Sustaining Elements of Coffee

Thank you for visiting our unique website. We are here due to your continuing support of the specialty coffee experience we have to offer you.

Sustaining Elements of Coffee is a small family run business operating out of beautiful northwest New Jersey.

Our passion for specialty coffee has roots in an intimate coffee of the month club started in 2006. This club coached members on how to improve their past decisions regarding coffee and “up their game” to a novice gourmet status in simple ways. Much came out of that experiment. The club members’ past Robusta bean drinking habits transformed into an evolving desire for a true specialty coffee experience as each became more informed gourmet drinkers and more appreciative of the origins of the monthly changing single-origin coffee beans from around the world. These members began to connect to newly found flavors and aromas not noticed previously. Even non-members who did not enjoy coffee welcomed the aromas flowing through the air while whole-bean grinding went on each morning. As that coffee club grew in size and it handled larger amounts of coffee, we needed to find a way to keep the chosen beans of the month FRESH since we would be getting new beans the following month. Surplus monthly coffee beans were sold off to other folks and word spread. Response from these folks was amazing. All had fun reading briefs on the origins of the beans and found the coffee to always be FRESH and full of flavor. They kept coming back to purchase more of the next available surplus selection of the month from another region of the world.

A vision came about in 2012 to keep the passion flowing, open our coffee selections to others and immerse into those ELEMENTS THAT MAKE AN ENJOYABLE CUP OF COFFEE. To accomplish our vision successfully, we realized the importance of staying grounded on a solid foundation with focused goals and in living by its mission.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to focus on FRESHNESS of WHOLE BEANS and not on the quantity of selections offered. We select and promote coffee beans which serve a sustainable purpose in some way such as being Fair Trade Certified, Rainforest Alliance, or in some other meaningful way. All selected coffee beans will be ROASTED IN SMALL BATCHES. We will continue to support quality local New Jersey specialty small batch roasters. We will provide proper packaging allowing the beans to release carbon dioxide and keep out oxygen and not be concerned with pricey labeling. We will provide clear information on the packaging label listing the country of origin, weight, and the date of small-batch roasting.

Our goals will include assisting those niche coffee drinkers who might not yet be familiar with many of the facets of specialty coffee (but have an interest in learning some of the basics to partake in a better overall coffee enjoyment experience). We want each buyer of our coffees to realize that by simply buying from us they are already contributing to the community of people that labored in producing the coffee as well as to the environment where the beans had been nurtured by the elements.

Through our Frequently Asked Questions section and through blogs, a variety of specialty coffee topics will be explored. Over time, together we can explore each topic in “sips” (each in about the time to brew and enjoy your coffee).

Please support your local specialty coffee roasters wherever you live or travel to just as we do. And most importantly, to fulfill your unique home café experience, we hope you continue to order our specialty coffees from around the world and ENJOY THE SUSTAINING ELEMENTS OF COFFEE!!!

TRAVEL THROUGH FLAVOR!!!

L.P.

President

Sustaining Elements LLC