Observed arrival · 2026-10-19

Open Parchment wants coffee’s producer story to travel with the beans

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Open Parchment is a draft open data standard for carrying producer identity and coffee-lot details through the supply chain.

Landing page captured for the 2026-10-19 issue.

For: Coffee producers, cooperatives, importers, and app builders
Worth noticing: The draft says it links ICO marks, importer codes, and roaster SKUs, and is compatible with GS1 traceability and schema.org.

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The homepage frames the standard as a shared format rather than a marketplace or certification. Its proposed records include producer-selected public fields and harvest-season notes, alongside links between ICO marks, importer codes, and roaster SKUs. The page says it is compatible with GS1 traceability and schema.org, and invites corrections while the draft is at v0.2.

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