Daily desk
One note a day. Origin notes are about the farms and lots in this guide, using the cupping scores already listed. Competition notes repeat published 2025 results and link the source.
· Origin
What "Brazil" on a bag actually points to
The country name is only the start of the map. Cerrado Mineiro, Sul de Minas, and Alta Mogiana are different places, and some carry official geographical indications.
· Origin
Mitaca and fly crop are a second harvest, not a lower grade
Those words mark another flowering and picking cycle in the same year. How the cup tastes still depends on the region, the year, and how the lot was prepared.
· Origin
Kenya AA is a screen size, not a flavour grade
AA and AB on a bag usually mark bean size after milling. How the cup tastes still depends on the region, the mill, and the harvest year.
· Origin
Honey process colours: white, yellow, red, black
Menus often write only "honey". The colour words mark how much mucilage stayed on the bean — a map, not a flavour promise.
· Origin
Sidra on the bag: a variety word, not a flavour passport
Menus and auction lists keep writing Sidra. Read it with farm and process — the same way you already read Gesha.
· News
Colombia Farmers Collection 2026: how to read a pre-auction selection list
ACE and Qima open Colombia’s first Private Collection auction on 24 November 2026. Selection scores are out; hammer prices are not — treat the table as a map.
· Competition
WBC 2026: how to read the champion’s green coffee without a flavour guarantee
Pan Wei’s Panama routine named farms, variety, and process. Useful map — not a promise that every Geisha bag tastes the same.
· Origin
Celestra: how to read Colombia's new specialty variety on a bag
FNC and Cenicafé introduced Celestra for specialty markets. Parentage and agronomy honesty matter more than the buzzword.
· Origin
Anaerobic vs carbonic maceration: what the bag is (and isn’t) saying
Both point to low-oxygen tanks. Only one usually means whole cherries plus CO₂. Neither is a flavour passport.
· News
News desk: SCAJ week crowns — what the scoreboard actually said
Pan Wei took WBC in Panama. In Tokyo, Japan’s national finals and the World Siphonist Championship posted names you can check against the press release.
· News
News desk: reading a record auction price without the hype
Best of Rwanda 2026 put a headline number on the board. What that number does — and does not — tell you about everyday cups.
· Origin
What "Yirgacheffe" on a bag actually points to
A place name, not a flavour guarantee. Altitude, station, and process still decide the cup.
· News
News desk: harvest windows still matter more than headlines
A short note on reading origin harvest news without chasing every alert.
· News
News desk: when the C price moves, menus move later
Commodity screens and café boards are not the same clock.
· Origin
Gesha without the hype: variety, farm, and price
A variety can travel. The cup still depends on where it grew and how it was handled.
· News
News desk: national boards before world finals
A calendar reminder: national results and world podiums are different layers.
· Origin
Coffee futures in plain words
The C price is a reference for commodity arabica. Specialty invoices often sit beside it, not inside it.
· Origin
How a coffee auction works (without the sales pitch)
Samples, scores, bids, and a hammer. Most café bags never went through one.
· Origin
How to read a coffee bag in one minute
Origin, process, roast date, and variety — in that order of trust.
· Origin
Washed, honey, natural — what changes in the cup
Process is a choice after harvest, not a quality ranking by itself.
· Origin
Harvest calendars, briefly
Origins ship on different clocks. "New crop" is a season, not a slogan.
· Competition
How to read a competition result (without the hype)
A podium names a barista and a day. It does not certify every bag on a shop shelf.
· Competition
The published 2025 World Brewers Cup podium
George Jinyang Peng first, Bayu Prawiro second, Carlos Escobar third.
· Competition
The published 2025 World Barista Championship podium
Jack Simpson first, Simon SunLei second, Ben Put third.