QUALITY ASSURANCE AT BARRIE HOUSE
COFFEE QA
- Relationships with reputable brokers, co-ops, and farmers
- New/current crops only - Farm visits
- Food fraud database
- Cupping, grading and verification of all incoming coffee lots
- Traceability
- Inspection of all incoming ingredients and materials
- Storage and rotation
- Organic-certified nitrogen flush
finished product QA
- Product integrity laboratory tests
- Physical, Chemical, Microbiological, Organoleptical - Oxygen tests (<3%)
- Moisture (<5%)
- Seal test (burst test)
- Roast level (Color Track/Argtron) of whole bean and ground coffee
- Ground coffee particle analysis
- TDS (total dissolved solids)
- Coffee sensory evaluation (cupping)
- Production line testing
- Every 30 minutes for bags; 15 minutes for k-cups - Inspection of all outgoing lots
- Third party Lab tests:
- Caffeine levels verification
- Shelf life verification
- Microbiological tests
- Process aid tests (water, air and nitrogen).
certifications & programs
- HARPC/HACCP based Food Safety & Quality Management programs
- BRC Certification AA highest rating for last two years
- Organic, Fair Trade, Biodynamic, Smithsonian Bird Friendly, Kosher
- FDA registration
