June 29, 2021

Global or local? Exploring the future of Indonesian coffee production

We know how price fluctuation, volatility, and uncertainty in the global coffee market can put farmers at risk. Coffee farmers are often “price takers” who have...

June 14, 2021

Experiments with localised coffee flavour wheels in Taiwan & Indonesia

Most coffee professionals are familiar with the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel. It is an iconic resource in the coffee industry, and...

May 19, 2021

How is Malaysia’s coffee culture evolving?

In Kuala Lumpur today, specialty coffee shops are not an uncommon sight. Despite the historic popularity of the traditional kopitiam, things are starting to change....

February 25, 2021

“The beauty is that we produce the coffee”: Exploring manual brewing’s popularity in Indonesia

Although Indonesia has long since been one of the world’s leading coffee producers, its coffee shop culture is comparatively young. Domestic consumption has quadrupled in...

December 23, 2020

Exploring Five Popular Indonesian Coffee Varieties

Coffee grows and evolves differently all around the world. We know this, just like we know that a coffee variety that grows well in Ethiopia...

September 23, 2020

Three Examples Of Innovative Coffee Processing In Indonesia

Indonesia is the fourth-biggest coffee producing country in the world, behind Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia.  After coffee leaf rust wiped out most of the high-quality...

July 23, 2020

Indonesia’s Iced Coffee Revolution

In recent years, es kopi susu (iced coffee with milk) has become incredibly popular in Indonesia. The premise is simple; to make it, you mix...