Hello internet! It's been awhile since we've blogged. I hope you're all having a great fall and drinking lots of coffee!
We had a cupping this past weekend. We had six varieties to sample this time, including a decaf, and new batch of the same Mexican coffee we already carry. Even coffee from the exact same farm and can taste different crop to crop, so we needed to make sure the taste was roughly the same.
If you're unfamiliar with cupping and the process, you can read some of our past posts about cupping:
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| My cupping sheet |
Brazil Organic Fancy - Nossa Senhora
de Fatima Estate:
The fragrance brings to
mind almonds, pretzels and rum with hints of smokiness. Dark chocolate and nut
flavors are present, with very low acidity.
Mexico
FTO Bird Friendly SHG EP - Swiss Water Decaf:
Muted peppery fragrance,
followed by low acidity, classic Mexican chocolate and nut flavors. Very similar
to our other Mexico.
Mexico FTO SHG EP - Union Ramal
Santa Cruz:
(This is the same Mexico
we offer now.) Almond and pepper aroma, nutty
cocoa flavors with a slight tanginess and mild sweetness. Very little
difference from last year’s batch, also similar to the decaf we cupped above.
Burundi
FW AA – Rutana:
Smells like a garden.
Very earthy, brings to mind squash, mind flavor, low-medium body.
Brazil
Standard FC Peaberry Natural - São Pedro Estate:
Sweet jasmine notes in the
fragrance, sourdough bread and chocolate flavors with a hint of spice, and a
low-med body. Very mellow.
Panama
SHB EP - La Gloria Estate:
Vanilla,
almond and anise aroma. Creamy, low acidity with cocoa butter flavors. Reminiscent
of our Kenya Peaberry.
After tasting all of them, we settled on stocking up on the Mexico, the Decaf, and some of the Panama to work into future blends.
What coffees sound the best to you? Have you ever done a cupping?
-Jessamyn
at Voyage Coffee Roasters
