Are you engaged in the eternal search for the God Shot? Do you think about whether espresso blends should be pre or post-roast blended? Do you own multiple grinders for different styles of coffee preparation? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be interested to join me as I begin to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cupping’
Attention Espresso Geeks
Posted in Loco for Locavores, cupping, espresso, specials, wwjd, tagged cupping, demo, espresso, espresso machine, laranzato, local, locavore, Loco for Locavores, reneka techno, wwjd on November 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Cupping This Weekend
Posted in cupping, tagged business time, cupping, ethiopia sidamo guji, flight of the conchords, george howell, it's business time, terroir on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a few weeks of tedious IT minutaie, tropical storms, and just general malaise, it’s time to get back to business. It’s business time. You know what that means… that’s right, coffee cupping.
So I’ll be doing some cupping this weekend. Not intense, marathon cupping like last time, but a few new possibilities. I’m particularly looking [...]
Coffee, Tea and Cardamom from Nepal – An Invitation
Posted in New Coffee, specials, tagged nepal, himalayan java, himlayan coffee, nepal tea, nepal cardamom, cupping, tasting on August 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At an industry meeting in May 2007, I learned that coffee is grown in Nepal. This was surprising to me, given how far north Nepal is situated. Apparently Nepal exports about 40 tons of coffee a year, which is spit in the ocean of specialty coffee, mostly from small farmers in several regions. I sampled [...]

