When we buy green coffee most of us rely on cupping: when it’s good you buy it, when it’s not you do not. Simple & logical.
Other requirements are often an afterthought.  However, unfortunately, cupping is not always enough. That’s why we’d like to talk a bit about our quality process when we buy green coffee. We need this info when we are cupping the coffees to back us up or oblige us to rethink why we are tasting certain things. 

Below you can find the for us 3 most important quality checks when we are buying green coffee. We can always share this info with you as transparency is very important for us. If the parameters aren’t right we’re not buying the coffees and neither should you. 

So in the future if you ask for our offer list we’ll give you an opportunity to cup our coffees (roasted or green), provide you info & pictures of the lot & see their scoring on the following parameters:

Our Quality Requirements:

• Screen size (95% consistent)
• Humidity (less than 11.5% by Sinar)
• Visual examination color
• Olfactory examination odour
• Max. amount of defects
• Foreign matter (not allowed)
• SCA cupping score
• Quality observation
• Water Activity
• Our objectives

Our Quality Controls:

All coffees are at least cupped 3 times (selection/pre-shipment/arrival) based on SCA protocol by our 3 Q-graders to ensure the best control of our beans.

Our Quality Along the Supply Chain:

Because quality is all along the supply chain, we guarantee to your beloved green coffee beans the best storage conditions at Seabridge, our state-of-art green coffee warehouse:

• 100% green energy use – 4,600 on-site photovoltaic panels
• 100% waste management according to cradle-to-cradle principles
• Acclimatized warehouse: controlled humidity and temperature, clean air, pest control
• On-site laboratory for sensorial and physical green coffee assessment
• SCA Premier Training Campus – first Belgian SCA certified cupping lab
• Grader on-site and Q Grading courses are offered in partnership with CQI (SCA standard)