Luna Gourmet Coffee & Tea Company, LLC

Join our coffee family.
At Luna Gourmet Coffee & Tea Company weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re a family âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? not just in our team-based management philosophy âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? but in actual fact. Company owners and brothers Jason & Douglass work alongside the founding family of Luna Roasters as they continue to grow the business âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? a business which has a 16 year history that has culminated with three distinct brands now under management. From humble beginnings in 1996 as one of a select few high-altitude roasters in Colorado, weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re now one of the nationâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s largest home delivery coffee roasters with a 40,000 sqft, USDA Organic certified, state-of-the-art roasting and distribution plant to rival even the largest of domestic competitors.

Over the last decade weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??ve grown rapidly by combining three things: 1) a deep passion for the freshest, highest-quality, high-altitude, artisan-roasted coffees, 2) a commitment to social responsibility and sustainable farming practices, and 3) an uncompromising focus on excellent customer service and continuous improvement. Our continuous improvement philosophy extends from our focus on technological innovation and process development to our philanthropic and community goals. We challenge every employee to make the process and the customer experience better every day, holding ourselves to world-class food manufacturing standards. At the same time, our business model is âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? at its very core âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? about giving back. Whether weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re improving the lives of coffee farmers around the world through direct trade partnerships or donating to local and national charities, we know that the simple act of drinking a cup of coffee or tea has the power to change lives.
LetâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s work together to take your business the next level AND make the world a better place âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? one cup at a time.

Meet the familyâÃÂ??¦
Whether youâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re looking for an established consumer retail brand to sell at your coffee or tea house, a chef-inspired blend to pair with your restaurant menu or a variety of Fair TradeâÃÂ??¢, Direct TradeâÃÂ??¢ or USDA Certified OrganicâÃÂ??¢ coffees to sell in stores nationwide âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? we have the right âÃÂ??ÃÂ??off-the shelfâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? brands to help you fill a product gap, expand your portfolio or take your business to the next level in quality. Our range of brands can help you edge out the competition and reach a specific consumer target while giving you greater speed to market than with a private label brand.
Our coffees offer an array of flavors and blends to appeal to diverse consumer tastes, yet each has three things in common; all are 1) produced from only the top 2% of the worldâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s finest 100% Arabica beans, 2) roasted at altitude for smoothness, and 3) roasted to order and packaged for freshness and premium shelf presence. When it comes to premium quality teas âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? we offer an incredible array of green, black, herbal and custom tea blends to please a variety of palettes from traditional to progressive.

Boca Java
Boca Java is a leading specialty online retail brand with a range of product offerings including: gourmet fresh-roasted coffee, espresso, tea, chai latte, cocoa, customizable gifts and a coffee club. Boca Java coffees are artisan roasted to order in small batches using only the top 2% of coffee beans in the world. Over 100 Specialty Grade coffees, including a wide range of roast levels, single origins, flavors and blends are all delivered direct to customers nationwide.

Luna Roasters
Luna Roasters is a chef-inspired brand that began in 1996 with its roots in Italy. Each of Luna Roasters 100% Specialty Grade gourmet coffee, espresso and extra fancy loose leaf tea blends are designed around food pairings, time of day and drinking preferences. The Luna Roasters brand is the perfect choice for foodies and coffee aficionados who know the difference that roasted-to-order freshness, superior green coffee beans, and tea excellence can make in the quality of the cup. Luna Roasters offers over 30 specialty grade coffees, three Italian espressos, a wide variety of coffee syrups and dozens of custom blended extra fancy loose leaf teas and tea pyramids to please the palette.

Boulder Organic Coffee
The Boulder Organic Coffee brand is deeply rooted in the principles of sustainable farming with a mission to offer the highest quality Organic and Fair Trade coffees available on the market today. Sourcing only the finest specialty grade Arabica beans from the top 2% of the worldwide crop, and from only the 15% of Organic farms who are certified Fair Trade, we have worked hard to bring home the very best coffees from around the world. Boulder Organic offers 25 unique Fair Trade and Organic single origins and handcrafted blends. Boulder Organic Coffee is available wholesale only. Online shopping coming soon. Contact us to place a wholesale order.

Happy customers come from happy employees.
Maybe itâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s the endless supply of the worldâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s best coffeesâÃÂ??¦or maybe itâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s the feeling you get when youâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re doing something to make a difference in the worldâÃÂ??¦ whatever it is âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? Luna Gourmet Coffee & Tea employees are some pretty happy people. ItâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s this passion and excitement for what we do that drives our philosophy to continuously improve our customer experience and provide the account services you need to drive your business forward.
Over the years, weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??ve had the pleasure of building a customer base through our three brands and we know that keeping brand loyalty means more than just getting the order right. ItâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s a competitive market and the customer service experience can make all the difference. Whether youâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re a member of our online coffee club through bocajava.com, a local coffee shop owner, large retail partner, or office weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re here to make your experience a memorable and positive one.
When you thrive, we thrive.
Sharing our passion for great coffee while making our business partners profitable is what drives us. Building a successful coffee business requires the right product, execution, offering and promotions. WeâÃÂ??ÃÂ??ll help you every step of the way with a white glove, full service experience from product selection and branding to training and marketing to ensure you reach and exceed your business goals. For us itâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s about true business partnership through mutual trust.

Innovation is our first ingredient.
We pride ourselves on our innovative and proprietary processes, integrated with technology, which set our coffee roasting & manufacturing apart from our competitors in a big way. We never roast a bean until after a customer places their order, ensuring maximum freshness. Our process is designed to maximize efficiency and reduce waste and environmental impact.
ThereâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s a lot of technology behind the perfect cup.
In addition to a long history and deep passion for great coffee, brothers and owners Jason and Douglass come from backgrounds in process management, holding certifications in Six Sigma and ISO 9000 process improvement methodologies âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? forming the foundation for our business focus on technology and process.
Our back-end technology system is specifically designed for the roast-to-order coffee business to seamlessly run all aspects of the operation from management, to order entry, inventory, roasting, packing, and distribution. This technological integration allows us to deliver Just-In-Time roasting for our customers at a national scale. We service 300,000 residential households and several hundred wholesale customers each week to deliver the freshest roasted coffee possible. In addition, we are a USDA Organic certified handler, and we follow the manufacturing best practices of HACCP. Our online retail channel (bocajava.com) is a full service website that rivals our largest national competitors, with over 10,000 pages of content, 20,000+ Customer Reviews, a customer login portal and ticketing system, all built with the most current web technologies to keep us ahead of the curve.
Way more than âÃÂ??ÃÂ??fresh-roastedâÃÂ??ÃÂ??, our coffees are made to order.
Every bag of our coffee is roasted after a customer places an order. Whether itâÃÂ??ÃÂ??s one bag of a unique flavor or a large retail order for hundreds of pounds of roasted coffee, each one is handcrafted by our artisan roasters specifically for each order. We take freshness one step further with one-way air valves integrated into all of our product packaging. This type of sealed bag helps keep coffee fresher longer by reducing natural degassing that causes flavor loss. Above all, customers can count on getting the freshest coffee possible âÃÂ??ÃÂ?? we even include a âÃÂ??ÃÂ??roasted-onâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? date on the back of every Boca Java bag. Freshness has a HUGE impact on flavor and our customers know the difference.
High-altitude roasting allows for the best possible flavor.
Many people ask us why roasting coffee at a high altitude makes such a big difference in the flavor. Basically, roasting at altitude is compared to cooking at altitude where lower temps and shorter roast times create a much sweeter, smoother cup.
When we roast our coffees here in the beautiful Mile High City (Denver, CO), we are able to avoid the two most common tribulations of roasting coffee: baking, and scorching. âÃÂ??ÃÂ??BakingâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? occurs when coffee is roasted too long causing inadequate structural expansion and resulting in flavor that is flat and lacks intensity. The longer the coffee has to stay in the roaster the more âÃÂ??ÃÂ??bakedâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? it tastes. âÃÂ??ÃÂ??ScorchingâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? occurs when coffee beans are roasted at too high of a temperature causing lack of development and resulting in flavor that is wild, woody and unappealing.
Just like with baking, water boils quicker at altitude so the moisture in the bean âÃÂ??ÃÂ??boilsâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? quicker and causes the first âÃÂ??ÃÂ??crackâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? to happen much quicker. This allows for a shorter roast time which is favorable for positive sucrose development, producing a sweeter coffee.
Our focus on sustainability starts with our roasting facility.
In support of our business goal to âÃÂ??ÃÂ??make the world a better place through coffeeâÃÂ??ÃÂ?? we must start with our roasting facility. Our continuous improvement methodology means that every day we are focused on finding new ways to lead the industry in preserving the communities in which we live, fostering environmental sustainability, and reducing waste wherever we can. Going green takes ongoing effort, but weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re taking swift action in the right direction to make a difference.
To create our world-class roastery, weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??ve taken an old factory building from the 1930âÃÂ??ÃÂ??s and brought it into the 21st century. Among many improvements, our facility is now USDA Organic certified and complies with EPA standard for clean air emissions. We also help reduce environmental waste with broad range recycling efforts that include donating used burlap bags to local farmers, re-using plastic containers for coffee deliveries and fostering office-wide recycling.
But, weâÃÂ??ÃÂ??re not done there. As our business grows, we will continue to place a high priority in making sure our facility is doing more than its part to protect the environment.