Find the same bean, cheaper

The same coffee is listed under a different name, with a different photo, in every shop that carries it. Nobody could answer “is this the same bean, and where is it cheapest near me?” — so we built the catalogue that can.

Words that name a country, region, process, roast or variety become filters. Everything else is matched on meaning, so “tastes like blackcurrant jam” works even though no shop wrote that. Try gesha, kenya washed bright acidity, or chocolate and nuts for espresso.

One bean, every price

A roaster in Copenhagen and a shop in Zagreb can sell the same lot from the same washing station under two different names, two photos and two prices. We read the shops, work out which listings are the same coffee, and put the prices side by side.

That reconciliation is the hard part, and it is most of what this is. “Yirgacheffe”, “Иргачиф” and “耶加雪菲” have to become one region before a filter means anything; four listings of one lot have to become one coffee before a price comparison is honest.

What you can do with it

Search the way you'd describe a coffee to a friend, not the way a shop files it. Follow a variety, a farm or a producer through the collections. Or open the whole catalogue and narrow it by origin, process, roast, flavour note or price per 100 g — every bean carries the price history behind it, so you can see whether today is a good day to buy.

Where the coffee is

We read specialty shops across Europe and the United States — Austria, Switzerland, Czechia and Germany among them — and put what they publish in one place. 23 countries, 76 shops, checked every week.

Coverage is honest rather than flattering — the catalogue is deepest where the shops are. Prices are what a shop published when we last looked, so check the shop before you buy.