ABOVE: Aviary s roastery in Cleveland, Ohio in March 2026. Here, coffee flows from right to left, requiring only one operator for the entire production line as coffee moves from a net-weigher dispensing 3000.0g of green coffee to the P3000; from the P3000 to an Arlyn scale; from the scale to the RealTech Q32 color sorter; [ ]
Publisher s note: I d heard of Thai before I met her, but in the years that followed we became fast friends with a common taste in memes and irreverent ideas. When she approached me about contributing a guest piece to my blog, I was more than enthusiastic; the work that Thai and Hana at 96b have [ ]
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A guest post from Pranoy Thipaiah of Kerehaklu Estate in India.
This post is adapted from a talk I gave at Roastronix Summit 2025 ahead of SCA Expo in Houston, Texas in April, 2025. It was 2 o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon and I found myself standing in front of a Mexican hat store on the West Side of Cleveland. I’d read there was a Viamerica [ ]
This piece is inspired by Aviary s ninth release in 2024 from Abelardo Medina. This blog is available for free and wholly subsidized by Aviary. To support this blog and the work I do—and to place the writings I publish here in context of the coffees that inspired them—please consider subscribing to the 2025 season or [ ]
This blog is available for free and wholly subsidized by Aviary. To support this blog and the work I do—and to place the writings I publish here in context of the coffees that inspired them—please consider subscribing or ordering individual releases that look interesting to you. In the last nine months, I’ve released nine coffees [ ]
This piece is inspired by curiosities surrounding Aviary’s releases 008: Basha Bekele and XX2: Pranoy Thipaiah, which were available in limited quantities through the Aviary website. To support this blog and the work I do—and to place this piece in context of the coffee that inspired it—please consider ordering. The specialty coffee industry holds a [ ]
This piece is inspired by curiosities surrounding Aviary’s release 006: Jhon Didier Trujillo, which is available in limited quantities through the Aviary website. To support this blog and the work I do—and to place this piece in context of the coffee that inspired it—please consider ordering. Things aren t always what they appear to be: a [ ]