What a roast date tells you, and why it belongs on every bag
A roast date tells you how far a bag of coffee has moved along a change that starts the day it is roasted. A best-by date can't tell you that, and no federal rule requires either one.
Washed, natural, honey: what a coffee's process label means
A process label tells you how the fruit came off the coffee seed and when. Each of the three common words covers a wide range of practice, so it helps to know what lies behind them.
What Chiroso, Gesha and other variety names on a bag mean
A variety name tells you which kind of coffee plant the beans came from. Some names have solid genetic records behind them, and others are still closer to a local nickname.