I've worked in specialty coffee for almost a decade — here are the best coffee brands and single-origin beans I've tasted

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I tested these 10 single-origin coffee brands specifically after lots of research and real-life experience.Dylan Ettinger/Business Insider

• I've worked in the specialty coffee industry for almost a decade and have tested many single-origin beans, which are a good indicator as to the quality and skill level of a roaster.
• Here are the 10 best brands I've tested and their single-origin beans.
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As an obsessive coffee fiend, I've tasted many cups of coffee in my lifetime.

I've also spent most of the last decade working in the specialty coffee industry. I built up my skills and learned the ins and outs of coffee as a barista, which led to an opportunity to help open and develop the menu for a cafe in my home town. After that, I spent five years behind the scenes for a specialty coffee company in Los Angeles. As I said, I've tasted many cups of coffee.

There's plenty of great coffee out there, but ask any self-respecting coffee fiend and they'll point you in the direction of single-origin whole beans as the best coffee you should be drinking. Single-origin beans are a big part of the third-wave movement in coffee and it's one of the biggest indicators of quality and skill for roasters, which I get into it more here. That's what I've been drinking for years and chose to test that category for this story.

But since you're probably most interested in the best coffee, we'll get right to it. Click on a link below to head directly to the brand's review, or just keep reading to get a look at everything.

• Dark Horse Coffee Roasters — Ethiopia Guji Walichu Wachu
• Hopscotch Coffee — Mexico Oaxaca
• Máquina Coffee Roasters — Los Lesquines Lot 44 and Los Tucanes
• Blue Bottle — Guatemala Huehuetenango Finca La Esperanza
• Pachamama Coffee Cooperative — Guatemala and Ethiopia
• La Colombe — Congo
• Counter Culture Coffee — Colasay, Kabeywa, and La Golondrina
• Heart Roasters — Ethiopia Worka Sakaro, Ethiopia Yukro, and Ethiopia Gedeb
• Colectivo —Sumatra