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Re: S.A. CoffeeSnobs "Roast-Off"...
Sorry havent had much to say this week, going to China for three week
working trip on Friday, preparation takes a lot of time.
Ill make a few comments about the cupping session on Saturday. Mark
has detailed scores which he will post with his comments before too
long Im sure. My cupping experience is certailnly limited by comparison!
After going through the lineup a few times, I focussed on four that were
standing out (in my opinion; others were slightly different). These were
two that showed noticeably more sweetness and had good depth, one that
was nicely balanced, and one very nice typical Sigri characteristics but a
touch brighter (too my perception anyway). Then I noticed a third with
similar sweetness to the first two.
It turned out that the three showing this sweetness were the three Gene roasts,
the one I saw as balanced was Marks, and the other, one of Gregs HT roasts.
Which was best? Personal preference I think would decide that.
What I find interesting there is that the three Gene roasts all had a similar
characteristic. Need to work at it more to figure out why.
Marks blind cupping had the Has Garanti roast a couple of points ahead,
then lucindas Coretto roast, then 1 pt back a group of three
together (2 Gene and HT), then another group with the same score
(1 Gene, 1 HT and 1 Coretto). Last of course was my wok roast;
it was actually quite pleasant to drink, just technically not very
good "coffee".
What to make of all that? Hmm.
As for the espresso session, unfortunately I couldnt make it. But
from a brief conversation with Mark I get the impression that the
Coretto roasts droppped off a bit here (lighter roasts?), but that
the Gene, HT and HG roasts were all pretty close together. Will
leave it to Mark to elaborate on that.
All very interesting. Obviously need to do it again ...
Sorry havent had much to say this week, going to China for three week
working trip on Friday, preparation takes a lot of time.
Ill make a few comments about the cupping session on Saturday. Mark
has detailed scores which he will post with his comments before too
long Im sure. My cupping experience is certailnly limited by comparison!
After going through the lineup a few times, I focussed on four that were
standing out (in my opinion; others were slightly different). These were
two that showed noticeably more sweetness and had good depth, one that
was nicely balanced, and one very nice typical Sigri characteristics but a
touch brighter (too my perception anyway). Then I noticed a third with
similar sweetness to the first two.
It turned out that the three showing this sweetness were the three Gene roasts,
the one I saw as balanced was Marks, and the other, one of Gregs HT roasts.
Which was best? Personal preference I think would decide that.
What I find interesting there is that the three Gene roasts all had a similar
characteristic. Need to work at it more to figure out why.
Marks blind cupping had the Has Garanti roast a couple of points ahead,
then lucindas Coretto roast, then 1 pt back a group of three
together (2 Gene and HT), then another group with the same score
(1 Gene, 1 HT and 1 Coretto). Last of course was my wok roast;
it was actually quite pleasant to drink, just technically not very
good "coffee".
What to make of all that? Hmm.
As for the espresso session, unfortunately I couldnt make it. But
from a brief conversation with Mark I get the impression that the
Coretto roasts droppped off a bit here (lighter roasts?), but that
the Gene, HT and HG roasts were all pretty close together. Will
leave it to Mark to elaborate on that.
All very interesting. Obviously need to do it again ...
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