If coffee makes you feel anxious, “wired but tired,” or just plain off… it might not be the caffeine.
It could be what’s riding along with it.
The hidden variable: mold toxins (OTA)
Some coffee can contain tiny mold toxins called ochratoxins (OTA). EU data has reported detectable OTA in nearly half of roasted coffee samples—and factors like post-harvest handling, drying, and storage conditions can influence risk.
And here’s the frustrating part: roasting can reduce OTA, but it doesn’t reliably eliminate it.
How to choose cleaner coffee:
When you’re shopping for beans, here’s what to look for:
- Organic, high-altitude, shade-grown Arabica beans
- Fresh-roasted (the closer to roast date, the better)
- Third-party lab tested for mycotoxins
And that checklist isn’t theoretical for us. Jigsaw’s co-founder and CEO, Patrick Sullivan Jr., and his wife Ashley built Firefly Organic Coffee & Market in Scottsdale, AZ because they wanted a coffee they could trust with clean sourcing, fresh roasting, and third-party testing. Now, we’re bringing Firefly Organic Coffee Beans to the Jigsaw community.
If you want coffee that tastes incredible and comes with real quality assurance behind it, you’re in the right place.
Small batch organic coffee:
✔️ No mold
✔️ No glyphosate
✔️ No heavy metals
✔️ No PFAS
✔️ No pesticides
✔️ No bulls#!t
✔️ 3rd party verified
P.S. At Firefly Organic Coffee & Market you’ll also find seed-oil-free food and raw milk from local farms, because “clean” shouldn’t stop at coffee.
