Recently I have been discussing rest time for low-density Brazil lots with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole...
lagi bingung nih mau beli mesin roasting pertama kali ada yang rekomendasiin beli yang 1 kg dulu buat belajar, tapi ada juga yang bilang langsung beli yang 3 kg sekalian biar investasinya gak...
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...
I taste more roasts lately that look very clean outside, but the cup is sharp and a bit empty in the middle. Many people chase fast drying phase because they want clarity and shorter total time. Is...
this has been sitting in my head because the industry keeps pushing it faster. Flash-sale behavior is teaching customers to wait and I hate what that does long term from outside it can look like...
Many small teams run production updates, urgent stock asks, machine downtime notes, and delivery changes inside WhatsApp groups. It works until volume grows and then one missing message creates wrong...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. The cleaner the paperwork looks, the more I worry someone skipped messy reality forum talk makes it...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Resting coffee longer for espresso keeps fixing problems I first blamed on roasting i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them...
this has been sitting in my head because the industry keeps pushing it faster. Nano-roaster setups inside retail spaces are looking less crazy than last year from outside it can look like obvious...
Many roasting teams talk about software and sensors, but probe placement still feels like the part people accept too quickly and regret later. Small placement difference can change how the whole...
this one keeps coming back around me lately. Roast planning got messier once half-caf and low-caf orders entered the schedule on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one...
baru cobain Algrano beberapa bulan lalu. platformnya cukup clean, ada 500+ producers terdaftar dari berbagai origin, sekitar 200 roaster active sebagai buyer dari 50+ negara katanya. sebagian besar...
virtual coffee tasting sessions now looks like one of those ideas that can either become strong long-term asset or just another busy project. I am interested in the boring reality behind it...
sudah terlalu sering lihat processing diperlakukan sebagai tahap teknis yang harus diselesaikan, bukan sebagai layer nilai yang bisa dibangun. data ICO di laporan 2023 menunjukkan specialty lot...
Recently I have been discussing setting reorder points for bags and valves with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole...
naikin harga kopi itu scary, apalagi pasar Jakarta yang pilihannya bejibun. tapi kenyataannya cost naik terus dan kalau harga gak ikut naik, perlahan-lahan mati. yang gue lihat: ada cafe yang naik...
ngomongin automation di roastery: dari yang sederhana seperti conveyor loading, auto destoner, sampai optical sorter. semua ini ada ROI-nya tapi juga ada minimum scale supaya masuk akal secara...
i keep circling this topic because beginner content often skips the middle step. I keep buying different coffees and still do not know what I actually like yet people either explain things too...
Full packaging automation still looks too heavy for many teams, but manual bagging also becomes painful once volume climbs. I keep hearing good things about semi-automatic setups that reduce handwork...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Coffee leaf rust talk is back again in places that sounded calmer last year forum talk makes it sound...