The roasting of our green coffee beans at Crescent Moon Coffee & Tea is the backbone of our company. We employ a combination of science and art to produce a unique roast for every customer. We are not like most traditional bulk roasters, who pull whatever beans off a warehouse shelf or out of a truck and roast them all the same. At Crescent Moon we micro roast each coffee variety to intricate specifications according to origin. All of our coffees are artisan hand craft roasted to order in our Mickelton, New Jersey warehouse to give you the freshest possible flavors. 


We receive the beans in a green, unroasted form. The beans are craft-roasted in our steel drum roasters to their specific desired level, using 
the skills of our roast-masters Ron Vaccarello and Chris McLaughlin. The roasted beans are then deposited into a cooling tray and air-cooled. We prefer 
this air-cooling method to the flavor-diluting effect of water-cooling that the larger roasters employ.
We go to a great deal of expense to buy the best coffee available from each country of origin. A combination of time, expertise and knowledge needs to 
go into the roasting process in order to get an exceptional coffee that not 
only brings out the best characteristics of each bean, but also keeps the customers coming back for more.
A lot of people assume that all coffees are the same, however, we know that growing conditions such as soil, rainfall and the way the coffee is picked, 
processed and stored all contribute to how the coffee will roast up and taste. Therefore, we do several trial and error roasts for each coffee 
to determine the optimal roast level. This takes a lot of time, but we think you will agree that it is worth it when you taste our coffees.

When we have our desired roast levels determined, we don’t stop there. We do cuppings, or coffee tastings, of our roasted coffee to ensure the desired flavors and characteristics are coming through. Our customers can be assured that 
each time they purchase coffee from us it has been tested to ensure it is simply the best.