Could someone explain cupping to me? *coffee*?!
You'd first deeply breathe in the aroma of the coffee, to get the first impression of the coffee and contribute to the taste (a big part of taste actually comes from your sense of smell). Then, you'd loudly slurp the coffee, so that the coffee quickly spreads to the back of the tongue, and you get some air incorporated into the taste. You'll evaluate the coffee in terms of body of the coffee, the acidity, and the flavor profile of the coffee. A professional coffee cupper is called a Master Taster, and they will taste a bunch of coffees in one day, however, they won't swallow the coffee. Need more information? Feel free to ask!
Answers: Cupping coffee is much like wine tasting, you're just tasting the coffee a specific way to try and get the flavor profile and aroma of the coffee, along with any other characteristics that can help you determine what the coffee tastes like.
You'd first deeply breathe in the aroma of the coffee, to get the first impression of the coffee and contribute to the taste (a big part of taste actually comes from your sense of smell). Then, you'd loudly slurp the coffee, so that the coffee quickly spreads to the back of the tongue, and you get some air incorporated into the taste. You'll evaluate the coffee in terms of body of the coffee, the acidity, and the flavor profile of the coffee. A professional coffee cupper is called a Master Taster, and they will taste a bunch of coffees in one day, however, they won't swallow the coffee. Need more information? Feel free to ask!
isnt it something rude - like spooning??
The testing of coffee for their aroma and intensity of taste. Sometimes used to grade coffee beans into their various categories.
Coffee cuppers is not a very common profession, from the place that I come from (singapore), they are only less than 10 professional cuppers. Of course, other places might differs...
