Hello,
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 [...]
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Cupping Coffee: Comparisons, Analysis, Deliciousness
One Man’s Treasure
Greetings Dear Readers,
Before it arrives steaming and aromatic in our mugs, coffee goes on a mythical journey. It begins as a tiny cherry on a remote misty mountaintop stopping in a picker’s bag, a drying patio, a processing center, a sea-borne container ship, and, ultimately, a green warehouse before becoming the drink we all [...]
Unique Coffee Grower
Coffee growers have been struggling to survive for a long time. Even current high prices may not help all of them. I met one grower in his roaster facility in Bogota, Colombia, who is still trying to earn all the possible value of the chain. He has not only tried to sell his coffee directly [...]
“How will I know when it’s love?”: Notes on roast profiles
Hey there gang,
Van Halen quotes aside, I’d like to share at least a little bit of insight on the Roaster’s Supreme #1 Ultimate Passionate Struggle: finding the best roast for the coffee. There’s much to consider in such an endeavor, and while it can seem we’re largely nerdy Machine Operators using our knowledge of [...]
