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    Grinder Alignment: An Evaluation of Consistency, Cupping Settings, and the Impact of Roast Degree

    Editor’s note: This article was first published in Roast Magazine’s May/June 2021 issue, and is reprinted here with permission. Grinder Alignment: An Evaluation of Consistency, Cupping Settings, and the Impact of Roast Degree Experiment design, operation, summary and analysis by Chris Kornman and Elise Becker with contributions from Sandra Elisa Loofbourow One of the numerous […]
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  • 考Q的经验分享
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    考Q的经验分享

      考Q的经验分享   2003年,CQI(咖啡品质协会)推出了阿拉比卡咖啡Q grader项目,向咖啡专业人士授予专业证书,并利用这套体系对咖啡进行评分和定级。这是一项致力于咖啡全球标准化的项目,因为曾经通过感官来对咖啡进行分析和评价是非常主观的认定。一个人认为的深度烘焙,在另外一个人眼中可能是中度烘焙,或者在一个人的认识当中这种...

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  • Passing the Q
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    Passing the Q

      Passing the Q   Becoming a certified Q grader was a long time goal of mine, a way to prove to myself that I am a coffee sensory professional. Even though I have been cupping coffee five times a week for over a decade, I was still apprehensive to take the test, not to […]

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  • Green Coffee Analytics part III – Visual Defects

    This week we’re back on the grading table, this time focusing our attention on visual defects in green coffee. In many ways, green coffee defects share some similarities with screen size. They both impact the way coffee roasts and tastes and equally can have financial ramifications in terms of contract approvals and the value of […]

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  • Optimism in the City of Eternal Spring

    Working as a tour guide in China, Yunnan was the destination that tourists and staff looked forward to visiting the most. I suppose that Yunnan’s capital being dubbed “The City of Eternal Spring” made it an easier sell. The province is considered one of the most diverse in the country. It contains about half of […]

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