Who we are
Dominican Gold Coffee, LLC operates in Santiago, Dominican Republic as a premier coffee organization and in the United States as an educator, importer and distribution center out of Minneapolis, MN. Our 30,000 square ft warehouse stocks Green coffee for wholesale and our roasted product for wholesale and retail. We offer nation wide deliveries and fulfillment along with international order processing.
Unique Cultivation of Dominican Gold Coffee
The island lies 19 degrees north, and thus enjoys a climate that is markedly different from the rest of the coffee-producing regions in the Americas. Warm ocean currents and gentle trade winds keep the temperature ideal for coffee cultivation, although it is sufficiently cool during the winter to induce 3 to 5 flowerings on coffee plants. Numerous flowerings, throughout a range of high altitudes, mean that coffee is produced almost year-round in the Dominican Republic.
Four mountain ranges span the western half of this island nation. Several of its neighbors are renowned for their high mountains and excellent coffee. Yet the Dominican Republic has the highest mountains of all. It is home to the loftiest peak in the Caribbean, the 3175-meter (10, 417-foot) Pico Duarte. Specialty coffee is planted on terraced mountain slopes, with beans produced starting at altitudes of 1000 meters (3,500 feet) and above. Our mountain range is the highest mountain range in the Caribbean, even higher than the Jamaican mountains.
There is no definite rainy season in the Dominican Republic. Instead, rainfall (1,800 to 2,000 mm) is favorably distributed throughout the year. Nurtured by soft rains that span a long growing season, coffee cherries ripen slowly, insuring greater consistency and quality in the resulting beans.
In contrast to the volcanic soils of Central America, three of the mountain ranges in the Dominican Republic are formed primarily of limestone, while the fourth range is composed of granite. Calcium and other minerals in these mountain soils impart a unique taste to Dominican Gold Coffee, making it exceptional even in the pantheon of specialty coffees available to connoisseurs today.
