Coffee Cupping
Coffee Cupping
Rinse the spoon in hot water and move to the next sample. After evaluating the
aroma of all of the samples, scoop out any grounds that continue to float. Due to
the high density of the lightly roasted coffee most of the grounds will sink.
Coffee Flavor Analysis
After the coffee has cooled sufficiently take some coffee into the spoon and slurp
the coffee strongly to aspirate it over the entire tongue. It is important to
aspirate strongly since you are trying to cover the entire tongue evenly.
Aspirating strongly will also cause tiny droplets of coffee to be distributed into
the throat and into the nasal passage. The nose can act as another powerful
tasting tool. Most of the flavor observed in a coffee is a result of aromatic
compounds present in the coffee. This effect can be demonstrated by plugging
your nose while drinking coffee. While the nasal passage is blocked, the coffee
will likely taste similar to instant coffee due to its lack of aroma. When the nasal
passage is opened, a full rainbow of flavors will immediately become evident.
After each coffee taste test, write down your observations of coffee taste, acidity,
aftertaste, and body. Move to the next cup and try to compare the different cups.
As the coffee in each cup cools, it is often possible to detect new flavors.
Therefore, it is important to cup a coffee when it is both warm and when it has
cooled to just above room temperature. The best coffees will have positive
characteristics at both ranges of temperature.
If you are cupping more than a couple cups of coffee, it is advisable to spit out
the coffee after evaluation. When cupping several coffees it is possible to have
too much caffeine, which can adversely alter your cupping ability.
Coffee Cupping Conclusions
The key to cupping coffee is practice and humility. The best cuppers I know are
modest and always eager to learn more. I have served on cupping juries with
some of the best in the world and we do not always agree. The beauty is that we
agree to disagree while respecting and trying to identify the characteristics that
other people find.
Do not be intimidated by people that try to impress you with some abstract
description of a coffee. This is more of a romantic tribute to a coffee rather than
a reality. Cupping coffee should be fun and interesting, but not a contest of who
is more articulate. On the other hand, your description should be more
substantial than a reiteration of a textbook definition of a coffee.
Despite the strict, scientific-like protocol to coffee cupping, the method followed
in the industry is quite varied and almost every good cupper has his or her own
permutation. Cup under conditions you like, but try to stay close to the standards
in case you need to cup with other people.
The secret to becoming a good coffee cupper is simple: trust yourself by
practicing regularly and be humble enough to continue to learn from others.
Coffee Cupping Videos
Cupping Kopi
Cupping adalah salah satu teknik mencicipi yang digunakan untuk menilai aroma
kopi dan karakteristik rasa kopi. Untuk mengetahui perbedaan kecil antara kopi
yang tumbuh di berbagai daerah, penting untuk mencicipi kopi dari berbagai
daerah masing-masing. Cupping juga biasa digunakan untuk menilai kerusakan
kopi atau untuk membuat campuran kopi.
Menilai Rasa Kopi
Meja Preparasi/Persiapan Kopi
Dalam proses cupping kopi, meja selalu diatur dengan 6 hingga 10 cup(cangkir)
per kopi dengan bentuk triangular/segitiga. Puncak/bagian paling atas dari
segitiga haruslah sampel kopi sangrai dan sebuah sampel kopi hijau. Bagian
tengah dari meja disediakan secangkir air bersuhu ruang dan sebuah cangkir
kosong termasuk sendoknya. Tutup sampel kopi hijau dan kopi sangria hingga
proses/kegiatan cupping selesai dan aroma kopi, bau/harum dan karakteristik
rasanya didokumentasikan. Setelah itu, sampel kopi dapat dibuka tutupnya dan
diberikan/tuliskan
beberapa
komentar
yang
berdasarkan
kenampakannya.
Sementara
air
sedang
direbus,
cium/bau
gilingan
kopi
dan
tulis
hasil
untuk menilai kopi ketika masih hangat dan sudah dingin pada suhu ruang. Kopi
yang paling baik akan memiliki karakteristik baik pada dua keadaan tersebut.
Jika menilai kopi lebih dari dua cangkir kopi, sebaiknya muntahkan/liurkan kopi
setelah menilainya. Menilai beberapa kopi memungkinkan memiliki banyak
kafein, yang dapat merubah (menjadi kurang baik) kemampuan dalam menilai
kopi.
Kesimpulan Cupping Kopi
Kunci dari cupping kopi adalah latihan dan kerendahan hati. Panelist yang paling
baik mengetahui bagaimana rendah hati dan selalu ingin sekali belajar lebih
banyak. Saya menemui beberapa panelist cupping kopi dan kami tidak selalu
setuju.
Menariknya
adalah
kami
setuju
untuk
tidak
setuju
selama
yang
masih
abstrak
tentang
kopi.
Cupping
kopi
harusnya
menyenangkan dan menarik, bukan kontes siapa yang paling pandai bicara.
Selain itu, deskripsi/penjelasan anda harus lebih kuat dari pernyataan dalam
buku kopi.
Walaupun
Rasakan/nilai dalam kondisi yang anda suka, tetapi cobalah untuk mendekat
terhadap standar kasus yang perlu anda nilai/rasakan dengan orang lain.
Rahasia menjadi panelis kopi yang baik sangatlah simple : percaya pada diri
sendiri dengan latihan secara rutin dan tetaplah rendah hati untuk terus belajar
dari orang lain.