Single Origin vs Blends
23rd Dec 2022
Often you will see coffee categorized under “Single Origin”
or “Blend”. A single origin coffee is just as it says, it only has one origin.
This is usually a region in country. Sometimes, a coffee can be traced down
to a specific farm. Other times, several small farmers will sell their beans to
a larger distributor who may then group these beans together and sell it as
being from a specific region within the Country.A coffee blend is a mix of coffee beans from either different
regions withi
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What Is Single Origin Anyway?
Posted by Barrett the Bearista on 31st Dec 1969
Ever had a cup of coffee you just
didn’t like? Maybe it was a bag of Brazil, so you thought to never get
Brazilian coffee again! Before you make that choice, let me help you out with
what gives a coffee its flavor. The region a coffee is grown in certainly
contributes to its flavor, but let’s dig a little deeper! In a
single origin coffee, the specific territory it is grown should be listed, such
as our Costa Rica La Minita Tarrazu. In this example, even the farm that it is
grown on is l
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