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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I want to hear real field experience about farm readiness for geolocation traceability rules. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Water access is becoming the hidden cost behind quality promises on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run looks...
Recently I have been discussing leaf rust prevention without heavy chemistry 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 fermentation education at farm level 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...
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...
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...