The Brew Blog

Single origin or blend? Specialty coffee mostly favors single origin — here's why provenance matters more than consistency at the top of the quality spectrum.

Colombia is the most famous coffee origin in the world. It's also the most misunderstood. "Colombian coffee" covers an enormous range.

Ethiopia is where coffee comes from. Not in the soft sense — in the literal one. Coffea arabica is native to the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia.

"Single origin" is one of those phrases that has a narrow technical meaning and a wider colloquial one. Both are in active use, and they don't always line up.