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This week we got the opportunity, as part of the Cup of Excellence, to roast and cup some of the top coffees from this year’s Brazil competition. For those unfamiliar, the Cup of Excellence is an organization that has put together national coffee competitions in a variety of coffee growing countries from Brazil to [...]
Posts under ‘Cupping’
Cupping Coffee: Comparisons, Analysis, Deliciousness
Visiting a Tea Garden
I never imagined that visiting a tea garden for the first time would affect me in such a wonderful way. Honestly, I never thought these magnificent places — the Annamalai ranges in Tamil Nadu state neighboring the Mudumalai and Indira Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuaries — existed.
It took us almost three hours from Coimbatore town [...]
The World in Your Cup
Marie, Justin and myself, recently toured the expansive and breathtaking World Forestry Center. I wanted to take a seat among the rocks that lined the burbling brook behind the main building and stay. It is a beautiful place and will be home to Coffee: The World in Your Cup, the traveling exhibit that takes people [...]
LaMacchia Travel Willamette Valley Wine Tour
In mid-August, Stephanie Backus and I had the pleasure of hosting a cupping class for a group of folks from the Chicago area attending a wine tour of the Willamette Valley. As I noted in my previous blog about the IPNC, I really enjoy educating individuals enthusiastic about wine but relatively new to coffee because [...]
