by andrew | Feb 21, 2014 | events, origin
When our friends at La Colombe Torrefaction wrote the other day to say that they wanted to do something “special” for the upcoming Cup of Excellence Brazil cupping that we have planned on March 4th in Philadelphia, I had pictured ordering pizza and snacks...
by andrew | Feb 6, 2014 | competitions, events, origin |
Cupping sessions will begin on February 26th across the USA and around the world to preview the 2014 Cup of Excellence Brazil Late Harvest winning coffees that will sold at auction on March 6th. As you’ve read in my prior post about the event, I was impressed by...
by andrew | Nov 7, 2013 | competitions, events, industry, news, origin, quality
Cupping sessions start next week to preview the 2013 Cup of Excellence (COE) Brazil Early Harvest winning coffees that will be auctioned online on November 27th. The Early Harvest competition is one of two Brazil events on the Cup of Excellence calendar that select...
by andrew | Aug 5, 2012 | ideas, industry, quality |
A friend of mine in the coffee business complained to a programmer she knows that nobody had yet produced a useable electronic SCAA Cupping Scoresheet, so he sat down and made one… apparently in a day or two. The result is the first functional computer scoring...
by andrew | Jul 10, 2012 | industry, news, quality
Advancing the quality of Robusta and improving the lives of farmers that rely its cultivation and trade is something that I care deeply about, so it is an honor for me to announce my personal involvement in the first North American R (for Robusta) Grader certification...