Rich, classical. Old World European Café taste.
The beans are carefully selected and roasted in the finest European small café tradition.

This is the perfect coffee to relax with, whether as an afternoon break, after dinner or at the end of the day.
Smooth & full flavored.

A rich, robust, full bodied flavor. Our strongest brew.
Never bitter, even when brewed espresso.
This is the ultimate after dinner coffee, although many dedicated drinkers enjoy it at various times throughout the day, including breakfast.

A small amount of coffee will brew a large pot. Titanic's bold taste is truly a coffee aficionado's dream.

A mellow, smooth, relaxed flavor.
A great breakfast coffee that also makes a perfect casual coffee for all day drinking. This is the mildest of our coffees, having a hint of natural sweetness.

Many drinkers who normally use sugar in their coffee, find this coffee is so mellow that they do not require any added sweetner, just a little milk or cream.

Regular ONLY (not available in decaf)

(Ground ONLY, not available in whole bean)

What classifies a coffee as a superior whole bean coffee roast?
Gourmet coffee is fast becoming a household term. It is now hard to determine which gourmet coffee roasts are truly "gourmet".

At DiFrancesco's Cafe, several characteristics set our whole bean coffees apart...

• First we select only the finest, 100% Arabica, High Mountain grown beans from the Central American regions of Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala. Arabica, High Mountain grown coffee means that these beans mature much later in the season, under the cool, moist tree canopy that shelters them, rather than more quickly, under the hot sun of the valleys.
  
• Secondly, we carefully clean the coffee beans, removing the hull chaff, which is disposed of, not blended back in during the roasting process as many roasters do in order to increase weight. We even temperature control the green beans prior to roasting, to maintain their maximum freshness.
• Next, we slowly roast the beans just long enough to release the full flavor of the coffee bean. You will find that although our roasts are not dark, each produces a rich cup of gourmet coffee. Many people are accustomed to "dark" or "French" roasts, where the beans are actually "burned" in order to increase the flavor. Burning the beans enables a darker more full-bodied cup of coffee to be produced from a lower quality bean, but introduces bitterness and a lingering after-taste. Even when our gourmet coffees are brewed very strong, they never taste bitter.
• Finally, we package the coffee immediately after roasting in our pressure relief bags, to ensure maximum freshness. Our gourmet whole bean coffees should be stored in a cool, dark and dry place (we recommend your refrigerator) with their bag tightly sealed. Using the coffee promptly will ensure that with each cup you will always enjoy the finest truly gourmet whole bean coffee available anywhere.

These coffees of distinction are fresh roasted in small quantities and packed quickly in unique pressure relief pouches. All of this occurs in a temperature-controlled environment from raw bean storage until shipment. A great taste experience awaits you resulting from the freshest gourmet coffee available.

Our coffees are certified to the stringent "Kosher" quality standard. Kosher certification is considered to be the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval of gourmet foods. The DI FRANCES COMPANY uses only Swiss Water Processing in the decaffeinating process, which is renowned in the coffee industry as 100% chemical free.

Only pure water is used to decaffeinate these specialty coffees. The decaffeinated blends maintain their origin characteristics and may be mistaken as 'regular' in blind taste tests by both consumers and coffee professionals alike, due to the astonishing depth and flavor of the coffee.

Why is the Swiss Water Process so desirable?
Standard decaffeination processes utilize harsh chemicals to remove the caffeine. This has two deleterious effects. First, the coffee is stripped not only of its caffeine, but also its flavor. Secondly, although the beans are rinsed afterward, some traces of these strong chemicals remain and are later consumed with the coffee. In contrast, our Swiss Water Decaffeination process uses only cold fresh water to slowly wash the caffeine away, rendering the beans 98% caffeine free. Although this process is much slower and more costly, it is by far healthier and the beans retain the vast majority of their flavor. We prefer to sell you pure and healthy products.

You might be surprised at how many of the 'name brand' popular coffees actually use chemicals to decaf their coffee -- take a look at their label!

Why do we still choose to hand label our products?
Many products claim to be gourmet, when in reality they are only pricier versions of mass produced products. All of our coffees are small batch selected and roasted to perfection. Our chocolates are also truly gourmet quality. We believe that the same care taken in the selection and production of each product should carry through to its packaging. Therefore, we design all of our own labels in-house and hand label each item, as it is produced and packaged. We believe that our actions reflect the high level of personal concern we have for each product we sell and each customer we satisfy.

Why is Kosher certification important?
We believe in Kosher certification as it is just one more form of assurance to our customers and us that they are receiving the finest, most carefully prepared product available. We firmly believe in Kosher certification and fully support its application to food products.

Are our coffees organic?
To the best of our knowledge our coffees are organic. We cannot absolutely control what happens on the mountainsides of every coffee plantation that originates our beans and therefore, we will not certify what we do not know with absolute certainty. We believe that the new standards being promulgated by the United States FDA will help to at least clarify and standardize the definition of what is meant by organic. Further, we hope that one day we well be able not just to certify all of our coffee beans as 100% organically grown, but also to know that all coffee producers are living up to what "100% Organic" really means. Today organic certification does not necessarily ensure that no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used.

What is the Shelf Life of our coffees?
We temperature control the storage of all of our coffee beans prior to and following roasting to ensure freshness. Our beans are packed immediately after the roasted beans have cooled, frequently the same day they are roasted. Whole beans in our vapor relief bags should be stored in a cool dry place below 70° degrees Fahrenheit. The best place is in your refrigerator. Allow the beans to warm for a few minutes before grinding, unless the humidity is high. Our coffee beans are best when brewed within sixty to ninety days of purchase. We work closely with our retailers, encouraging them to order more frequently and in small quantities, to ensure that customers always receive the freshest coffee possible.