How to read a coffee bag in one minute

Start with country and region or farm. Then process: washed, honey, natural, or a named experimental line. Then roast date (or best-by only if date is missing). Variety last — useful, but weaker alone than a clear farm line.

Altitude and score are optional clues. A cupping score without a date or farm is decoration. A roast date older than a few weeks is not automatically bad for espresso blends; for light filter singles, fresher often helps.

If you buy from a shop on this map later, take a photo of the bag before you grind. The label is the field note.