Suppliers
Samples, equipment, packaging.
We are preparing our roastery and looking now for the people we will buy from. If you sell green coffee, roasting equipment or packaging, here is what we need and why.
Green coffee
Send us a sample.
We will choose our origins after cupping. Blonde roast hides nothing, so the sample tells us everything.
Write to us
Tell us which origins and lots you have. We send you the delivery address.
Send the sample
Green coffee, with the lot sheet.
We cup it
We roast it blonde and cup it following the SCA protocol.
We tell you what we found
You get our feedback in writing, whatever the result.
What the lot sheet should include
Equipment
What we plan to buy, and why.
This list comes from our investment plan. For each item we collect at least three quotes, with a spec sheet, delivery time, warranty and service in Romania.
Coffee roasters2 units
The heart of the roastery. Blonde roast needs fine control of temperature (185–195 °C) and time (10–14 minutes). With two machines we can test new profiles without stopping production.
Automatic grinder1 unit
For ground-coffee orders and for preparing cuppings at volume.
Single-dose grinderNiche type · 1 unit
For cupping and extraction tests, dose by dose, with nothing left over from the previous lot.
Electronic grinders2 units
For espresso and filter: we see how each coffee behaves in the cup, the way cafés will brew it.
Dosing machinesemi-automatic · 1 unit
Accurate weighing and fast packing right after cooling, while the coffee is fresh.
Solar installation15 kW, installed
Our own energy for roasting and the workshop. Roasting uses a lot of power, and panels would cut both costs and footprint.
Management system and POScomplete
Lots, stock, invoices and traceability: from the green coffee sack to the bag on the shelf.
Packaging
Bags that keep what we roast.
We are looking for compostable bags with a degassing valve and a window, in two sizes, 250 g and 1 kg, plus printed labels and shipping boxes.
