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A Home Roaster’s New Tool for Precision and Control

A Home Roaster’s New Tool for Precision and Control

Here’s what you need to know: Home roasters are getting a digital upgrade. A new app is bridging the gap between analog craftsmanship and tech-driven precision, offering a way to log roasting data without sacrificing the tactile joy of the process. The app turns pen-and-paper notes into a dynamic, customizable dashboard where every temperature, adjustment, and observation is captured in real time. At its core, the app lets users tailor their interface—switching on/off buttons for temperature, roast time, or custom metrics. Each logged temp auto-graphs as a separate line, giving roasters a visual pulse of their roast’s evolution. Once the…
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IWCA and Cup of Excellence Team Up to Elevate Women in Coffee

IWCA and Cup of Excellence Team Up to Elevate Women in Coffee

Coffee lovers, wine enthusiasts, tea devotees—here’s a move set to redefine the industry. The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) has struck new partnerships with Cup of Excellence (CoE) and the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE), aiming to amplify women’s roles in coffee’s most prestigious platforms. These memoranda of understanding (MOUs) are more than paperwork—they’re a blueprint for equity, designed to open doors for women producers, jurors, and buyers in a male-dominated field. CoE’s green coffee competitions and auctions have long been a gold standard, lifting microlots to record prices and global acclaim. Yet women remain underrepresented in these high-stakes arenas.…
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