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If there was ever a country where coffee deserved to be named the national beverage, it's Colombia. In June 2026, Colombia's Congress officially declared coffee the country's national beverage. While the announcement made headlines around the world, many Colombians simply viewed it as making official what they've believed for generations—that...

Back to school means grades, report cards, and the inevitable question: “What did you get?” But here's a question you might not have expected: What grade did your coffee get? You won't find a coffee score printed on our bags at Hansa. But when we're considering a new coffee, there's a...

"Wow! You Carry a Lot of Tea for a Coffee Roaster." We hear that pretty often—usually right after someone notices our separate tea menu. The funny thing is, coffee and tea have more in common than you might think. Both come from carefully cultivated plants, and both reflect where they're...

One of the more surprising facts about coffee is that it isn't actually a bean at all. Coffee begins its life as the seed inside a small fruit called a coffee cherry. Much like peaches, cherries, and olives, coffee belongs to a family of fruits known as drupes—fruits with flesh...