How specialty coffee is transforming Southeast Asian café culture
Southeast Asia has a rich history of both coffee production and consumption. In recent years, driven by changing consumer preferences, urbanisation, and thriving café culture,...
Shirley has been in the food and beverage industry for more than half her life, focusing on coffee since 2016. She runs a micro-roaster, coffee school, and cafe with her partner and is a qualified Q arabica grader.
Specialty coffee is improving standards for quality more widely – but what does that mean?
The term “specialty” implies higher quality. Coffees that score 80 points or more are classified as specialty-grade, and then marketed as “superior” products to sell...
Specialty coffee needs to find new ways to assess quality
For decades now, the Specialty Coffee Association’s 100-point scoring system has been the most popular method to evaluate cup profile and overall coffee quality. The...
Ultra-premium coffees: Does demand drop during economic downturns?
It’s fair to say that many countries across the world have been – and are still – experiencing various levels of economic downturn over the...
Is specialty coffee becoming more popular in Thailand?
Located on the Indochinese Peninsula, Thailand is one of the top 25 coffee producing countries in the world – and the third-largest in Southeast Asia....
Understanding Indonesian robusta coffee production
According to the International Coffee Organisation, Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest producer of coffee. In 2020, the country produced around 12.1 million 60kg bags of...