At Gold Star we take great pride in the quality of our "Select Gourmet" Coffee line. Before we purchase any coffee for roasting, we go to great lengths to ensure that our high level of quality is met to both our own and our customers' satisfaction.

While roasting coffee in a large commercial company is simply a science, we use both art and science to achieve the ultimate roast.

Once the coffee beans are delivered to the Gold Star Coffee Roasting Plant, the sacks are quickly offloaded. The Roasting plant is completely temperature controlled in order to preserve the coffee freshness. The sacks are quickly opened and checked and a small sample of the coffee is sampled to confirm coffee quality.

The roaster is pre-heated to around 400oF by gas flames. Coffee beans are roasted at specific temperatures and durations since all our coffees are roasted to fulfill special orders. Small batches are roasted for the specialty coffees while large batches are roasted for the more traditional coffees. Customized roasting batches ensure that the coffee is always fresh when it is sold.
	Roastmasters use both smell an sight and colour ("roasting shades") to determine when the type of roast desired has been achieved. Just before the beans reach their optimum colour, they are released into a large metal pan called a cooling tray. Large fans air-cool the coffee to room temperature and during this time coffee will darken one final shade.
These are just a few of the quality control procedures we follow in order to ensure that, in fact, "OUR QUALITY IS AS GOOD AS GOLD"

Gold Star Coffee Inc.
4025 Chesswood Dr.
Toronto, Ontario M3J 2R8
Canada
Tel: (416) 636-8105, Toll Free: 1-888-371-JAVA (5282)
Fax: (416) 636-4312

Email: goldstar@goldstarcoffee.com