08/20/2026
Meet the beans behind your favorite cup. ☕️
Here at The Local, we pride ourselves on the phenomenal quality of coffee beans we use to craft all of your favorite drinks. Our coffee beans are sourced from Zephyr Coffee Co., a local South Dakota based company! ⛰️
Zephyr Coffee is special - special to us, and special to the coffee industry. Rather than traditional drum roasting, Zephyr Coffee uses a process called air roasting, or fluid-bed roasting. Only about 3% of coffee worldwide is roasted using this method! 🙌🏻
Air roasting is a unique coffee roasting process that uses a stream of hot air to levitate the coffee beans. Because the beans are suspended and circulate during roasting, each bean receives the same amount of heat transfer. The air roasting process also effectively removes the chaff, which is the dry, papery outer layer surrounding green coffee beans. Now what does this mean for your cup? 🫘
The circulated air in air roasting keeps the beans off of hot surfaces, which means they never burn! This creates and less bitter and acidic brew, while also maintaining more of the bean’s natural flavors. Translation? With air roasted beans, you’ll get a smoother cup that is easier on your stomach and tastes true to its origins. 🫶🏻
Sounds like the perfect coffee to us. ☺️
