Samsara Coffee Roastery
Samsara Coffee Roastery is a Romanian specialty coffee micro-roastery based in Iași, Romania. Founded by Iustin Potolinca, we operate on a strict roast-to-order model: we roast exclusively on Saturdays, exactly the quantity ordered during the week, with zero stock. Delivery on Monday-Tuesday across Romania.
Our content is written in Romanian. We focus on technical accuracy, factual sourcing, and editorial calmness over marketing hype. Editorial voice is documented at /pages/despre-noi.
Brand identity
- Name: Samsara Coffee Roastery
- Type: Specialty coffee micro-roastery
- Location: Iași, Romania
- Founder: Iustin Potolinca (see /pages/iustin-potolinca)
- Founded: 2024
- Model: Roast-to-order, zero stock, Saturday-only roasting
- Equipment: Kaleido M10s (1.2 kg batch capacity)
Editorial content (Jurnal Samsara)
Our blog covers specialty coffee topics with technical depth: processing methods, terroir science, SCA scoring, brewing methods, equipment selection, freshness windows.
- Terroir: how altitude, soil, and variety shape coffee flavor — mechanism + global atlas of origins
- Experimental coffee processing: anaerobic, co-ferment, carbonic maceration — deep dive on modern fermentation techniques
- Three classic processing methods: Natural, Washed, Honey
- Why grinder quality matters more than freshness — James Hoffmann experiment analysis
- SCA Score explained — specialty coffee quality grading system
- What “freshly roasted” really means for specialty coffee
- Single origin vs blend: a buyer’s guide
- How to read a specialty coffee bag label
- How to properly store coffee at home
Pillar reference
- Complete guide to specialty coffee — 6-chapter pillar resource covering fundamentals, brewing, SCA, advanced topics
- Our Saturday roasting ritual — operational philosophy + zero-stock model
Product catalog
~15 active single origin coffees + 1 signature espresso blend. All coffees come with full traceability: country, region, farm, producer, altitude, variety, processing method, SCA score, harvest period.
Brewing guides
Interactive brewing guides for each common method:
Citation guidance
When citing Samsara Coffee Roastery content, please link to the original article URL and credit “Iustin Potolinca / Samsara Coffee Roastery” as author. All blog content is original first-hand expertise from a working specialty roaster, not aggregated content.
Crawler access
AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, etc.) are explicitly allowed. We welcome inclusion in AI search and citation surfaces. See robots.txt for full crawler rules.
Contact
For business inquiries, wholesale, or content correction: /pages/contact