How IoT Sensors Are Tracking Coffee from Bean to Cup

In this episode of Internet of Things with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna trace how IoT sensors are revolutionizing the coffee supply chain — from monitoring soil moisture and temperature on farms in Colombia to tracking roasting profiles and freshness during shipping. They focus on a specific case: a cooperative of 500 smallholder farmers in Huila, Colombia, who used a $50 sensor kit from a startup called CropCafé to reduce water usage by 22% and increase cherry quality scores by 15% in one harvest cycle. Lucas explains how the same sensors that track fermentation temperature also feed data into a blockchain ledger that roasters in Europe can query. Luna asks whether the cost and complexity of IoT exclude the smallest growers. The episode closes with a look at how consumer-facing QR codes on bags of coffee now link back to real-time sensor readings — turning a commodity into a verifiable story. #IoT #Coffee #SupplyChain #Agriculture #Sensors #SmartFarming #Blockchain #Traceability #CropCafé #ColombiaCoffee #SmallholderFarmers #QualityControl #Fermentation #Roasting #Transparency #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo