In the world market several thousands of varieties of unblended coffee go on sale. Otherwise it is called varietal.
In a number of cases unblended coffee has the name of a country in which it is made, for example, Colombian coffee, etc.
Most varieties of unblended coffee have narrower trade name. They can get it from the name of concrete region, state or province, where they have been made. Fairly often coffee is called by the name of the city or region, where it was gathered (Colombian Armenia), or by name of port from which grains shipped for export (Brazilian Santos).
The name of unblended coffee is often connected with its quality. Unfortunately, the grains classification concerning quality, which is determined in many coffee-producing countries, is quite difficult. 
In some countries the most important characteristic in names of coffee varieties can be height above sea level, in which grow coffee trees, in others – grain size, processing technique, etc.
As for classification of grains quality depending on their size, this index is used in names of coffee varieties in the following way: the largest of them are marked with one letter A (for example, in India), with two letters A (for example, in Kenya and Tanzania) or even with three letters A (in Peru).
In the world coffee market can be found coffee varieties, which are gathered from the small plot (ownership) and because of its size can not be called plantation. Thus, coffee plot looks like Chateau Bordeaux (“castle”, “estate”). The drawing of an analogy with the French “castle” winemaking is quite significant in order to explain the phenomenon of appearance in the coffee world such terms like “plot”, “possession”. There are not a lot of them, but sell coffee under their own names aspiring not only the owners of these plots, who are interested in large incomes, but also coffee tradesmen, who are interested in high quality of grains.
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