BLINE has been founded in December 2000 and has accomplished a lot such as establishing Korea's first coffee oriented F&B magazine " COFFEE ", hosting the first Seoul International Cafe Show, hosting the festival of all baristas the 'Korean Barista Championship', and has took a major step forward in creating a quality coffee industry within Korea and raising the skills of our baristas.

I have established a professional coffee education center (KOREAN COFFEE ACADEMY, Lifelong Education Facilities), training people how to open up their own coffee businesses and training new baristas. Under the name of IBLINE, we have also dedicated ourselves to publishing helpful coffee reading materials such as Best Coffee77, Latte Art, Coffee Study, Complete Espresso, Coffee Roasting, and Special Coffee Recipe.

After the birth of IBLINE, korea's 'coffee culture' has changed dramatically. We now have a more diverse range of coffees with improved qualities and higher quantity, constantly improving our coffee culture and industry which will provide us with a new era of coffee. This is the result of growth after eleven years of IBLINE's foundation and ten years after " COFFEE " magazine's establishment.

In the future we will also dedicate ourselves in the coffee industry's growth by providing the right information through COFFEE Magazine, hosting the Seoul Cafe Show, and providing the right education through the KOREAN COFFEE ACADEMY. We will also improve our coffee culture and industry by promoting diverse projects such as publishing coffee related materials and hosting the Korean Barista Championships in order for our coffee culture to be one with the world coffee culture.

Our company will always try our best to provide our coffee people with the right coffee material through our magazines. We will also balance tea, wine, pastries & cake cultures in order to provide a more balanced Food and Beverage culture. We thank you for your past support and hope to develop and grow further in the future with your love.

Sung-Dae Hong
CEO IBLINE Co., Ltd