the world's premiere online community for the specialty coffee industry
Cup of Excellence Cupping events
Joining and jumping in with both feet, so to speak.
I am working to attempt to set up Mid-Atlantic buying groups for Cup of Excellence coffees. Part of what I would like to do is set up cupping events, similar to what Atlas Importers, Cafe Imports, and Royal Coffee NY do for many of the CoE origins.
I started on this journey a bit late in the process for the first 2009 origin, Colombia. The Colombia auction is this Thursday, April 23. I have roasted all the samples and will be cupping them tonight and tomorrow night. I would like to invite anyone who is interested to stop by my place in Alexandria and participate. Future origin cuppings will likely be at Cafes or other public locations--the timing of this auction, my late start, and last weekend's SCAA expo have prevented that for the Colombia cupping. Please feel free to drop me a line here, or email me at chad at noquartercoffee.com. All are welcome, and I know many of you have excellent palates from what I've seen at shops and at the weekly Counter Culture cuppings.
I will post further information here as I set up additional events for future origins. Next up is El Salvador (auction is June 4, international cupping and final selections are next week).
Chad
I am working to attempt to set up Mid-Atlantic buying groups for Cup of Excellence coffees. Part of what I would like to do is set up cupping events, similar to what Atlas Importers, Cafe Imports, and Royal Coffee NY do for many of the CoE origins.
I started on this journey a bit late in the process for the first 2009 origin, Colombia. The Colombia auction is this Thursday, April 23. I have roasted all the samples and will be cupping them tonight and tomorrow night. I would like to invite anyone who is interested to stop by my place in Alexandria and participate. Future origin cuppings will likely be at Cafes or other public locations--the timing of this auction, my late start, and last weekend's SCAA expo have prevented that for the Colombia cupping. Please feel free to drop me a line here, or email me at chad at noquartercoffee.com. All are welcome, and I know many of you have excellent palates from what I've seen at shops and at the weekly Counter Culture cuppings.
I will post further information here as I set up additional events for future origins. Next up is El Salvador (auction is June 4, international cupping and final selections are next week).
Chad
Tags: colombia, cupofexcellence, cupping
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Nick Cho on -
Chad,
Trish and I might be interested, as would a couple of our baristas, but "tonight and tomorrow night?" Don't you like being able to fall asleep? :-)
Any chance of doing something earlier in the day? Trish has been on CoE international juries a few times... but I also know she doesn't like to cup too late in the day.
Let us know!
Nick
-
Permalink Reply by Chad Sheridan on -
Nick Cho said:Chad,
Trish and I might be interested, as would a couple of our baristas, but "tonight and tomorrow night?" Don't you like being able to fall asleep? :-)
Any chance of doing something earlier in the day? Trish has been on CoE international juries a few times... but I also know she doesn't like to cup too late in the day.
Let us know!
Nick
Nick,
Problem is that coffee is an avocation--my vocation requires that I be in the office during the day. Cupping tonight here at home--perhaps could swing by Murky tomorrow afternoon if things are quiet, if you're willing to host. Figure we could work half the samples in 60-90 min, if we're diligent.
My focus is on the middle lots, as their the ones most likely to be reasonable buys (top 3 will likely get testosterone-infused bidding as in past years).
-
Permalink Reply by Chad Sheridan on
-
Nick Cho said:Depends on what "afternoon" means. :-)
I have a literal definition. After + noon. :-)
Easiest for me is say 3:30 to 4ish; I can take swing leaving work early.
Just cupped 5 of them. Five more in a few...
Sign in
Barista Exchange Partners
Latest Activity
whats coffee cards is ?
7pm —I can definitely swing that.
TNT @Dripolator Coffee Bar, Asheville NC at Dripolator Coffee Bar
November 19, 2009 from 7pm to 9:30pm
Hey all, time for our third ever Latte Art Throwdown this thursday at 7pm! They have been rockin so far, so come out and we'll keep letting the good times roll! Entry is $5 bucks, winner takes the pot, prizes for runners up. As usual we'll also ha...
i'll find out if it's enough! haha. i'm gonna focus on pourover/chemex though
yeah they are. richard geldart from Franke (marzocco's US importer) told me that in April at the WBC. i guess it might have changed since then, but i dunno. i'll get a rebuild kit in the next week or so anyways (to have on hand) but the issue with...
Well then who knows:
You can just go to the Armonia web site and find the infromation directly:
http://www.laarmoniahermosa.com/armonia/Updates_From_The_Field/Entries/2009/11/13_Presentation_%26_Tasting_at_Rohs_Street_Cafe.html
Perhaps a better question for you to ask is this one:
"Is the Clover dramatically better than other, more reasonably priced, brew devices if they are used properly?"
I think not, FWIW.
I also think the GB5 comparison is a good one. I would only...
I'm with Bill here. Replace the whole thing (including the copper washer) - $20 and 15 minutes worth of work, tops. Wish I'd seen this earlier, I'd have asked the Dripolator guys to take one back with them today. I do have one on hand, let me know...
all nice stuff, but do you think a CBS 2031 is enough? We started with CBS 2032 and will be moving to a CBS 2052e as soon as I can get some wire pulled. Most of the time the 2032 is enough for our demand but when we have a couple of caterings on a...
bX Job Postings
© 2009 Created by Matt Milletto
