Our Coffee Cupping Kit
The perfect coffee gift for anyone looking to learn and taste through a variety of coffees. The kit will teach you how to cup coffee - a process of brewing coffees for tasting that was created by the coffee industry. This kit was developed by George and Jenny Howell. We're excited to share it with you!
So, what is coffee cupping? Simply put, cupping is the act of tasting coffee through a standardized method used throughout the world. This method was developed for professional buyers of green, unroasted coffee. They had to select from many samples the specific lots that filled their objectives. They did not have the ability or time to brew an entire pot for each coffee. Thus, cupping – brewing each cup individually - was invented.
Every lot of coffee we buy is cupped by us when the coffee is at origin, then at the departing port, again once it’s arrived in the US but not delivered, and finally, again when it reaches our roastery. That is when we determine the roast profile to bring out the essence of that coffee. That is when we determine the roast profile to bring out the essence of that coffee.
Kit includes:
(1) Daterra Sundrop, Brazil 4oz
(1) Bella Carmona, Guatemala 4oz
(1) Finca Calamar, Colombia 4oz
(1) Worka Chelbessa, Ethiopia 4oz
(1) Mamuto AA, Kenya 4oz
(5) Coffee Notecards
(5) Cupping Gibraltar Glasses
(1) Cupping Spoon featuring George
(1) Cupping Kit Instruction Booklet
Additional items needed but not included*
(1) Burr Grinder
(1) Kettle
(1) Timer
(1) Digital Scale
(1) Cup or Bowl to weigh beans
(2) Spoons to skim
(5) Rinsing Cups
*while some of these items may be readily available in your home, additional items may need to be purchased.