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11 Origin & sourcing

Single-origin

Coffee sourced from one specific country, region, farm, or even a single lot: never blended with beans from other places.

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Single-origin is the opposite of a blend. The idea is that the coffee should express the terroir of where it was grown (soil, altitude, varietal, processing) without being mixed with beans from elsewhere. Brooklyn specialty shops typically rotate single-origin offerings seasonally as new harvests arrive from Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya, Guatemala, and other producing countries.

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