In these modern times, there are so many ways to get yourself a pick-me-up. My brother reaches for his morning energy drink, usually a monster. (Bleh.) A friend of mine from college always has a case of Diet Coke in her trunk, just in case she needs a boost in morale. And we all have […]
We are a Virtual Coffee Bar
Our Mission is to Educate Coffee Enthusiasts A Little Bit Every Day Every day tens of tousands of people across the globe are looking to learn sometihng about coffee.
Many are looking to buy coffee making equipment. Others are looking to buy roasted beans or grind. Still others are looking to pick up home roasting equipment and green coffee beans.
What I particularly enjoy though is teaching people how to make better coffee with the equipment they already own!
No mater why you are here I am super glad to have you and I sincerly hope you can and will learn something about the coffee industry that you dodn't know before.
What Purpose Does a Virtual Coffee Bar Have?
Our purpose is customer education and empowerment... but even within that our mission can be broken down into four general baskets. - We teach our customers how to brew better coffee
- We help consumers compare various products against each other
- We compile recommended product lists complete with reviews
- and finally, we answer any and all questions surrounding the coffee industry we come across
Our Preferred Coffee is Always Fair Trade Certified
GGC doesn’t just love coffee – we love good coffee and we love the people that toil endlessly to produce the best coffees in the world.
For that reason we only recommend the best coffees from the most socialy responisble producers.
I hope you'll take some time to review this page where we go into greater detail on why Fair Trade coffee tends to be some of the best quality beans on the market making it a great value to the consumer and great way of supporting the producers which many of us will never meet in our lives.
Recent Articles from GGC Coffee
We have a lot of information on this site. Feel free to search for products or coffee right here on the site or just browse the recent articles listed below.
The Best Electric Burr Coffee Grinders as of 2020 (All of Them)
If you care about making really good coffee then you already know that the quality of your grinder is right up there with the quality of the coffee beans you use. Even if you buy the best beans roasted freshly across the street from the best roastery in your town your coffee will just not […]
The 7 Best Blade Coffee Grinders of 2020
Let’s face facts, for as much grief as blade grinders get the bottom line is this: pre-ground coffee will never be as good as grinding whole beans at home. Once coffee beans are ground there is little time before they begin to go stale. Some experts say within a minute, the most important oil and flavor […]
8 of the Best Manual Coffee Grinders (2020 Update)
Stuck interning with the local Amish community? Or do you find that the simplicity of grinding beans by hands delivers you to a state of zen? Whatever your reason, the simplicity of a manual grinder is something to be sought after. Manual grinders are believed to retain more flavors of coffee because the grinding process […]
How Much Money Coffee Farmers Make: Why is it so Little?
Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, after oil. The coffee business is worth $100 billion dollars, making millions in profits for the big companies that control it. And yet, most of the world’s coffee farmers made USD $1-3 per day, living well below the poverty line. Millions have been forced to […]
How Coffee is Grown: Farming Coffee is Hard Work!
Down the mountain I wasn’t born a coffee farmer. In fact, for the first 25 years of my life, I had no idea what farming coffee was even like—until I traveled to San Juan Coatzóspam, a small town in the mountains of southern Mexico. As I learned on my first day there, growing coffee is […]
Is Fair Trade Coffee Always More Expensive? Fair Trade Pricing Explained
A lot of folks think of Fair Trade as something that rich people buy. Imagine someone ordering a “Fair Trade, organic, gluten-free, vegan latte,” and who comes to mind? Odds are, it’s not a trucker sitting in a diner—it’s someone in designer clothes and a Louis Vutton handbag. She orders her Fair Trade coffee in […]
