Cup of Excellence Cupping events

[Chad Sheridan]

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

[Nick Cho]

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

[Chad Sheridan]

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).

[Nick Cho]

Depends on what "afternoon" means. :-)

[Chad Sheridan]

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...