Woodstock Blend

Roasted coffee stays fresh for about 90 days after roasting. Thanks to modern packaging (like our foil bags with one-way valves), your beans don't turn into pumpkins at midnight.

"Peak Flavor" usually starts about 7 days after roasting when the beans have had time to degas and begins to fade after about the 45 day mark. During this window is when all the yummy oils are popping with flavor and you can still get the more delicate floral notes.

Day 45 to 90 the coffee is still amazingly delicious buy you may have lost those lighter notes and you'll be tasting the more rich tones like chocolates and malt, and nuttiness.

You'll want to drink everything up before you get to 120 days because that's when flavors start to be more muted and if you've still got a bag after one year you can still use them but they just won't taste as good. After that, it's time for new beans.

To keep roasted coffee fresh, you'll want to keep it in an airtight container and only grind it when you're ready to brew. That will keep your coffee at peak freshness.

If your coffee is pre-ground that's no problem, just be sure to keep it in an airtight container and in a cool dry place.

If you'll be away for a long time, freezing your coffee preserves it's freshness for months at a time.

Yes, Larry's Coffee does use shade-grown coffee beans for it's coffee.

Shade-grown coffee tastes better because it grows slower. Just like a tomato that ripens slowly on the vine tastes sweeter than one force-grown in a hothouse, coffee cherries grown under a forest canopy take longer to mature. This extra time on the branch allows the bean to develop more complex sugars, deeper flavors, and a richer body. Mass-market "sun-grown" coffee is blasted with heat to ripen fast, resulting in a flatter, more bitter cup.

Yes. Every single bean we roast is 100% Fair Trade Certified. But honestly? That’s just the starting line. While "Fair Trade" ensures a minimum price floor for farmers, we go further by being members of Cooperative Coffees. This means we don't just buy from farmers; we sit at the table with them. We trade directly, pay premiums above the Fair Trade minimum, and build decades-long relationships that protect the land, the growers, and the quality of your cup.

We roast every single bean right here in Raleigh, North Carolina. Specifically at our dedicated sustainable facility in the Five Points neighborhood (1507 Gavin Street, to be exact). We roast every day, Monday through Friday. This means if you live in the Triangle, your beans were likely spinning in our drum less than 48 hours before they landed on your doorstep.