I keep hearing the term "Single Origin". When I started in coffee S.O. meant "Country of Origin". Sometimes I would hear the term origin pinned to a geographical area as big as Central America or Africa. I still hear things like, "Well, it is an African coffee, so of course it is going to be bright."
Then again, we can now trace so many of our coffees to specific lots on specific farms. Some coffees are even traceable to the few trees in a specific lot. I hear these reffered to as S.O. coffees, micro-lot coffees, etc... I've actually used both terms.
My point is, Single Origin seems to be a term that is vague and dated. I think we should collectively review our use of this term and come up with a specific definition in order to clarify it, and then define the other levels of traceability.
Thoughts? Comments? Questions?
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