Why it belongs in ORBIS
Earthlings Coffee Workshop runs the Sarawak Liberica Refinement Project, a six-phase research effort into Borneo's native Liberica and Excelsa coffee varieties, published in MDPI and covered by the BBC. The Kuching-based company also trains baristas through its own Coffee Academy.
Earthlings Coffee Workshop is registered in Kuching, Sarawak (company number 953427-K) and organizes its work around three stated pillars — coffee, culture, and humanity. Its central, most distinguishing initiative is the Sarawak Liberica Refinement Project, a six-phase research and development effort into Liberica and Excelsa varieties native to Borneo, aimed at improving and documenting quality in coffee species that get far less specialty-market attention than arabica or robusta. That research has been published in the peer-reviewed outlet MDPI and covered by international press including the BBC, the South China Morning Post, and MAS Going Places Magazine — third-party coverage of a coffee heritage story rather than the shop's own marketing copy. Beyond research, Earthlings runs a Coffee Academy offering "Coffeologist" training courses, supplies wholesale beans and machines, and organizes farm trips to Liberica-growing areas such as Bario and Long Banga. It also hosted the 2025 Borneo Coffee Events, including a symposium and a team brewing competition, positioning itself as an organizer within the regional coffee scene rather than only a retailer. The combination of a named refinement project, published research, and international press coverage gives Earthlings a more documented claim to expertise in Liberica coffee than most single-origin retailers can offer.