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Rows of coffee across the rolling hills of a Brazilian fazenda

Brazil: beyond the commodity

A third of the world's coffee comes from one country. Dismissing all of it as bulk is the most common mistake in specialty.

Brazil: beyond the commodity

A third of the world's coffee comes from one country. Dismissing all of it as bulk is the most common mistake in specialty.

The snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes

Ecuador and the Sidra

Tiny volumes, painful economics, and one of the most talked-about varieties in modern coffee. Ecuador is small, expensive and worth every penny.

Ecuador and the Sidra

Tiny volumes, painful economics, and one of the most talked-about varieties in modern coffee. Ecuador is small, expensive and worth every penny.

Snow-capped Pico de Orizaba rising over the coffee highlands near Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Mexico: the neighbour nobody talks about

Indigenous cooperatives, the birthplace of fair trade certification, and high-altitude Chiapas lots that deserve far better than being blended away.

Mexico: the neighbour nobody talks about

Indigenous cooperatives, the birthplace of fair trade certification, and high-altitude Chiapas lots that deserve far better than being blended away.

The turquoise crater lake of the Santa Ana (Ilamatepec) volcano, El Salvador

El Salvador and the Pacamara

A civil war accidentally preserved some of the world's oldest Bourbon genetics — and a national research institute invented one of coffee's strangest varieties.

El Salvador and the Pacamara

A civil war accidentally preserved some of the world's oldest Bourbon genetics — and a national research institute invented one of coffee's strangest varieties.

Volcan de Fuego erupting with a golden ash plume above Antigua, Guatemala

Guatemala: eight regions, one country

Volcanoes, limestone mountains and dry winds off the Pacific. Few countries pack this much variation into this little space.

Guatemala: eight regions, one country

Volcanoes, limestone mountains and dry winds off the Pacific. Few countries pack this much variation into this little space.

Layered coffee-covered ridges of the Tarrazu highlands, Costa Rica

Costa Rica and the micro-mill revolution

A small country that changed how the world thinks about processing — by letting farmers stop selling their cherry to somebody else.

Costa Rica and the micro-mill revolution

A small country that changed how the world thinks about processing — by letting farmers stop selling their cherry to somebody else.