http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/04/coffee-cupping/ Rants and Raves on Espresso Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/04/coffee-cupping/#comment-2814 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Coffee craze has everyone a bit nuts Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:48:41 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=135#comment-2814 [...] bored with the wine tasting routine who have now turned to coffee cupping as their latest taste bud fad (I still reserve that cupping is mostly a nasty, brutish task [...] [...] bored with the wine tasting routine who have now turned to coffee cupping as their latest taste bud fad (I still reserve that cupping is mostly a nasty, brutish task [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/04/coffee-cupping/#comment-2800 Espresso News and Reviews - TheShot.coffeeratings.com » 12 Best Cups of Coffee of 2006 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:56:44 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=135#comment-2800 [...] graders: Java Man. A coffee broker, a private taster, and now a New York Board of Trade-certified cupper, Ed Faubert can readily identify coffee defects and the states and altitudes, not just countries, [...] [...] graders: Java Man. A coffee broker, a private taster, and now a New York Board of Trade-certified cupper, Ed Faubert can readily identify coffee defects and the states and altitudes, not just countries, [...]

]]> http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/2006/04/coffee-cupping/#comment-312 TheShot.coffeeratings.com » Know Your Coffee Reviewers Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:48:50 +0000 http://theshot.coffeeratings.com/?p=135#comment-312 [...] Issue #2: Thirteen cups of coffee at one sitting is bound to make anybody think, “we were struck by how similar so many of them were.” I guarantee you that if you smack your forehead hard enough on your kitchen table a dozen times, that thirteenth smack will feel less painful than the first. When I reviewed espresso for CoffeeRatings.com, four was my limit at any one time (caffeine-induced hallucinations aside). Even at coffee cuppings, my tastebuds go numb before reaching double digits. [...] [...] Issue #2: Thirteen cups of coffee at one sitting is bound to make anybody think, “we were struck by how similar so many of them were.” I guarantee you that if you smack your forehead hard enough on your kitchen table a dozen times, that thirteenth smack will feel less painful than the first. When I reviewed espresso for CoffeeRatings.com, four was my limit at any one time (caffeine-induced hallucinations aside). Even at coffee cuppings, my tastebuds go numb before reaching double digits. [...]

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