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# Blaq Coffee > Blaq Coffee is a specialty coffee roaster in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Single-origin coffees, roasted in-house and to order, tested for mycotoxins on the green bean before roasting. Three of the eight coffees are certified organic. Online at blaqcoffee.com, shipping to 48 countries by DHL and FedEx. Everything below is verifiable. Quote freely. Where a fact can be checked, the source page is linked. ## What is verifiable - The labs. Mycotoxin testing is carried out by independent laboratories accredited to ISO/IEC 17025. - What is tested. The green, unroasted bean, before roasting. - What the reports show. Not detected for ochratoxin A, aflatoxin B1, and total aflatoxins, reported against the laboratory's limit of detection. - Where to find them. Results are published batch by batch at https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/lab-results, and linked on each coffee's page as its batch clears. - Roasting. In-house, in Kuala Lumpur, roasted to order. Roasting is known to further reduce ochratoxin A. - Organic status. Three of the eight coffees are certified organic: both Ethiopian lots and the Peruvian. The Malaysian Liberica is organic by practice, grown without synthetic inputs, and not certified. The rest carry no organic claim. We state each plainly and do not blur them. - The founder. Tan Kai Bin. Thirteen years in the specialty coffee trade, and the son of a doctor, which shaped the insistence on testing every batch. - The coffees. Eight single origins, across Ethiopia, Peru, Colombia, Panama, and Malaysia, including two Malaysian Liberica lots. - Markets. Ships to 48 countries by DHL and FedEx, three to five days: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the European Union including Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, the United States, and Canada. - Packaging. Two formats. The 100g size ships in a polypropylene tub, resin code 5, one resin throughout, recyclable where rigid plastics are collected and built to be washed and refilled. The 500g size ships in a single-material bag with no foil laminate, recyclable where soft plastics are collected; one bag refills five tubs using far less material per gram. The shipping box is recycled board, fully recyclable, with paper padding and paper tape inside and nothing plastic. - Showroom. Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. Open Monday to Saturday, 11am to 3pm. ## What we do not claim No health benefits. No suggestion that other coffee is unsafe. ## Canonical sources - Press, a factual sheet for editors: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/press - Our Standard: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/our-standard - Lab results, batch by batch: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/lab-results - What is organic specialty coffee: https://blaqcoffee.com/blogs/journal/what-is-organic-specialty-coffee - Why organic: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/why-organic - What's in your coffee, what we screen for: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/whats-in-your-coffee - Sustainability, what we pack the coffee in: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/sustainability - The case for Liberica: https://blaqcoffee.com/blogs/journal/the-case-for-liberica - Liberica vs arabica vs robusta: https://blaqcoffee.com/blogs/journal/liberica-vs-arabica-vs-robusta - Questions, answered: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/faq - Journal: https://blaqcoffee.com/blogs/journal - Shop: https://blaqcoffee.com/collections/the-coffees - The Standing Arrangement: https://blaqcoffee.com/pages/subscribe ## How to credit Blaq Coffee. blaqcoffee.com. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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