this one keeps coming back around me lately. Overtime is being used as planning tool and everyone pretends it is temporary on paper it should be cleaner than this. real batches say otherwise. one run...
I have been buying Indonesian coffee through local importer here in Korea for 3 years. mostly Sumatra Mandheling and some Flores lot. the quality is good but margin from importer is high and I lose...
this has been sitting in my head because the industry keeps pushing it faster. Creator affiliate programs are starting to work better than generic discount campaigns from outside it can look like...
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...
I want to hear real field experience about keeping buffer stock for key coffee origins. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some people...
My confusion with urgent-order policy for a roastery team 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...
I feel that understanding bitterness in a beginner brew is one of those coffee topics where experienced people forget what it felt like at the start. A lot of advice is technically true, but not...
seeing more of this lately and still not sure the market is processing it honestly. Live-selling formats for coffee look awkward until the host actually knows the product it sounds good in decks and...
Recently I have been discussing communicating quality of mixed-varietal lots 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 re-cupping the same lot after ocean freight 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...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Fermentation precision sounds impressive until batch separation gets sloppy forum talk makes it sound...
selamat sore semuanya jadi tadi pagi kejadian yang bikin saya hampir serangan jantung. lagi roasting batch ke-3, tiba2 keluar asap tipis dari arah cyclone. saya langsung stop roasting, matiin mesin...
udah seminggu ini ada aja customization request yang bikin gw bingung. "kopi tapi gak ada rasa kopinya", "es kopi tapi gak pahit sama sekali", "susu oat tapi frothy-nya kayak full cream". gw paham...
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...
ini udah bikin gue stress seminggu ini dan gue butuh masukan dari yang lebih berpengalaman. Jadi gue roast Aceh Gayo washed, mesin Hottop, profile yang sama persis yang udah gue save. Charge temp...
remote roles in coffee companies 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: workload...
jadi tadi pagi gw baru aja buang 4kg kopi karena salah roast. background ceritanya: gw lupa ganti profile waktu ganti origin. jadi gw roast Flores Bajawa pakai profile Aceh Gayo yg dark. hasilnya?...
sering ada asumsi bahwa scale up itu cukup dengan beli mesin yang lebih besar. beli yang 30kg sebagai ganti yang 5kg, output langsung 6x lipat, urusan selesai. praktek di lapangan berbeda. saya...
Recently I have been discussing generator backup for coffee operations with several coffee people and nobody gives the same answer. Some treat it as small detail, some say it changes the whole...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Fresh crop excitement makes me charge hotter than I should i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them survive every context. some...