The Coffee Cupping Wheel

Have you ever looked at the tasting notes for a coffee and wondered how on earth they come up with that stuff? Well, it’s not just pure imagination or even clever marketing. Professional tasters use what’s known as a coffee

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The History Of Latte Art

Latte art is one of the most recognisable symbols of coffee culture. Research shows that the number of “photogenic” coffee posts on Instagram have increased by 4,500% since 2015 – and a significant number of these feature the #latteart hashtag.

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21 Interesting Coffee Facts

21 interesting coffee facts might be just the odd tidbits needed to impress everyone at the next trivia contest, or they could be used as the next trivia contest. Either way, some facts are plain odd while others are interesting

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The History Of Brazilian Coffee

When the coffee plant was introduced to Brazil in the 1700s, legend has it via a cunning bit of bio-espionage, it flourished. Francisco de Melo Palheta planted the first coffee tree in the state of Pará in 1727 and coffee

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Japanese coffee culture in Brazil

A Japanese-Brazilian is Brazilian citizen with Japanese ascendants. The use of the term Nikkei is currently used to name the Japanese and their descendants. The Japanese-Brazilian population are divided into: Isseis (Japanese first generation, born in Japan) 12.51%;  Nisseis (children

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Explaining Specialty Coffee Scoring

The SCA scoring protocol was created in 1982 to differentiate specialty from commercial (conventional) coffee. The assessment is 0-100 points and specialty coffees are above 80 points. The cupping session: it’s recommended that we prepare 6-9 cups of the same

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