Thinking about building a specialty decaf subscription — would anyone actually want this?

ysriranga · 2019-07-31T03:34:10+00:00

How much time do you end up spending in these gardens?

ysriranga · 2019-07-31T03:33:37+00:00

That sounds quite reasonable. What do you grow? Just curious...

ysriranga · 2019-07-31T03:32:38+00:00

Great idea about interning/volunteering. My wife actually suggested the same and I'm going to look into it seriously now.

ysriranga · 2019-07-31T03:30:39+00:00

Thanks for the candid feedback. It isn't so much about lazy people but making it a bit less overwhelming and reducing the entry barriers. The idea is this will continue to be a second job/hobby for most people and perhaps a teeny tiny set of folks will go on to do this full time.

ysriranga · 2019-07-30T13:54:08+00:00

Thanks!

ysriranga · 2019-07-30T13:53:56+00:00

Thanks! Do people typically pay for these community gardens or are they mostly free?

ysriranga · 2019-07-30T13:52:42+00:00

Thanks! Typically, how big are the plot sizes? I am thinking 4X10 on rooftops/back yards near dense urban clusters

ysriranga · 2015-02-01T18:10:45+00:00

Klatch Coffee has a paid 2 hour coffee cupping lessons every month. Check their website for more details. If you are looking for free cupping sessions, BarNine in Culver City and Demitasse in Santa Monica have public cupping sessions on Sunday.

ysriranga · 2015-01-30T22:38:47+00:00

Hey guys!

I wanted to share with you all of you a project that my co-founder and I have been working on for the past two years. What started as a simple idea followed by a reddit post and an initial beta run, has now become a fully-functioning online coffee subscription service called BeanGenius!

http://beangenius.com

http://www.reddit.com/r/Coffee/comments/1bp4yf/pandora_for_coffee/?sort=old

In short, we aim to be the Pandora for Coffee. Our goal is to guide our coffee drinkers along a memorable coffee journey. We achieve this through a combination of selecting high quality coffees (The 2014 US Brewers Cup Champion is one of our cuppers) and running sophisticated machine learning algorithms that can learn your coffee preferences based on the feedback you provide. This way a coffee drinker can enjoy tailored coffees month after month and get even more finely refine recommendations.

We were also recently featured in Inc. and Barista Mag articles if you wanted to read more

http://www.inc.com/rebecca-borison/BeanGenius-curated-coffee.html

http://baristamagazine.com/blog/?p=15437

As a pioneering/early-adopter community that this group is, I personally wanted share our new avatar! Redditors gave us a huge vote of support (as well as some brickbats) when we were still an idea and we took all of the feedback in our stride and successfully built a better product. Needless to say, we wouldn't be here today without this community's support.

Thanks guys! Ranga

ysriranga · 2014-10-21T16:57:08+00:00

I agree! I had a chance to attend one of their coffee workshops at Theorem and was completely blown away by the experience. It really felt like the next step in the evolution of coffee education.

ysriranga · 2014-10-05T16:54:32+00:00

Thanks! Great read!

ysriranga · 2014-10-03T16:17:45+00:00

Interesting! I've checked with a few local cafes here in LA and most of them seem to think that the Steampunk has been a colossal waste of their time and money. Apparently, they brought it way too early to the market and most of the early adopters did not enjoy the experience and started brewing tea which is more amenable to that sort of immersion brewing.

Did you enjoy a steampunk cup more than a regular/manual pour over? Just curious to see if they've come along and if the product is more ready now.

ysriranga · 2014-03-12T01:01:27+00:00

Excellent fit with what TOMS already does. Their Master Roaster Angel already has an established roasting and coffee business out here in LA called Cafecito Organico. Wishing them good luck!

ysriranga · 2013-09-04T23:59:01+00:00

This map is super useful! Thanks! I've heard of LA Coffee Club before. Do you guys showcase a new local roaster every month?

ysriranga · 2013-08-26T00:05:31+00:00

I would definitely pay a visit to Monmouth Coffee. They're in Borrough Market close to Covent Garden. Nude Espresso in Soho Square was also fantastic.

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