Category Archives: cup of excellence
ACE course in Honduras part 2: roasting & Esteban’s
……From Erwin’s farm we drove to Esteban Madrid Chavez’ farm El Sauce, located in the community of the same name in Santa Barbara. The farm borders the Santa Barbara National Park which is home to many different animals. We heard monkeys & were told to be on the lookout for a Quetzal, a bird with [...]
ACE course in Honduras part 1: cupping & Erwin’s
Sometime in April during a roasting meeting, it was decided that someone needed to go to the ACE {Alliance for Coffee Excellence} coffee cupping & roasting course, in San Pedro Sula & Le Fe, Honduras, so off I went.
Along with another New Zealander {who roasts coffee in Melbourne} & three Australians, we spent two [...]
santa guadalupe pacamara
last Wednesday I roasted the 26 samples from the Nicaragua cup of excellence, then spent 3 hours on Thursday cupping them all.
there were some stand out, sweet, juicy, ripe coffees in the line up. it was the cup of excellence with the most presidential awards (coffee scoring 90+ points out of 100).
the auction was thursday [...]
