1. Owner Identification and Corporate Status
In compliance with Article 15 of the Political Constitution of Colombia, digital commerce regulations, and international information transparency principles, this website sipdolcelabs.com is owned, managed, and operated exclusively by SIPDOLCE SAS.
SIPDOLCE SAS is a commercial corporation duly organized under the laws of the Republic of Colombia as a Simplified Stock Corporation (Sociedad por Acciones Simplificada), holding Tax Identification Number (NIT) 901871840-5, registered on September 19, 2024, before the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá.
The multidisciplinary laboratory operates under the brand name SipDolce Labs as an independent scientific research unit dedicated to knowledge advancement across the coffee ecosystem.
2. Nature, Purpose and Scope of the Digital Platform
SipDolce Labs functions as an independent applied research and experimental facility at the intersection of coffee science (Coffee Science), information technology (CoffeeTech), and open data. The sipdolcelabs.com digital platform is strictly editorial, scientific, educational, and informational.
2.1. Activities expressly excluded from this site
- It is NOT a transactional e-commerce store or digital point-of-sale portal.
- It does NOT engage in financial intermediation, fundraising, or payment processing.
- It is NOT a production commercial SaaS backend or enterprise software operational engine.
- It does NOT conduct retail consumer roasted coffee distribution via online cart checkout.
2.2. Experimental status of scientific publications
Brewing extraction recipes, roast profiles, refractometry procedures, and code utilities are experimental laboratory findings intended for peer learning, community validation, and scientific reproducibility among farmers, baristas, and researchers.
3. Intellectual Property, Industrial Marks, and Brand Rights
The distinctive brand family and graphic identity of SipDolce® are fully protected under the industrial property framework of the Andean Community (Decision 486 of 2000) and applicable Colombian legislation.
3.1. Exclusive non-licensable trademarks
- The trademark "SipDolce", its official master logo variations, cup and steam heraldic icon, and commercial slogans are the exclusive, inalienable property of SIPDOLCE SAS.
- The typographic wordmark "Labs" is an external design descriptor that does not alter or dilute the original protected mark.
- Any reproduction, imitation, modification, or unauthorized commercial use of the SipDolce brand identity is strictly prohibited without prior written authorization.
3.2. Editorial essays and open datasets
Technical essays, infographics, brewing manuals, and open-source software scripts are distributed under the explicit licensing frameworks described in our Licenses section.
4. Limitation of Technical Liability
SipDolce Labs conducts experiments under meticulous standards; however, we do not warrant that reproducing extraction, grinding, or roasting parameters on uncalibrated hardware will yield identical sensory or chemical results.
The platform is provided on an "as is" basis. SIPDOLCE SAS disclaims liability for agronomic decisions, hardware capital investments, or commercial processing alterations undertaken by third parties relying solely on informational content on this website.
5. External Links and Third-Party Repositories
This website includes hyperlinks to open-source software repositories (GitHub), academic publications, and industry associations. These references are provided solely for scholarly convenience and do not imply corporate affiliation, endorsement, or editorial oversight by SipDolce Labs.