sudah bertahun-tahun saya dengar cerita yang sama dari sesama petani di daerah saya. biaya pupuk naik, upah petik naik, biaya transport naik. tapi harga cherry yang dijual ke pengepul hampir tidak...
I am from the Philippines and in the last months I tried two Indonesian single origin coffees that made me curious to explore more. First was Aceh Gayo from a local roaster here in Manila. heavier...
Teknologi di dunia farming sekarang mulai masuk ke level yang dulu kayaknya gak kepikiran. Ada yang pakai sensor untuk monitor tanah, drone untuk mapping kebun, bahkan AI untuk prediksi hasil panen...
Dulu robusta sering dipandang sebelah mata. Tapi sekarang mulai banyak yang ngomong: "robusta is the future". Alasannya masuk akal lebih tahan panas, lebih kuat terhadap penyakit, dan lebih stabil...
gue lagi riset soal ini dan datanya lumayan bikin tidak nyaman. laporan SCA 2019 soal coffee and climate change bilang sampai 50% area suitable arabica global bisa hilang sebelum 2050 di skenario...
gue lagi coba mapping ulang supply chain kopi dari petani ke roaster akhir dan angkanya bikin kepala pusing. rata-rata ada 6-8 tangan yang pegang kopi sebelum sampai ke roaster. petani ke pengepul...
tahun lalu kehilangan hampir 35% dari proyeksi karena serangan Karat Daun yang terlambat ketangkep. awalnya pikir cuma spot kecil di beberapa pohon, ternyata sudah nyebar ke sebagian besar petak...
lagi riset soal ini dan nemu beberapa nama yang sering disebut di literatur luar tapi jarang dibahas di forum Indonesia. Catimor itu hasil cross Caturra x Timor Hybrid. Timor Hybrid sendiri itu cross...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Premium buyers want variety purity, while local reality is often mixed blocks on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. More farms want direct relationships, fewer want the admin load that comes with them on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise...
sudah 3 tahun convert sebagian kebun ke sistem agroforestry. tanam beberapa pohon naungan campuran di antara kopi, sebagian sengon dan beberapa pohon buah di pinggiran petak, pisang di beberapa...
sudah dua musim berturut-turut angka proyeksi panen dari dinas dan dari model yang saya pakai sendiri meleset jauh dari aktual. satu kali meleset 20% lebih rendah dari proyeksi, satu kali 30% lebih...
Satu isu yang mungkin gak terlalu sering dibahas, tapi dampaknya besar: makin sedikit generasi muda yang mau masuk ke dunia farming. Banyak kebun yang sekarang masih jalan karena generasi lama, tapi...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Climate swings are making picking windows shorter and more expensive on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run looks...
Beberapa waktu terakhir banyak roaster mulai ngerasain hal yang sama: supply makin gak bisa diprediksi. Kadang barang telat, kadang kualitas batch beda jauh, kadang harga berubah cepat. Jadi planning...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Buyers say they want long-term partnership, then switch fast on small price gaps forum talk makes it...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Farm renovation plans keep stalling because the next two harvests feel too risky i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them...
Recently I have been discussing fine robusta as a real category for serious farms with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the...
Recently I have been discussing harvest labor shortage in coffee farming with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole...
My confusion with long-term contracts with coffee farms is that the idea makes sense on paper, but practical execution looks much less clean. The more I ask around, the more I hear opposite...