23.5° N — 23.5° S The Coffee Belt Seven origins · three continents

The Atlas.

A simplified cartography of where coffee grows — between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, in a band that wraps the earth and tolerates, within it, an extraordinary number of particular places.

Equirectangular projection · simplified — · the coffee belt · — Hover a pin to surface the origin

Africa2 origins

6°09′N · 38°12′E

Ethiopia, Yirgacheffe

1,950 – 2,200 m · Heirloom (Ethiopia Landraces) · Washed

2°26′S · 29°08′E

Rwanda, Nyamasheke

1,650 – 1,900 m · Red Bourbon · Fully washed

Americas3 origins

1°51′N · 76°03′W

Colombia, Pitalito

1,700 – 2,100 m · Pink Bourbon · Extended anaerobic

8°47′N · 82°26′W

Panama, Boquete

1,600 – 2,000 m · Geisha (Panama) · Natural & Washed

20°55′S · 47°01′W

Brazil, Mogiana

1,050 – 1,300 m · Yellow Bourbon · Pulped natural (honey)

Asia & Oceania2 origins

15°05′N · 43°41′W

Yemen, Haraz Mountains

1,800 – 2,400 m · Udaini · Natural

2°22′N · 98°53′E

Indonesia, Lintong

1,400 – 1,600 m · Typica · Giling basah (wet-hulled)