Coffee sold into the EU must be shown deforestation-free
Free EUDR check for coffee
Whether your green beans come from Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Colombia or Vietnam, show a farm plot on the map, drop a GPS point, or upload a KML/GeoJSON. In seconds you'll see whether the land shows deforestation since 2020 — and whether the location is in the shape the EU expects. No signup. No GIS skills needed.
The EU Deforestation Regulation means that from 30 December 2026, coffee sold into Europe has to be proven to come from land that wasn't cleared of forest after 31 December 2020 — and the proof starts with where the farm is. That's why plot coordinates are now part of every EU filing, from a single estate to thousands of smallholder lots. This page checks that a plot passes, before it goes in. Try it with a plot →
What EUDR asks for
A location for every farm — and a clean deforestation check
Under the EUDR, the company that first places coffee on the EU market has to record where each production plot is and show the land wasn't deforested after 2020. That request flows down the chain, so roasters and importers are already asking exporters and cooperatives for plot coordinates. How much detail depends on the plot's size:
Smallholder farm — one point
4 hectares or less can be a single GPS point (WGS-84, at least 6 decimals) — most smallholder coffee plots.
Estate or larger farm — a boundary
Over 4 hectares needs a polygon tracing the plot's outline. The tool draws it for you.
What the free check gives you
A plain answer you can act on — and keep on file
Deforestation screen
Checks the plot against the 2020 cutoff on annual satellite forest-loss data plus near-real-time clearing alerts — the core EUDR question, answered.
Format check
Catches the coordinate mistakes that get filings bounced — wrong precision, swapped lat/long, an unclosed boundary — before you submit.
A summary to keep
Download a clear one-page result, with the sources it used — the evidence a buyer or auditor will ask to see.
Three steps
How the coffee plot check works
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Find the plot
Tap the farm on the map, search a place or GPS point, or upload the KML/GeoJSON your exporter or cooperative sent.
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It checks two things
Deforestation since 2020, and whether the location is in the format the EU expects.
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Read the answer
A plain result — clear, or needs a closer look — plus a summary you can save.
Coffee & the EUDR
Coffee is new to deforestation rules — and rarely comes from one place
Coffee had no EU deforestation regime before the EUDR — no EUTR, no FLEGT equivalent — so for most roasters and importers this is the first time a European buyer has to prove where the beans grew. The geolocation step is new work for the whole chain, not a tweak to an existing one, and the burden lands on the operator who first places the coffee on the EU market.
Coffee is also unusually fragmented. A single export lot can pool hundreds or thousands of smallholder farms collected through a washing station, cooperative or exporter — each farm typically under the 4-hectare line, so describable as a single point; estates and larger farms need a polygon boundary. The practical risk isn't any one farm — it's that one malformed or mislabelled plot in the set can hold up the whole consignment's filing. Chains that already trace to the farm gate, as many specialty and certified-origin lots do, have a real head start.
This page is the spot check for that reality. Screen one plot against the same satellite record an EU filing will face — annual forest-loss data plus near-real-time clearing alerts, on the 31 December 2020 cutoff — or format-check a whole file of collected farm points before it goes near TRACES. It covers green coffee from Latin America to East Africa to Southeast Asia — Nicaragua, Colombia, Ethiopia, Vietnam and beyond. Screening the full consignment, generating the DDS-ready GeoJSON and keeping the five-year record is the operator workflow, not the free tool.
When one plot isn't enough
From a free spot check to standing EUDR evidence
The check on this page is free, forever. When you're filing at consignment scale — DDS-ready GeoJSON for TRACES, a five-year audit trail, continuous re-screening — that's the operator workflow behind it. Tell us what you're filing and we'll take it from there.
Common questions
Coffee EUDR questions, answered plainly
Does the EUDR really apply to coffee?
Yes — coffee is one of the seven commodities in scope. It's the first EU deforestation rule coffee has ever faced. The operator that first places the coffee on the EU market must collect plot geolocation, screen it against the 2020 cutoff, assess risk, and file the statement in TRACES.
Does Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, organic or 4C cover me?
Not on its own. Certification and verification schemes can support your risk assessment, but the EUDR has no certification safe-harbour — the operator must still collect plot coordinates, run the deforestation and legality checks, and file the statement. The legal responsibility stays with the operator.
My coffee comes from thousands of smallholders — how does this work?
Every production plot needs a location. Farms of 4 hectares or less can each be a single point, so most smallholder plots are points; larger farms and estates need a boundary. Cooperatives, washing stations and exporters usually aggregate the coordinates for a lot. This tool screens a plot at a time, and format-checks a whole file at once.
A point or a boundary for a coffee farm?
Farms over 4 hectares need a polygon boundary; 4 hectares or under can be a single point. Coordinates must be WGS-84 (EPSG:4326) with at least six decimal places. This tool checks both automatically.
Is a clear result an official compliance approval?
No. It's a screening signal with the sources it used shown in full — not a certification, legal opinion, guarantee, or a signed statement. The legality assessment and your own risk assessment stay separate obligations.
EB TERRA — proudly Malaysian, working directly with producers. We read a plot the way the grower does — so the evidence you file holds up, in every origin you source.
Screening evidence produced by the documented EB TERRA — EUDR method. This is not a certification, legal opinion, guarantee, or a signed DDS. A "clear" result is a machine signal on the listed sources, not a compliance verdict; the legality assessment (Art. 10) and the operator's risk assessment remain separate obligations. EB TERRA — EUDR evidence packages