Why Single Origin?
When people buy coffee, they usually (especially consumer grade coffee) get a bag that has beans mixed from different farms. The farms are usually on flat land, therefore, they have machines that pick them, whether the beans are ripe or not. Consumer grade beans can also be sourced and thrown together from different areas of the world, giving the beans no exemplary feature. A single sourced (not to be confused with single origin) coffee means that the beans come from a particular region, and is mixed with other beans within that same region. Unlike consumer grade coffee, these farms can be found along the mountainsides, where it is impossible for machines to pick, therefore, they rely on farmers to handpick them. This can be seen as a step above big brand names such as Folgers (consumer grade coffee) because they have more control on the ripeness of each individual bean but by mixing the beans together, they dilute and obscure the notes in every batch. On the other hand, single origin coffee is sourced from only one specific farm. These beans are more sought after by coffee connoisseur (sommelier) because like single sourced coffee, they are individually selected by farmers, but unlike single sourced coffee, they are not mixed with other beans, which quell and muddy the underlying flavors. The process in collecting these beans are manual and above all, very tedious, with multiple wash and dry sessions to ensure only quality beans are selected. In turn, this causes the price per bag to be higher, but you get what you pay for. Through this process of single origin, the notes are highlighted significantly more, and like a symphony, each origin bean is a song masterfully sung by an ensemble of tones for each note to be heard, creating a one of a kind, crystal-clear masterpiece.