Regions & countries of origins

What better place to start than where your coffee did. Coffee, as I am sure you know, comes from all over the world. From Brazil to Burundi, and Colombia to Costa Rica — but did you know it originated in Ethiopia? This was the only country in which coffee naturally grew, and it is believed to have been first cultivated by the indigenous people of Oromia, a large zone across central and western Ethiopia. From here, it made its way to the 16th century Islamic societies of Yemen, and, after years of strict control over this world-famous commodity, it was eventually smuggled out to the Netherlands, and from there began its long journey of nearly word-wide cultivation. Coffee grows almost exclusively within ‘The Coffee Belt’, an area which falls between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, but it has also been known to be cultivated outside of this area.

Country of Origin is often the first thing people discuss when it comes to coffee, whether it is being bought or sold, made or drunk, and there is good reason for it to; the origin has a huge impact on what type of coffee grows, how it grows, how it is processed, and much more. What makes the country of origin important is a very long list, and most of these are discussed in more detail on our website or online, but includes things like: