Posts tagged: Lab

What is a Coffee Cupping?

What is a Coffee Cupping?

If you ever walk by our roastery and hear obnoxious loud sounds of people sipping and slurping, we’re probably in the middle of a coffee cupping session. We cup coffees several times every week to achieve a handful of goals. But before I tell you why we cup, I should at least give you a loose definition of cupping and highlight the process.

So here goes: In the purest form, cupping is the method we use to

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Manipulating Your Brewed Coffee: Brew Time

Manipulating Your Brewed Coffee: Brew Time
The act of brewing coffee is essentially causing water to be in contact with the coffee for a certain amount of time. For pour-over brewing, the timing and technique of pouring the water takes considerable skill.

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The Cupping Table - 6/23

The Cupping Table - 6/23
Over the past two weeks, our public cupping has focused on exploring the effects of the roasting process on different coffees. The first week, we tasted the same coffee at three different roast levels and talked about the differences in each cup. One of the things that we find most exciting about coffee is that it is a drink largely based on preference. That is, some people preferred the light roast, others enjoyed the medium roast the most, while the rest...

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