Thermal shock coffee processing is a controlled fermentation technique that alternates hot and cold water baths on the coffee cherry to lock aromatic compounds into
Toraja Sapan built its reputation on one thing: heavy, earthy body. That reputation is only half the story, and the half that gets left out
Robusta Temanggung is robusta grown on the volcanic slopes between Mount Sindoro and Mount Sumbing in Central Java, usually at 800 to 1,200 meters, harvested
Enzymatic Kopi Luwak is civet coffee produced without a civet. Indonesian producer Rani Mayasari, working with Prof. Erliza Noor at IPB University in Bogor, ferments
When a Japanese importer opens a bag of Indonesian green coffee, they are trusting a promise: that the beans inside are clean, safe, and legal
On the cupping table in front of me right now, there are five bowls from the same offer sample. The coffee scored well. Then we
Put a washed Yirgacheffe and a wet-hulled Gayo in the same cupping flight, and you will wonder how both are called arabica. That is the
Most people planning their first shipment from Indonesia to South Korea worry about the tariff. It’s the wrong thing to worry about. For Indonesian green
When you import coffee from Indonesia, the two payment methods you will be offered are almost always LC (Letter of Credit) and TT (Telegraphic Transfer).
Importing green coffee to Australia from Indonesia is straightforward on paper: coffee enters duty-free, and there is no import permit for standard green beans. The
A 20ft container holds 275 to 320 bags of green coffee at 60 kg each, which works out to roughly 16.5 to 19.2 metric tonnes.
Every few weeks a German roaster asks us the same question, and it’s usually the wrong one. “How much is the Kaffeesteuer on my container?”
