A slow walk through the rooms where the coffee is roasted, cupped and taught. No stylists, no props — only what was already there.
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Inside the roastery
Everything below happens before a coffee reaches its bag: the green lots arriving, the roast dialled in on Steigereiland, the blind cuppings that decide which lots stay, and the sessions where we teach how to brew them. These are the rooms behind the paintings on the labels.
Where a photograph belongs to a specific coffee, the caption links through to it.
Plate 01
The Stronghold S7X — electric, small batch, on its black stand.
Steigereiland, Amsterdam
Plate 02
Vessels lined up before a session — each one a different answer.
Training studio
Plate 03
A blind cupping — five origins, one spoon.
Cupping room
Plate 04
The masterclass begins with water.
Filter bar
Plate 05
Nine bars, twenty-eight seconds, one ristretto.
Espresso bench
Plate 06
Everything you need fits on one shelf.
Home brewing
Plate 07
Two ways home: a manual lever espresso, or an Origami filter — same coffee, two answers.
Home shelf · Origami filter & manual espresso
Plate 08
A morning spent tasting, not talking about tasting.
Corporate workshop
Plate 09
The liquor at rest — clarity, colour, and the first note of aroma.
Cupping table
Plate 10
A specialty-crafted filter cup, designed to open the aroma of a good coffee — by @studio.jie.chen.
Studio Jie Chen · filter cup
Plate 11
The siphon at work — glass, vapour, and the theatre of extraction.
Brew studio
Plate 12
Two roasts — the quiet argument for going lighter.
Roast comparison
Plate 13
A tasting cup, held over the IJ — the water below, the coffee above.
Steigereiland, over the water
Plate 14
A guided journey through one coffee — from aroma to aftertaste, one cup at a time.
