuring that our coffee is mold-free at every point of the production chain.
• Kion Coffee is grown sustainably, then hand picked and hand selected. We only choose the best coffees from the best organic, sustainable farms in the world, where we have a direct relationship with the farmer. The farms that grow Kion Coffee use production practices that are good for the planet, good for the coffee crop, and good for the people who grow the coffee, both economically and ecologically.
• Kion Coffee is roasted to perfection. Selecting roasts that fall within the middle of the roasting spectrum scale – specifically medium roasts – provide the highest levels of healthy phytochemicals while limiting excessive caffeine.