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News desk: harvest windows still matter more than headlines
A short note on reading origin harvest news without chasing every alert.
Harvest bulletins this season again stress the same map: Central American and Colombian lots moving on the late-year to early-spring clock; Brazilian arabica mid-year; southern Ethiopian washed often later. When a headline says "delayed" or "early", ask which altitude band and which process line — not only the country name.
This desk does not invent farm-level claims. It files the reading habit: match the news to a calendar, then to a bag label.
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.