Coffee Cupping: Practice these discriptions and you will know what to expect from a " Single Source Bean"

Coffee Taste Descriptions for General Roasts
fill your cup!


• Brazil Bourbon: Soft, neutral to sweet, light body, very low to no acidity.

• Celebes Kalosi: Heavy body, almost syrupy richness, spicy, balanced acidity.

• Colombian Supremo: Smooth, mild, medium body, medium acid with high aromatics.

• Colombian Excelso: Like Supremo but sometimes with more intensity.

• Colombian Decaf: German Processed. Less body and acid than the Supremos and Excelsos.

• Colombian Decaf: Swiss Water. Less flavorful than German processing.

• Costa Rican Tarrazu: Clean, crisp, between medium and full body with high acidity, good aroma.

• Ethiopian Harrar: Heavy body, complex spiciness, slightly wild, light acidity, typical mocha flavor.

• Ethiopian Sidamo: Lighter body than Harrar, more acid, balanced by greater sweetness, complex, spicy aroma.

• Guatemalan Antigua: Smoky, chocolate tones, medium to heavy body, medium but zesty acidity, dry nose.

• Honduran Strictly High Grown (SHG): Medium to light body, good acidity, neutral to harsh cup with good aroma.

• Indian Monsoonal: Flavor similar to aged Sumatra but with corky, woody nuances--an acquired taste.

• Jamaican High Mountain: Good acid and body, slightly sweet with delicately seductive flavors, fine aroma.

• Java Estate: Sweet, medium in acidity and body,some times with a slightly rubbery yet provocative undertone.

• Kenya AA: Brisk, snappy, medium body yet intense flavor with a dry winey aftertaste.

• Kona Fancy: Full body, fine aroma, exceptional flavor.

• Kona Extra Fancy: Full bodied, fine aroma, considered the best of the Konas.

• Malawi Plantation: Light body, medium acidity, equivalent to a Kenya AB, floral aroma.

• Mexican Altura: Sweeter and lower in acidity than Central Americans but nonetheless rich in flavor.

• New Guinea Estate: Strong, fragrant aroma, balanced acidity, medium to full body, hints of chocolate, with pleasing, aftertaste.

• Panama Boquete: Medium body and acidity, clean with a rich flavor, great for Vienna and dark roasts.

• Peruvian Organic: Simple, mild flavor, good acidity and body.

• Sumatran Mandheling: Heavy, full bodied, spicy, earthy taste, low to mild acidity.

• Sumatran Decaf German Process: Milder and less distinctive than regular Sumatran, but considered the richest decaf.

• Sumatran Decaf Swiss Water: Less flavorful but more environmentally correct.

• Tanzanian Peaberry: Full body, medium acidity, intense flavor, excellent fragrance.

• Thai Robusta: Harsh, woody, heavy body, acquired taste.

• Three-Bean Decaf: Typical restaurant or supermarket style decaf.

• Vietnamese Robusta: Strong, heavy flavors with pronounced woodiness perfect for sweetened iced coffees.

• Zimbabwe AA: Good, clean, sweet, medium body with good acidity, takes dark roasts well.

Coffee Cupping:TCS; the Coffee Bean © Cupping a Basic Introduction

Cupping is a technique or tool used by cuppers to evaluate the flavor profile of a coffee.

Copyright 2005 reproduced with permission. the Coffee Bean© MSD

Coffee Experts will have you believe that coffee cupping is an exact science a refined art requiring a lot of expertise.

This can be true, but how can someone tell you “You don’t know your own mouth or taste buds” Your palette may pick up hints of a taste that the most season cupper could not. Each person is sensitive in different ways and can find different things in a cup. Do not let the experts put off any enthusiast from enjoying learning. It can be very simple (and enjoyable) and there is no right or wrong answers.

This is just a basic introduction to cupping. There is no right or wrong ways of cupping, but this should help for the novice seeking to enjoy the delights of coffee and find their bean.

The aim is to introduce you to what cupping is why we cup, how we cup and some of the more commonly used terms and evaluation methodology.

What is cupping?

Cupping is a method of evaluating different characteristics of a particular coffee bean, roast, blend or crop. Cupping allows us to compare coffees in stark contrast with each other. Cupping allows us to get a better understanding of each “coffees” modality.

It is important that you do use the same method each time or results will be affected, cupping used as a comparison and evaluation tool requires consistency.

How do I begin cupping?:

There is no right or wrong way of cupping a coffee. What I will tell you here is straight from the textbooks, I suggest using any method to start, do not deviate and keep your equipment clean with your temperatures consistent. “Always use one method for the particular cupping session” Any deviations will mean you lose the real ability to compare “apples to apples”.

Preparation:

I prefer to roast all my samples to a consistent roast, remember a batch roaster on for hours is hotter than one just starting up. This allows the delicacies, hidey faults, and freshness to stand out and not get complicated by dark roast tastes. This is a personal choice not a rule; imagine others who only like mild coffee or European espressos. We cup what we are cupping!

Why cup?

We cup coffees to understand the basic taste of a crop, roast or bean as well as to achieve consistency of taste, quality or blend. Cupping allows for comparison of the same bean roasted lightly to a medium cinnamon or to a charcoal like Dark Roast. Cupping lets us understand various coffee forms sizes types and origins. You could chew beans as well to see other modalities but the assumption of a master roaster and a good bean leave the cup as the final answer.

More cupping lessons to come please have a look back soon.


Best Regards

Contact DataLive@Gmail.com

Next "Breaking the Crust" one cuppers story.

LING ZHI Reishi Ganoderma Lucidum

Coffee Cupping : LING ZHI Reishi Ganoderma Lucidum: "Red Reishi Mushroom / Ganoderma lucidum / Ling Zhi
Red Reishi Mushroom / Ganoderma lucidum / Ling Zhi: 'Red Reishi Mushroom
Healthful "Coffee Reishi" contact DataLive@Gmail

General Information:

Even though there are several different colors of Reishi mushrooms, Red Reishi is the one that is most well known and used. For over 4000 years, Red Reishi mushrooms have been most revered in traditional Chinese medicine equaling ginseng as a premier substance for the attainment of radiant health, longevity, and spiritual attainment.

Traditionally, Reishi has been used as an anti-aging herb to treat many diseases and disorders.

Daoist traditionalists rever this mushroom as the elixir of immortality, claiming it promotes calmness, centeredness, balance, and inner awareness and strength.

Reishi contains sterols, coumarin, mannitol, polysaccharides, and triterpenoids called ganoderic acids. It is thought that ganoderic acid lowers blood pressure, LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol), and triglyceride levels. Those triterpenoids also play an important role in lowering the risk of coronary artery disease.'

Healthful Coffee try cupping one today!

Coffee Quebec

Coffee Quebec: "* 600-800 AD -- the era in which an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi reportedly discovered coffee after observing that his goats become very excited upon eating coffee berries"