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Next to oil, coffee is the second most traded commodity in&nbsp;the world, and&nbsp;one Connecticut family is brewing up their own batch.

Today in&nbsp;our Made in&nbsp;Connecticut series, News 12's Mark Sudol takes us to <a href="https://candlewoodcoffee.com/">Candlewood Coffee</a> in Brookfield.

Today in our Made in Connecticut series, News 12's Mark Sudol takes us to Candlewood Coffee in Brookfield.

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Made in Connecticut: Candlewood Coffee of Brookfield

today in our made in Connecticut series. I just I love this series so much marks heading out. Yeah. Mark SUDOL heads out and has something brewing for us. Right? So next oil coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world. And one local family is roasting some beans right here in Connecticut. Most people know us as Candlewood coffee. We're located in Brookfield Connecticut. This is our plant where we do our coffee. All our coffee comes in green fresh from all over the world, Tony in zero and his family have been roasting up fresh coffee in the state for about 14 years. Five of his six kids work here brady bunch, the brady bunch three and 33 boys and three girls and one named Peter. His wife works at a local bank but helps out too. And your wife we can say is the bean counter, she is the bean counter, Candlewood coffee getting its name from nearby Candlewood lake believes a good cup of coffee starts with the beans. So that's green coffee. These raw beans don't amount to a hill of beans until you roast them. You take your green coffee, put the green coffee in here, it gets put up, it brings it all the way up into the roaster, the flames roast the beans for about 15 minutes. As the coffee's roasting the probes pick up the temperatures and the changes in the cracks and everything. The computer keeps the roasting consistent so it doesn't burn and sticks to the company's recipe, There's sugars inside of being that caramelized and the caramelization brings four sugars and that's where you get the flavor properties and the beans come out looking and smelling the way we are all accustomed to just ask one of the family, the beans get packaged for sale and local stores across Connecticut and parts of new york and massachusetts and the coffee, Candlewood grinds also goes into K cups as well as bags in dro knows there is something so symbolic about a cup of coffee. What does a cup of coffee mean to you? People come around coffee and I mean it's, it's a focal point for a lot of events. It brings people together, a family bringing people together for a common ground In Brookfield Mark SUDOL News 12 Connecticut. I've never wanted a coffee more in my life. I know watching this piece, I just, I almost can smell and I'm not even there just so delicious with both coffee lovers. Yes. Alright. The company also has a store in Fairfield called Candlewood marketplace, so I have to check it out

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