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Digital Product Passport

A Coffee Lot Origin Record your buyers can open and check.

The HeritageIQ Passport publishes the accepted history behind one coffee lot as a fixed record. Buyers open it from a link and can see that it has not changed since it was issued.

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Illustrative sampleFictional data

HeritageIQ Passport

Mlima Farm washed AA

Lot HIQ-SAMPLE-0421 · Published record

Record stateIntegrity check passed
Buyer summarySingle-lot origin recordCentral highlands, Kenya · 2025/26 main crop
Lot mass984 kggreen coffee
Supplying farm
Mlima Farm fictional
Varieties
SL28, Ruiru 11
Process
Washed · sun-dried
Current holder
Sample Exporter Ltd fictional
Farm origin

Boundary version 2 applied on the harvest dates. Area 2.4 ha, calculated by HeritageIQ.

Public view confirms the recorded origin without publishing raw farm coordinates.
01Harvestfarm source
02Processingcherry → green
03Custodyholder history
04Lotpublished record
  1. Harvest recordedCherry harvests accepted from the supplying farm after field capture in HeriShamba.
  2. Evidence linkedSupported delivery photo recorded with capture context and an inside-boundary location status.
  3. Wet processingCherry transformed to parchment with the processing output and loss recorded.
  4. Dry milling & custodyGreen coffee output recorded and custody transferred to the sample exporter.
  5. Passport publishedThe commercial lot was assembled and this fixed snapshot was issued.
Published record integritySnapshot and source list match their recorded fingerprints.The check confirms this published snapshot has not changed. It does not certify that every underlying fact is true.sha256 7c1e…d402 (sample)

Illustrative Passport · Fictional buyer-facing data

01 · IdentityKnow the lot

Lot identity, mass, process and season in one buyer-facing record.

02 · OriginKnow the source

Supplying farms and the accepted boundary history behind their harvests.

03 · ProvenanceFollow the coffee

Accepted harvest, processing and custody history remains connected to the lot.

04 · IntegrityCheck the publication

Stored snapshot and source fingerprints are checked whenever the Passport is served.

The problem

Origin claims travel as PDFs and emails that anyone can edit.

A buyer receives a spec sheet saying which farms, which process, which season. They have no way to see where it came from or whether it was changed along the way.

Each new buyer question means another round of collecting documents.

Sample Passport

Give the buyer one record they can actually inspect.

This fictional example shows the structure of the buyer-facing result. A real Passport is generated from the accepted records connected to the published coffee lot.

Designed for the buyer's first questionsWhere is it from?What happened to it?Who held it?Has this published record changed?

Origin without publishing the farm's raw coordinates.

Buyers can see the farm identity and which accepted boundary applied to the harvest without turning the public Passport into a downloadable farm survey.

A fixed record, not a live page that silently changes.

Publication freezes the buyer-facing snapshot. Later corrections require a new published record rather than rewriting the old one.

Integrity is clear about its limits.

The fingerprint check detects change to the published snapshot and source list. It is not an independent certification of the underlying facts.

Illustrative sampleFictional data

HeritageIQ Passport

Mlima Farm washed AA

Lot HIQ-SAMPLE-0421 · Published record

Record stateIntegrity check passed
Buyer summarySingle-lot origin recordCentral highlands, Kenya · 2025/26 main crop
Lot mass984 kggreen coffee
Supplying farm
Mlima Farm fictional
Varieties
SL28, Ruiru 11
Process
Washed · sun-dried
Current holder
Sample Exporter Ltd fictional
Farm origin

Boundary version 2 applied on the harvest dates. Area 2.4 ha, calculated by HeritageIQ.

Public view confirms the recorded origin without publishing raw farm coordinates.
01Harvestfarm source
02Processingcherry → green
03Custodyholder history
04Lotpublished record
  1. Harvest recordedCherry harvests accepted from the supplying farm after field capture in HeriShamba.
  2. Evidence linkedSupported delivery photo recorded with capture context and an inside-boundary location status.
  3. Wet processingCherry transformed to parchment with the processing output and loss recorded.
  4. Dry milling & custodyGreen coffee output recorded and custody transferred to the sample exporter.
  5. Passport publishedThe commercial lot was assembled and this fixed snapshot was issued.
Published record integritySnapshot and source list match their recorded fingerprints.The check confirms this published snapshot has not changed. It does not certify that every underlying fact is true.sha256 7c1e…d402 (sample)

From seller to buyer

The Passport travels with the commercial conversation.

HeritageIQ does not replace the sale. It gives the seller a stable origin record to send with the coffee offer, sample or contract discussion.

Public buyer accessNo HeritageIQ account required to open a published Passport.
  1. 01
    SellerPrepare the identified lot

    The commercial lot groups the coffee being presented to the buyer, with its accepted provenance already connected.

  2. 02
    HeritageIQPublish the fixed Passport

    HeritageIQ creates the immutable buyer-facing snapshot and source manifest for that publication.

  3. 03
    SellerShare the public link

    The exporter, estate or marketing agent sends the Passport link alongside the normal sales conversation.

  4. 04
    BuyerOpen and inspect

    The buyer can review lot identity, farm origin, harvest history, processing, custody and available evidence.

  5. 05
    BuyerAsk better questions

    The record does not make the buying decision. It gives both sides a common history to discuss before trading.

HeritageIQ handlesTraceability record · Publication integrity · Public delivery
Outside the PassportPrice · Payment · Contract · Quality decision · Certification

Workflow

From accepted records to a published Passport.

  1. Records accepted

    Farm, harvest, processing and custody records are accepted into HeritageIQ.

  2. Lot assembled

    The finished coffee is grouped into a commercial lot with a single current custodian.

  3. Passport published

    HeritageIQ builds the record from the lot's history, fingerprints it, and gives it a permanent public link.

  4. Shared with buyers

    Send the public link with samples, offers or contracts. A machine-readable JSON view is also available from the public Passport endpoint.

Who it serves

Issued by sellers, opened by buyers

  • Exporters and marketing agents issuing Passports for lots
  • Direct-selling estates presenting their own coffee
  • Importers and roasters receiving origin records
  • Producer organisations showing members' contribution

Practical value

One link instead of a document pack

  • One origin record per lot, ready when the lot is
  • Buyers can check that it has not been altered
  • Supports buyer questionnaires and due diligence
  • Gives substance to single-origin marketing

Good to know

What the integrity check does, and does not, prove.

  • The integrity check proves the published record has not changed since it was issued. It does not independently prove that every underlying fact is true.
  • A Passport is not a certificate, a quality grade or a compliance decision.
  • Passports are currently produced for coffee lots.

Coffee pilot

Publish a Passport for one of your lots.

We will walk you through a demo farm, a sample lot and its Passport, then scope a pilot around one of your own farms or lots.

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