LoffeeLabs - Update Log

Database Update Logs

Changes & Notes

9/27/2024 : Bean Base V3.0.4
- - Improved accuracy of availability checker.
9/15/2024 : Roasters Registry V1.1.0
- - Added the following Coffee Roasters : 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters, About Us Coffee, Aoma Coffee, Assembly Coffee, Brewman Tokyo, Colorfull Coffee, da Matteo, Dark Arts Coffee, Ditta Artigianale, Gringo Nordic Coffee Roasters, Hex Coffee, Identity Coffee Lab, JBC Coffee Roasters, John Small Roastery, Kaffeelix, Klatch Coffee, Kuma Coffee, Lucent Coffee, minmax by bk, Pheonix Coffee Co, Raw Sugar Roast, Round Hill Roastery, Schön Kaffee, Special Guests Coffee, Style Coffee, Sump Coffee, Terraform Coffee Roasters, Townsfolk Coffee, Wes Ngopi, Wonderstate Coffee, Workshop Coffee.
9/13/2024 : Bean Base V3.0.3
- - Improved accuracy of availability checker.
9/6/2024 : Roasters Registry V1.0.1 & Bean Base V3.0.2
- - Added Gout & Co. to Roasters Registry and Bean Base
9/9/2024 : Roasters Registry V1.0
- - The Coffee Roasters List has been revamped. Renamed to “Roasters Registry”.
  - Moved Coffee Roasters list to new URL: https://www.loffeelabs.com/roasters-registry/
  - Added multiple new columns for statistics based on beans found in Bean Base.
  - Added a new “Latest Drop” column showing the date, item, and link of the roaster’s latest bean offering.
  - Added general information of each Roaster’s subscription service based on “Single Origin” or “Roaster’s Choice” selection.
  - Added new filter “Roaster Used”.
9/6/2024 : Bean Base V3.0.1
- - Added new tags “Cost Transparent” and “Cupping Score Transparent”
  - Fixed some minor errors found when filtering in Bean Base.
9/4/2024 : Bean Base V3.0 – Read all about it in Article #003!
- - Replaced “Roast Type” column with new “Tags” column.
  - Added new column “Processing Tags”.
  - Replaced (Producers / Co-ops / Communities) & (Estates / Farms / Processing Plants) columns with new “Producer Info” column.
  - Scrubbed entire database to provide more accurate Producer information.
  - Added new “Tags” filter.
  - Revamped “Process” filter to provide more search options.
  - Added new “Producer” filter
  - Added three “Key Word Search” filters for Producer Info, Variety, and Process.
8/27/2024: Bean Base V2.4.1
- - Fixed an error where sorting by Date, Price/Bag, Grams/Bag, Price/Cup & Bulk Price/Cup would not provide an accurately sorted list.
7/25/2024: Bean Base V2.4
- - Redesigned look and feel of Bean Base landing page.
  - Removed “Processing Description” to reduce load times and total data loaded.
  - Revised Roaster Country filter to be more accurate.
  - Added a new database “NEW BEANS TO EARTH” which shows the latest bean drops in the past 30 days.
  - Added 52 new coffee roasters to the specialty coffee roasters list. Roasters will be added to Bean Base over the next few weeks.
  - Fixed a critical error when trying to access Bean Base page. If you still experience this error, Bean Base will still work by refreshing the page.
6/22/2024: Bean Base V2.3
- - Scrubbed entire database to provide more accurate Producer information.
  - Added new columns (Producers / Co-ops / Communities) & (Estates / Farms / Processing Plants)
  - Added new column Elevation (MASL)
5/24/2024: Bean base V2.2
- - Added new Coffee Roasters to BeanBase! Bean Coffee Lab, A Matter of Concrete, Father’s Coffee, Full Court Press, Roseline Coffee, Scenery Coffee, Thankfully Coffee, Rose Coffee, Three Marks Coffee, Obadiah Coffee Roasters.
  - Changes to Tasting Notes filters for improved accuracy.
  - Changes to Process filter for improved accuracy.
5/19/2024 : Bean Base V2.1
- - Added new filter for Cost Transparent Coffee Roasters.
  - Updated varietal filter with more options and accuracy.
  - Updated origin filter with more options and accuracy.
  - Renamed Bean Base Mobile to Bean Base Lite. Moved to new URL : https://www.loffeelabs.com/bean-base-lite/
5/10/2024 : Bean Base V2.0!
- - Load time optimizations (Down to 3.4s from 15s+).
  - Added redirect links from Roasters Database to Bean Base.
  - Overhauled tasting note filtering to include general categories that encompasses multiple similar tasting notes (ie. Searching for “Caramel” will also consider “Toffee”, “Brown Sugar”, “Molasses”, etc.).
  - Removed regional tabs.
  - Added new filter “Roaster Region”.
  - Added new filter “Roaster Country”.
  - Moved mobile version of Bean Base to a new URL : https://www.loffeelabs.com/bean-base-mobile/
4/30/2024 : Bean Base V1.4
- - Removed Transparency Tab and database.
  - Added 15 new APAC (Asia Pacific) region coffee roasters to Bean Base!
  - Added new “APAC” regional tab.
  - There are now over 200 new coffee beans in the APAC region to discover!
4/30/2024 : Added 15 new APAC (Asia Pacific) region coffee roasters to the Coffee Roaster Database.
4/16/2024 : Bean Base V1.3
- - Added 31 new EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region coffee roasters to Bean Base!
  - Added new “Worldwide” and “EMEA” regional tabs.
  - There are now over 500 new coffee beans in the EMEA region to discover!
4/4/2024 : New NA region coffee roasters in Bean Base! Added Verb Coffee Roasters and Touchy Coffee.
3/28/2024 :
- - Overhauled Coffee Roaster Database with new Column headings.
  - Added 31 new EMEA region coffee roasters.
  - Added 2 new NA coffee roasters.
  - Added region and country filters.
  - Coffee Roasters Database is also now mobile friendly!
3/18/2024 : Bean Base V1.2
- - Improvements to filtering in Bean Base.
  - Changed column heading “Roast Degree” to “Roast Type”.
  - Added new categories including Ultra Light, Filter, Espresso, and Omni to better describe the roast type of each bean.
  - Added new “Roast Type” filter to include new categories.
3/15/2024 : Bean Base V1.1
- - Improvements to filtering in Bean Base.
  - Added Roast Degree, Elevation, and Custom Tasting Note filters.
  - Added clear all filters button.
3/7/2024 : New coffee roasters in Bean Base. Aviary Coffee, Dayglow Coffee, Moonwake Coffee Roasters, Mostra Coffee, and Verve Coffee Roasters.
2/25/2024 : Bean Base is up! Version 1.0 is the first iteration of Bean Base. Some filtering options may be buggy.
2/25/2024 : The coffee roaster list has been updated to reflect all NA roasters currently in Bean Base!