What we do not review
No star ratings, no 'best of' lists, no ranking of farms by score.
Why no stars
A star rating collapses a dozen variables into one number, then hides the variables. For coffee, the variables are the useful part: who picked it, how it was dried, when it was roasted.
We would rather tell you that a farm picks in two passes than that it is a four-out-of-five farm.
A ranking is a decision made for you. A field is a decision you make yourself.
What we do instead
We publish the fields, the date, and the method. A reader who knows a farm picks in two passes can decide for themselves whether that matters.
It is slower to read and slower to write. It is also the only version that stays true when the fashion changes.
Disclosure: this article contains no affiliate links. Prices and dates checked in October 2026. Our methodology.