Public Cupping
Awhile ago we held our second public cupping. These events are educational, informative, and MINDBLOWING.
We are cupping 5 coffees today. They are: Costa Rica El Patio (C.O.E #20), Costa Rica Carrazal (C.O.E. #5), Panama Carmen Estate, Panama Elida Estate, and Ethiopia Sidamo Natural. Mis-education point #1: All coffee tastes the same so why the specifics? What’s the difference? I’ve gotten a few snide remarks from blowhards when asked to choose from a Sumatra Blue Batak or a Kenya AA Kieni. They smirk, they chuckle….”what’s the difference?har har har.” So one of our goals today with this cupping is to show that there are distinct differences in coffee. Comparing Sumatra Blue Batak to Kenya AA Kieni would be too easy so we decided to blow it open and show the differences that can be found within…the…..same….country. WHOA! Thus the reasoning behind cupping 2 different estate coffees from Panama and Costa Rica.
Not only are we learning about coffee we are also learning about the process and history of cupping. Branden is sort of our Coffee Phantom of the Opera and has a plethra of coffee knowledge and information. He also talks about what Cup of Excellence coffee is since two of our coffees featured today are C.O.E. awarded.
We had a good time, we got along marvelously and decided that the fun must go on….so went down the street and had a cheeseburger cupping at Xavier’s.
Our next cupping is scheduled for January 26th. You can e-mail jmarsceau@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to attend.