Etymology

specialty coffee

Today it means: The highest grade of coffee available, typically relating to the entire supply chain, using single-origin or single-estate coffee. Full definition →

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The story

First used in 1974 by Erna Knutsen in an issue of Tea & Coffee Trade Journal.

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