For Sale as of 4-1-2019:
San Franciscan SF-1
[1lb professional sample roaster]
Very good condition & just recently refurbished (clean inside and out, new burners, igniter, thermocouple). It runs and roasts perfectly and makes excellent sample roasts
Read more…We've all had the moment when we taste a coffee and something just clicks. It's the sip that takes coffee from just tasting like "coffee" to something more. I distinctly remember when I had this experience: in the cupping room at the roasting compa
Read more…I have been in charge of the cupping at my coffeshop for a few weeks now, and in that time Ive become more aware of the different tastes in the beans I cup.
Ive been wondering how the soil where the coffe comes from affects the taste in the final p
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Coffee is about 98% water. I am curious if anyone has any best practice water filtration suggestions for the home.
I am used to working in Cafés equipped with huge reverse osmosis systems, but now I am doing my cuppings at home and I want to
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The SCAA Pro Dev Committee members and SMEs are putting the finishing touches on the presentations for classes to be delivered at the 2011 SCAA Expo in Houston. I would like to liven them up with some more recent photography. Does anyone ou
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Just wanted to know if anyone had any advice on how to further develop one's palate. We've been doing public cuppings at our shop recently and it's a lot of fun and a great way to practice recognizing characteristics of our coffee. I
My employers and I are kicking around the idea of doing a weekly cupping Thursday nights at our coffee shop. We might even rotate through a broader range of activities all offered in that same time slot (french press tasting, pairing coffee and tea w
Read more…http://jamesliu.coffeespoons.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/cuppingform.pdf and http://jamesliu.coffeespoons.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/espressoevalform.pdf What do you guys think? Useful? You count the pluses and minuses and then add that to
Read more…So for all of you unfamiliar with Rohs Street Cafe (prolly most of you), we are a small fair trade coffee shop on the corner of the UC campus. Next Wednesday we will be showcasing our roasters direct trade coffee. Be lucky enough to try a truly spec
Read more…Hey I have a friend visiting Seattle for 2 weeks. Anybody know of any throwdowns or cuppings open to the public she can come join?
Read more…Does anyone have any current, successful protocols for maintaining equipment cleanliness and proper operation in their coffee cupping lab that you're willing to share? We just moved offices and I have a brand-new big lovely lab. I want to review and
Read more…Does anyone host or know of cupping events in the Los Angeles/Southern California area?
Read more…The Little Red Bike Cafe is hosting/sponsoring a general coffee gathering featuring our roaster Courier Coffee Roasters on Monday, June 15th at 2:00pm. We plan to be cupping a few roasts of Joel's from last week as well as playing with a new espresso
Read more…I've been roasting on my Deidrich IR-3 for about a year now with wonderful (and sometimes not so wonderful) results. Any IR-3 owners out there want to chime in on what works and what doesn't for different coffees? With a 6 lb. load I'm averaging abou
Read more…Portland, OR (February 9, 2009) – Two new half-day latte art and sensory skills training workshops will be held concurrent with this year’s United States Barista Championship in Portland at the American Barista & Coffee School on March 5th.
Currently trying to get my head round the coffee roasting process... eep! Seems to me that roasters and cuppers have a great deal of power in this industry, (in repsect of quality control and marketing) which for me is very interesting. Can someone t
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