The Complexity of Cupping: Ensuring Accuracy and Credibility Through Alignment and Calibration

Categories: Andi Trindle Mersch, Atlas Coffee Importers, Beth Ann Caspersen, Business Operations, Coffee Quality Institute, Columns, Craft/Operations, cupping, Dana Foster, Don Holly, Dorothea Hescock, Equal Exchange, FlavorActiv, George Howell, Industry, Jennifer Roberts, Johnson and Wales, Le Nez du Café, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA, Phil'z Coffee, quality control, Retail, Roast Magazine, Roasting, sensory analysis, Sensory Lexicon, Specialty Coffee Association, Spencer Turer, Susie Spindler, Ted Lingle, The Basics of Cupping Coffee, The Coffee Cuppers Handbook, United States, World Coffee Research
Posted on Friday, September 13, 2019 by William Braddock
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(Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of Roast Magazine. Photos by Julia Luckett Photography. Links have been added for context.) Cupping is fun! It’s an exciting…

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Java Jog Returns to Raise Money for Women Grower Communities

Categories: Africa, Beth Ann Caspersen, DRC, Equal Exchange, Ethiopia, Events, fundraisers, Industry, International Women's Coffee Alliance, Java Jog For a Cause, Origin, SCA Expo 2017, SCA Global Specialty Coffee Expo, seattle, United States
Posted on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 by William Braddock
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The Java Jog for a Cause event — held in conjunction with the SCA expo weekend, this year in Seattle — is back after a year’s hiatus, as organizers are once…

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In Coffee, ‘The More You See Women, the More Women You’ll See’

Categories: Beth Ann Caspersen, Carly Kadlec, Central America, Coffee Quality Institute, COMSA, Culture, Equal Exchange, Honduras, Industry, International Women's Coffee Alliance, Nakita Turner, Origin, Sarah Hrisak, video
Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 by William Braddock
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The quote in the headline above is an excerpt from comments made by Equal Exchange Lead Roaster Sarah Hrisak, a woman who, gender-wise, represents a clear minority in her field…

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2nd Annual Saveur du Kivu Competition Showcasing DRC Coffees

Categories: Adolphine Muley, Africa, Baraka Kasali, Beth Ann Caspersen, Bukavu, Butoto Naum, Caleb Nicholes, Catholic Relief Services, Chris Treter, CRS Coffeelands, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, DRC National Coffee Office, Eastern Congo Initiative, Equal Exchange, Events, Farmer Issues, Industry, International, Kivu, Marcellin Chisambo, Market News, On the Ground, Origin, Richard Hide, Saveur du Kivu, Stephen Vick, sustainability, Tim Hill
Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 by William Braddock
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Beth Ann Caspersen (Equal Exchange), Tim Hill (Counter Culture), Caleb Nicholes (Kickapoo Coffee), Stephen Vick (Blue Bottle) cupping during the inaugural Saveur du Kivu last year.

Several parties operating at the intersection of coffee and humanitarianism are gearing up for the 2nd Annual Saveur du Kivu, an event designed to celebrate and promote the reemergence of…

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Chew on This: Fat Taste Is a Real Thing in Coffee and Other Edibles

Categories: Beth Ann Caspersen, Craft/Operations, cupping, Equal Exchange, fat, flavor, Industry, Purdue University, Richard D. Mattes, Roasting, SCAA flavor wheel, sensory analysis, Ted Lingle, umami
Posted on Monday, August 3, 2015 by William Braddock
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Researchers at Purdue University say they have found evidence to support fat as a sixth basic taste, in addition to sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami. Scientists have argued for…

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