While beans in coffee blends come from different growing locations, single-origin coffee beans come from the same place, resulting in a significant difference in their taste.

Some coffee blends are blended before roasting the beans, which means all the beans go through a uniform roasting process, creating a smoother flavor profile.

In other coffee blends, the beans are roasted separately before being blended, allowing each variant bean to bring a different roast profile into the mix.

Ultimately, the taste of coffee blends is more uniform, mild, and mellow, whereas single-origin coffee boasts strong flavor characteristics specific to its place of origin.

For example, African coffees have dried notes of berries due to their tendency to be dry-processed, while Hawaii’s Kona coffee flavor is defined by its mineral-rich volcanic soil.