| Cropster
Beyond the Roast Episode 1: What Cropster Announced and What Is Coming Next
On May 21, 2026, Cropster CEO and Co-Founder Andreas Idl hosted the first session of the Beyond the Roast series,...
Industry
| Cropster
How to Thrive During the Coffee Price Crisis: Strategies for Roasters and Cafes
The coffee industry is currently grappling with unprecedented challenges as green coffee prices reach record highs. These fluctuations in C...
| RI
Introducing Cropster’s RI5.3 Update: Now with Loring’s Auto-Start and End Roast Detection!
We are excited to announce the RI5.3 update with Loring’s auto-start and end roast detection feature!
| Commerce
Organic Operations in Coffee
It’s that time of year again. Some may dread it, some people may actually look forward to it, if for...
| Commerce
Episode 52 – Doug Graf and Liz Bishop on Roasting Technology and Careers as Roast Technicians
This episode we chat with Doug Graf and Liz Bishop from Vintage Coffee. Vintage Coffee provides consulting, training, repair and maintenance, plant design, and start up for coffee roasters of every size. Doug Graf has been in the coffee industry for over three decades in his family business whether it’s roasting coffee or helping fix the machines. Liz's coffee career has including being a barista, trainer, roaster, cafe manager, green coffee buyer, and director of coffee. Liz recently became the first female Loring Smart Roaster Service technician in the world.
| Cropster
Episode 45 – Martin Elwert on Scaling a Coffee Business and B-Corp
Martin Elwert is the Founder of Coffee Circle in Germany. Coffee Circle is a certified B-Corporation and has been an e-commerce leader of specialty coffee across the DACH region of Europe. Martin comes from a consulting background and has used his experience to grow a successful coffee business. Listen to Martin as he tells the founding of Coffee Circle, funding to scale his business, and the importance of B-Corp to his business.