The origin archive

Origin studies.

Every origin on our list carries a study of its own — the place, the cup, the trade, and where the house stands. Written to be argued with.

Guji

From footnote to one of the most sought-after names in Ethiopian coffee.

The most famous word in washed coffee — and its most borrowed.

One region wide enough to contain several coffees' worth of character.

The working grades — where discipline pays most because the market applies it least.

The old trade's coffee: sun-dried memory, asked for by name.