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What do you think of the information on the coffee label? What does it all mean?

Published: 2026-04-06 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/06, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) learn to read the coffee label coffee beans themselves will have obvious regional characteristics, before buying, understand the flavor of coffee beans, generally get a lot of information about coffee flavor from the label. The common contents are as follows: (1) Coffee variety; (2) Coffee name

Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style)

Learn to read the coffee label

Coffee beans themselves will have obvious regional characteristics, before buying, understand the flavor of coffee beans, generally get a lot of information about coffee flavor from the label.

The common contents are as follows:

(1) Coffee varieties

(2) Coffee name

(3) Grade

(4) producing areas

(5) name of manor or processing plant

(6) name of country

(7) date of baking

(8) description of flavor, etc.

[Panama]: Panama is a country in Central America.

[Boquete]: Pokuit is a famous coffee producing area, a town of Chiriqui in Riki province.

[Washed]: washing treatment, washing is to remove the peel, pulp, pectin, and then dry later; lead to a clean sink, soak in water for fermentation. Features: obvious acidity, good cleanliness, medium alcohol thickness, high stability.

[variety]: Rosa geisha, Kaddura Caturra and Kaduai Catuai are varieties of coffee beans.

[SHB]: very hard beans, Strictly Hard Bean (SHB), at 1600-1700 meters above sea level, coffee beans with high hardness at high altitude. The reason is that coffee beans have many nutrients, long fruit growth cycle, high density and high temperature roasting resistance. Beans are hard.

Other:

[COE]: extraordinary Cup, Cup of Excellence

[Natural]: sunlight

[Honey Process]: honey treatment

[Lot]: batch

[Micro lot]: micro batch

[FNC]: Colombian Federation of Coffee producers

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