ArticleData analysis
Single Origin vs Blend: What Australian Roasters Actually Sell
43.0%of products are single origin
We analysed 12,544 coffee products from 836 Australian roasters to answer a simple question: is the Australian specialty coffee market driven by single origins or blends? The answer depends entirely on which state you're in.
The big picture
Nationally, 18.4% of products are blends and 43.0% are single origin. That's not surprising — blends are the backbone of most café menus, providing the consistency that keeps regulars coming back. But the national number hides a much more interesting story at the state level.
Single Origin
43.0%
Blend
18.4%
Unlabelled
38.6%
The state-by-state split
The national number hides state-level variation. The breakdown by state tells a much more interesting story about how different markets think about coffee.
Top Origins
Looking at the origin countries listed across all beans with provenance data, here are the ten most common origins on Australian shelves.
| # | Country | Beans | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 1,460 | 30.1% |
| 2 | Ethiopia | 915 | 18.8% |
| 3 | Brazil | 531 | 10.9% |
| 4 | Kenya | 371 | 7.6% |
| 5 | Guatemala | 318 | 6.5% |
| 6 | Honduras | 279 | 5.7% |
| 7 | Panama | 275 | 5.7% |
| 8 | El Salvador | 255 | 5.3% |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 243 | 5.0% |
| 10 | Peru | 210 | 4.3% |
The State of Coffee
Australian roasters aren't evenly distributed. Here's how the 836 roasters in our database break down by state.
What this tells us
The gap between states isn't random. It reflects different roasting cultures, different wholesale relationships, and different consumer expectations. A QLD café drinker is far more likely to be served a named single origin than their Sydney counterpart — and they might not even know it.
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