To narrow down our knowledge of the top single origins for coffee in South America, we have to start big: we have to look at the individual top coffee-producing countries and give them a definition. Later, when you learn about … Read More

  The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. The basin — roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States — covers some 40 percent of the South American continent and includes parts of eight … Read More

You may have noticed that some coffee bag labels brag about the fact that their coffee beans are 100% Arabica. Although it does sound like something magicians say, it isn’t gibberish – it refers to the type of coffee species … Read More

Coffee is the second most valuable commodity today in international commerce after oil. Botany Though it can grow up to 30 feet tall in the wild, the coffee plant is considered to be a bush or shrub. It may grow … Read More

No one knows exactly how or when coffee was discovered, though there are many legends about its origin. An Ethiopian Legend Coffee grown worldwide can trace its heritage back centuries to the ancient coffee forests on the Ethiopian plateau. There, … Read More

Single origin is a small phrase with a big definition. The meaning’s often simplified to a coffee that’s sourced from one single producer, crop, or region in one country. Single farm and single estate mean that the coffee is sourced from one farm, mill, or … Read More