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...
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...
Ada satu hal yang cukup ironis di industri kopi sekarang. Di hilir, kita sering lihat harga kopi naik, bahkan jadi "premium". Tapi di hulu, banyak farmer yang justru masih struggle. Cost naik terus...
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...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Export-style traceability is starting to shape farm routines much earlier on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run...
udah beberapa tahun gue denger "direct trade" dipakai sebagai selling point roaster. preminya beneran lebih tinggi, relasi roaster-petani lebih dekat, petani dapat harga layak. konsepnya bagus. tapi...
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...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Climate-tolerant varieties attract interest, but cup trust still lags behind i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them survive...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Carbon-footprint questions are starting to change fertilizer conversations on the ground forum talk...
Belakangan ini makin kebukti kalau climate change itu bukan lagi isu teori, tapi sudah kejadian langsung di kebun. Banyak origin yang dulu stabil sekarang mulai "geser" musim panen berubah, cuaca...
recently more and more green bean bags coming to me have QR code printed on the bag. suppliers say it is for traceability, you can scan and see farm information, altitude, variety, processing date. I...
I want to hear real field experience about shared processing centers versus individual farm processing. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Farms that cup well are still losing margin through messy local buying structures forum talk makes it...
Recently I have been discussing trusting moisture meter readings at farm gate with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole...
Recently I have been discussing smallholder data collection without overloading farmers with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes...
I want to hear real field experience about emergency planning when rain hits drying season. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some...
Lagi sering kepikiran soal experimental processing. Anaerobic, co-fermentation, thermal shock ? beberapa tahun terakhir ini naiknya gila banget, hampir semua roaster pasti pernah pegang atau minimal...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Buyer requests for living-income proof are growing faster than farm payment systems i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them...
My confusion with intercropping around coffee trees 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 conclusions...