On coffee shop menus, alongside "Original Blend," you'll find coffees with country and farm names listed.
Have you ever wondered which one to choose? You might also have questions like, "Are single origins higher quality?" or "What's in a blend?"
Blend and single origin are terms that describe the combination of beans and how the origin is perceived. They are not names that determine superiority or inferiority in quality.
We will explain the differences and how to choose, incorporating 0566 Coffee Works' approach to flavor creation.
Blends involve combining multiple coffees.
A blend is a combination of multiple coffees. In addition to combining beans from different origins, another method is to combine beans with different roast levels. UCC also highlights the appeal of blends as being able to create new flavors through such combinations. [UCC "How to Choose Coffee Beans"]
What's important is not how many varieties are included, but what kind of flavor the combination aims for.
For example, a blend might have an aroma at the start, a sweetness on the palate, and a pleasant bitterness lingering at the end. At 0566, the starting point for blending is to consider the flow of drinking a cup in this way.
Single origin coffee focuses on "a single origin."
Single origin refers to coffee linked to a single source, such as a specific production area or producer. However, there is a range in how broadly "single" is defined.
The UK roaster Origin Coffee also explains this by listing producer, harvest, and region. A coffee labeled "single origin" is not necessarily from a single farm or a single varietal. [Origin Coffee "Blend vs Single Origin"]
If you want to know the background of the beans, try reading the region name, farm or processing station, variety, and processing method along with the name. The more information you have, the more the landscape you perceive from that cup changes.
0566's blends consider blending and roasting together.
