Six months of coffee, measured
— miles travelled by the beans in — bags of coffee — from farm, to roastery, to a cup in London.
Warm arcs carry green coffee from origin to roastery; cool arcs bring the roasted bags home to London. Press play to relive all six months bag by bag, in roast order — or explore freely and hover any arc to set its beans in motion.
The 3D globe needs an internet connection (WebGL libraries load from a CDN).
Meanwhile, the 2D interactive map works offline.
Great-circle distances at city and region level — a polite lower bound. Real shipping routes wander far more.
Stacked legs per bag — click a bar to open the bag.
Total bean-miles by origin country.
Each dot is a bag, placed on its roast date.
Every roasting city placed by its real distance and compass bearing from home — rings at 1,000, 5,000 and 9,000 km. Dot size is bags bought; hover for the roasters.
All — bags. Filter by origin, sort, or search the tasting notes — click any card for the full dossier.