2023.05.19
Blog
Hi everyone. First of all, thanks for a wonderful welcome to your country. We are Cuatro Caminos Coffee Estates, established in Panama in 2014. We are part of the AgroNosotros group which, through private equities, invests in specialty agriculture. At the moment, we own and operate 12 specialty coffee farms for a total of 177ha in Boquete, Panama, one cacao farm in the Bocas del Toro region 135ha, and four different cacao farms in Belize, 60ha in total. In addition to farming, we operate one coffee shop, soon to be two, in Panama City, and two chocolate bean-to-bar facilities in Boquete, Panama, and Punta Gorda, Belize. Our mission is to own and operate specialty coffee farms in Panama that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. Sustainability...
2023.05.11
【Rising Star】Danish Ali: Caffeine Nirvana
Hello, everyone, my name is Danish. I’m from Caffeine Nirvana, India. I’m from a town called Chikmagalur. This is our estate. We grow all coffee and a lot of shade trees. This is Chikmagalur. I’ll just give you a context. Is is here that Baba Budan, when green bean, it was banned to take it anywhere and he smuggled seven beans inside a stick and brought it to Chikmagalur. And form those seven beans in the 16th century is where the coffee started. My family has been in it for a very long time. We are continuing it by employig the latest advancements, what’s available to us and combining it with the age-old traditions. There are a lot of locations,...
2023.05.08
【Community】Hidardo / Sebastian: CAFESMO
Hello, everyone. So we will indeed be doing a dual presentation because we think that will better reflect what CAFESMO represents as an organization. Hidardo, although he is 20 years younger than I, is the founder of CAFESMO. My name is Sebastian and I am responsible for international relations. As I just told on the stage, I am originally from the Netherlands. But I moved to Honduras 20 years ago to work with abandoned children and battered women. Four years ago, actually almost incidentally, I became aware that many coffee farmers in Honduras were leaving their livelihood and leaving their families behind to migrate illegally to the United States. We faced that problem continuously unfortunately, in Honduras and in the surrounding countries. It is...
2023.05.02
【Leadership】Alejandro Valiente C. : CaféNor
Good morning. My name is Alejandro Valiente. I’m a fourth-generation coffee-producer in northern Santa Ana in El Salvador. I worked at several companies from 2005 to 2017. And I got to know coffee producers in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This gave me a broader perspective on coffee production in the region and market trends. Our project started in 2018, when our concept and financial prospect became clearer. Our vision is to create a sustainable business through an innovation process, build long-term relations between producers and roasters, and achieve traceability and transparency. This is based on four philosophical principes. First, to have the ability to harmonize differences. Second, to respect different opinions. Third, to be humble and listen to the advice...
2023.05.01
We Hosted New York Launch Event
From March 27 to 31, TYPICA hosted an event at Pre Home in New York to celebrate our launch in the United States. During the multi-day event, 28 roasters participated in cupping sessions and had the chance to interact with guest roasters and coffee producers from all around the world. Through the event, we took the first step toward cultivating a new coffee culture through the power of community and realizing a world where everyone can trade directly. TYPICA has headquarters in the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. The US will be our fifth base. All three global waves of coffee started here. So the decision to establish a presence in New York was necessary for our mission to...
2023.05.01
Origin Investments in Bolivia
TYPICA is currently conducting a “listing deposit” scheme with a select number of smallholder producers in Bolivia. This endeavor allows TYPICA to support producers who propose their own projects to increase production, improve quality, and establish a sustainable coffee business. By loaning funds to producers before the coffee harvest takes place, they can securely invest in methods to increase their production or improve the quality of their products without worrying about economic risks. Coffee grown by these producers is offered on TYPICA’s platform as a priority listing, so roasters can purchase their highest quality lots. In this way, the loaned funds are returned through coffee delivery. Some of the proposals for improving coffee quality have included equipment investments such as...
2023.04.01
Report on Taiwan Caravan
Between March 6 and March 10, our “Taiwan Caravan” toured 4 cities in Taiwan including Taipei. The 55 participants from various roasteries and cafes were able to experience firsthand what TYPICA stands for through events such as presentations and cuppings of direct trade coffee. TYPICA first launched in Taiwan in October 2021, but in-person activities were restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, we were able to build good relationships with various members in the industry in Taiwan through interacting online, and it was with great excitement that we were finally able to hold our first in-person event at several roasteries that are important members of the TYPICA community. Host roasteries for the Taiwan Caravan included VWI by CHADWANG and...
2023.04.01
Join us as we launch Seoul Home!
From April 27 to 30, we are hosting an invitation-only opening event at our new home in South Korea, Seoul Home. Sign up if you are around as we celebrate the beginning of our new chapter in the country. Over the past few years, we have established numerous friendships in South Korea through our organized cupping tours and participation in the Cafe Show international trade fair. The opening of our new office will facilitate our mission to connect like-minded individuals striving towards improving the sustainability of coffee. Our ultimate goal is to foster a welcoming and congenial environment, much like the atmosphere of a cozy home where family and loved ones gather together. Seoul Home is in the peaceful neighborhood...
2023.03.23
【Revolution】Peter Muchiri : Rockbern Coffee
I need to, first and foremost, thank you, everyone who is here today for coming. Most of all I need to thank the TYPICA team for bringing us together. It’s been a wonderful forum. I think TYPICA has managed to articulate their focus and vision of what they expect and what they want. And to be honest, I feel we are aligned to that, because they say if you have a broken focus, you will get a broken outcome. I need to challenge everyone here. Because I’ve always challenged people in many forums that we must face the future with some level of revolutionary honesty. We cannot just continue doing these things the same way and expect some different outcome.”...
2023.03.03
Hello, Taiwan! TYPICA Starting Taiwan Tour
Dear friends in Taiwan, we are starting a four-city, five-day tour across the island! We are going to visit Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Tainan from March 6 to 10. We are looking forward to meeting up with our friends, existing and new, as we prepare for our full-scale landing in Taiwan! TYPICA officially launched our service in Taiwan in October 2021. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and limited in-person interactions, we have remained committed to our mission of bringing unique coffees to Taiwanese roasters. With our strong focus on digital communication, we have continued to build strong relationships and forge ahead towards our goals. As our platform has grown with more and more Taiwanese roasters joining us,...
2023.03.03
Launch of New US Office
TYPICA will be opening a new US office in March 2023. In honor of this occasion, the current base of operations, NYC Pre Home, will be holding an opening event that spans five days from March 27th through March 31st. From the burst of the IT bubble and terrorist attacks in the early 2000s, to the financial crisis of 2008, to being one of the hardest hit cities at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City has been able to overcome one adverse event after the next and thrive. Currently, New York has established itself as one of the leading startup cities in the world. All the major waves of the coffee industry have originated in the United...
2023.03.01
TYPICA Lab Bolivia Documentary Film Out Now!
We’ve released the first of our TYPICA Lab documentary film series. In this project, we follow roasters from around the world as they travel to coffee producing countries and explore a sustainable coffee industry, together with coffee producers. Seven roasters from across Japan participated in the first round of TYPICA Lab to Bolivia, which took place in September 2022. https://youtu.be/CmqDNwmU7y0 The seven roasters reunited in December 2022 to look back on their experiences and share their takeaways, along with a coffee that left a particularly strong impression on them during the trip. Each of the roasters gave their coffee a name to show how it inspired them. At the end of the film, the roasters shared their renewed take on...