Do you know both micro-batch and nano-batch coffee except for a single origin?

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Quality, traceability, direct trade, reasonable price, unique flavor, good handling. These are the excellent properties of individual coffee and micro-batch coffee.

But if you put aside these definitions, do you know what "single origin" means? What is the difference between a single manor, micro-batch or even nano-batch? How else can producers make sure that micro-batches are not mixed with other batches of coffee?

Single origin

Coffee harvested to the same area, however, if only according to the ground, there are still many factors leading to differences in taste.

Single country or region of origin

From the same country or a specific region of the country. In fact, most people are used to drinking recipes made of beans from two countries (such as Brazil and Colombia), and it is not unusual to use single beans to brew espresso.

However, now many people may argue that many single beans are only suitable for use as part of the formula beans, after all, there is still a difference in quality.

You may also have heard of "batches" of coffee harvested from specific areas, which can better show the flavor characteristics brought by the growing area, but the flavor performance is not as good as that of "micro-batches".

Single manor

Coffee grown from the same estate is usually high-quality, relatively high-priced coffee with excellent flavor characteristics.

Single cooperative

In some countries, there is no way to achieve a single orchard, especially in African countries, where some farmers can only produce a few bags of coffee at a time of harvest, and these farmers may own coffee trees smaller than some people's own gardens. In the case of a single cooperative, lots of batches harvested by farmers will be gathered together for post-processing. Some cooperative societies strictly control the quality of coffee fruits and even control the planting and harvest methods of farmers.

Micro batch

The coffee comes from a specific area of an estate, sometimes from a small farm, or from a small plot of land shared by many producers.

Coffee is harvested and processed in small batches, and micro-batches of coffee are usually of very good quality because of higher labor costs, which in turn leads to higher back-end prices. Terra said O'coffee 's micro-batch coffee had a cup score of about 87-89 points and produced about 40 packets of 60-kilogram sacks.

Nano batch

As the name suggests, nanobatches are very similar to microbatches, but on a smaller scale. Terra said their nano-batch cup test scores are usually above 90, and then there are only 1-to 2-pack of 60-kilogram sacks.