OLLA Brew Lab

COFFEE CODEX · PROFESSIONAL REFERENCE

A specialty coffee reference built to travel with your work.

OLLA Coffee Codex organizes 1,770 in-app entries across eight areas: origins, farms, varieties, processing, roasting, equipment, brewing, and tasting. Entries favor traceable relationships and sourced data; when a number cannot be supported reliably, it is left blank rather than guessed.

CODEX · REF ENTRY
OLLA Coffee Codex specialty coffee reference entry on iPhone

CODEX · SCALE

OLLA Coffee Codex

1,770

entries

8

reference areas

21

grading systems

236

industry references

FROM ORIGIN TO CUP

More than a glossary: a connected map of coffee knowledge.

One coffee can involve origin, variety, processing, roasting, and brewing at the same time. Codex keeps those relationships in one reference structure instead of treating every term as an isolated definition.

01

Start with origin

Read country, region, and farm context, then continue into related varieties, processing methods, and industry references.

02

Understand variety and process

Keep lineage, processing flow, and flavor direction close enough to study the relationship rather than memorize names alone.

03

Connect roast and brew

The reference continues through roasting, equipment, brewing, and tasting so a term can return to practical coffee work.

04

Check the source

Data is kept when it can be supported; uncertain figures are not filled in simply to make a card look complete.

ORIGINS · FARMS · VARIETIES

Know where a coffee comes from before asking why it is different.

Codex places origins, farms, and varieties inside the same reference structure. A variety can lead into lineage and historical context; an origin can lead into common varieties, processes, and the industry around it.

  • Origins, farms, and varieties are part of the eight reference areas
  • REF cards can include lineage and flavor-radar context
  • The emphasis is on relationships and sources, not definition density alone
  • A reference can continue into processing, roasting, and cup expression

PROCESSING · ROASTING · BREWING

Follow the coffee from processing into roast and brew.

Coffee changes through post-harvest processing, roasting, and brewing. Codex keeps process flows, roast references, equipment, and brewing information adjacent so a technical term remains connected to the work it describes.

  • Processing entries can preserve step-by-step process relationships
  • REF cards can connect to roast-curve and technical context
  • Equipment and brewing references connect naturally to OLLA's working tools
  • Tasting references bring technical decisions back to cup description

GRADING · INDUSTRY REFERENCE

Keep the systems the coffee industry uses in view.

OLLA currently organizes 21 grading systems and an additional 236 references covering competitions, auctions, and industry records. They provide the context needed to understand what a grade, name, or event means in its own system.

  • 21 grading systems live inside one reference framework
  • 236 industry references cover competitions, auctions, and industry records
  • Short REF entries and long-form OLLA LAB research are presented as separate layers
  • Current OLLA LAB entries include ALO Coffee, Gesha, and Hong Kong

OLLA LAB · LONG-FORM RESEARCH

When a reference card is too small, the subject becomes a research entry.

OLLA LAB is for topics that need multiple sources, years, regions, or systems to explain properly. It sits beside the faster REF format: one is built for depth, the other for retrieval.

  • OLLA LAB and standard REF entries use deliberately different information density
  • Subjects such as Gesha can span history, regions, variety, and industry context
  • The Hong Kong entry uses 17 chapters to trace JP → HK → CN flows of capital and control
  • Long-form work follows the same rule: support the claim, or leave unsupported numbers out

CONNECTED REFERENCE

Use one entry to find the next relationship worth understanding.

Codex puts origin, variety, process, roast, brew, and sensory context in one knowledge chain. The end of a lookup should not be a definition; it should make the next question clearer.

ORIGIN→VARIETY→PROCESS→ROAST→BREW→SENSORY

OLLA BREW LAB

Keep Coffee Codex beside your roast and brew records.

OLLA Brew Lab runs on iPhone and iPad with English, Chinese, and Japanese interfaces. Codex is available inside the app.