Our Methodology
Data Collection
Our team has collected prices and sustainability data for each coffee shop in two categories: in-store practices and coffee bean sourcing. Through interviews with cafés and our academic research, stores have been awarded points based on sustainability questions within each category.
Data has been verified for all stores via three processes:
Scoring
For each sustainability question, we award the coffee shop either 1 or 0.5 points. These points are totaled and divided by the maximum possible score. This result is then multiplied by five to convert it to a score out of five coffee beans. Some scores have been adjusted to account for overlapping certification criteria. See the scoring weights below.