keeping a cupping group active looks small from outside, but in practice it changes the feeling of a whole community. One bad habit can quietly push people away, while one good habit can make people...
oke gue mau bahas sesuatu yang menurut gue masih banyak roaster yang salah kaprah. Banyak yang roast satu profile untuk semua brewing method. Padahal espresso dan filter itu butuh karakter yang beda...
I want to hear real field experience about tracking grinder retention with changing menu. In theory it sounds useful, but inside daily work it also looks like one more variable to control. Some...
saya jalankan keduanya secara paralel. B2B ke beberapa cafe dan restoran, B2C lewat Instagram dan website. hasilnya: volume dari B2B lebih besar tapi margin per-kg lebih tipis. B2C margin lebih bagus...
ada protocol praktis yang gue pakai buat quick-detect over-fermented lot di cupping table sebelum itu kontaminasi seluruh session. berguna banget kalau cupping banyak sample sekaligus. langkah...
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...
meaningful collaboration between farm and roaster 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...
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...
not writing this like a tutorial, just honestly stuck on it. Customer complaint handling is too often disconnected from the batch record i keep hearing strong opinions, almost none of them survive...
Oke gue mau lempar topik yang udah lama gue penasaran tapi belum pernah nemu jawaban yang memuaskan. Katanya di roasting ada dua hal yang paling ngaruh ke profil: gas dan airflow. Banyak yang bilang...
I have been thinking a lot about code of conduct for a small coffee community because healthy community spaces do not happen by accident. The idea sounds easy when people talk about it casually, but...
optimal storage untuk green coffee itu sekitar 12 bulan. setelah itu, mulai ada flavor degradation yang terasa, biasanya ke arah papery atau woody. tapi gw denger beberapa trader bilang kalau storage...
udah dua tahun pakai traditional exporter dan satu tahun terakhir nyoba direct trade ke beberapa cooperative di Indonesia. jujur, hasilnya campur-campur. harga memang bisa lebih rendah karena motong...
maybe this sounds soft compared with machine or trade topics, but i do not think it is small. Mentorship sounds great until nobody defines what help actually means coffee spaces talk a lot about...
throwing this here because the topic is getting louder and my confidence is not getting better. Warehouse smell is still one of the best quality warnings and people keep ignoring it forum talk makes...
I keep thinking about selling specialty robusta because on paper it sounds attractive, but the practical side is not simple. There is possible upside for brand, revenue, or customer trust, but there...
setelah beberapa kali terlibat di collab industri kopi, satu pertanyaan yang selalu balik lagi: mending invest ke satu partnership yang long-term atau collab satu per satu sama banyak pihak yang...
Programmable Logic Controller di konteks roasting itu basically sistem automasi yang bisa jalankan sequence perintah otomatis: adjust gas, airflow, alarm, bahkan trigger cooling, berdasarkan kondisi...
mau beli mesin roasting pertama tapi bingung soal material drum-nya lihat ada yang pakai besi biasa, ada stainless steel, ada yang bilang cast iron paling bagus. dari sisi rasa kopi dan daya tahan...
mau nanya yang paling basic dulu nih, semoga ada yang mau jelasin selama ini kalau order kopi di cafe selalu pilih medium karena kayaknya paling aman. tapi sebenernya perbedaan light, medium, sama...