Sweet Maria's Cupping Log V 6.0
Incoming coffee samples at Sweet Maria's, accepted and/or rejected
This is a log of incoming samples here at Sweet Maria's with only the total score recorded and a Y or N for further evaluation. It doesn't contain my full cupping scores, and really, I don't log every cupping session on the computer, but it gives a good sense of the behind-the-scenes work here. Scroll to the bottom to see the most recent cupping notes. This is a pre-screening process, with my personal cursory comments. I often go back and cup a sample that I give an N to after rethinking it. After I reroast and recup a Y sample, then we try to actually get the coffee which does't always work out ... or the opposite happens: a sample is great and then the coffee arrives and it is not, so we reject it. This can happen alot! A favorable entry in the cupping log does not necessarily that the coffee is about to arrive. It could be months away. After we actually receive a coffee, then I pull another sample, roast it several times, and cup it with a new scoring sheet and write the full review. The idea here is to give an impression of the work we do ... this is not a preview list of things you will see on our actual offering sheet. We keep making new versions, mostly because they hit a size where the file gets corrupted, and we have to re-do it.
| Origin | Name | Roast | Score | Comments | Date |
| Nicaragua | Mama Mina Caturra | C+ | 87 | best on table, balanced, good structure, brightness. | 2009-10-08 |
| Haiti | Sample from customer ? Offer? | C+ | 79 | really quite terrible toast flavor, baked- dried out sample. looks a little old, but also looks like a nice Typica cultivar. | 2009-10-08 |
| Guatemala | Ian's Late Harvest Lot | C+ | 84 | sweet, mild acidity, good flavors, a little floral, caramelly, balance, body | 2009-10-08 |
| Sumatra | Blue Batak Lintong Aged | FC+ | 83 | fair to middling aged coffee. not dirty, not sweet at all | 2009-10-08 |
| Sumatra | Aged Lake Tawar | FC | 75 | Noooo... terrible bitter root and herb. awful | 2009-10-08 |
| Sumatra | Aged Blue Batak Peaberry Tarbarita | FC | 85.5 | some sweetness, rooty, earthy, tangy, cooked spices | 2009-10-08 |
| Ethiopia | FTO Yirga Cheffe Royal | C+ | 85 | 20567 not bad, not much to describe though. | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | Yirga Cheffe Moplaco | FC | 87 | sweet, darker roast level, nice | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | Washed Sidamo conventional | C+ | 84 | fairly flat and conventional | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | FTO Yirga Cheffe | C+ | 83 | 20568 very flat, good body, oddly flat and watery in flavor | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | Organic Sidamo 2 | C | 86 | 20476 clean, dry finish, light roast - would it hold up with more roast. Finish doesnt cool that well | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | FTO Sidamo Natural Royal | C+ | 82 | 20226 toast, some jammy fruit, baked taste, not very clean | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | Yirga Cheffe Grade 3 Dry Process | C+ | 90 | cleanly fruited, intense, strawberry, apricot-peach | 2009-10-07 |
| Ethiopia | Sidamo Grade 3 Dry process blend | C+ | 85.5 | very very thick body, very fruity, toasted apricot kernal flavor | 2009-10-07 |
| Nicaragua | Dipilto Cafe de mi Abuelo - St Andrews International | C+ | 83 | aromatics seem like there is slight age damage, cardboard, but that it was a nice coffee when fresh. | 2009-10-06 |
| Zambia | Falcon Commodities (!) AA Plus Estate | C+ | 85 | Has good body, sweet, some woody note, a little catimor-like. Is that possible? Might be nice espresso | 2009-10-06 |
| Panama | Hartmann Bellota | C+ | 72 | musty - thumbs down defect coffee. | 2009-09-28 |
| Brazil | fazenda sertaozinho 17/18 sample 733 | C+ | 78 | had some kinda musty or phenolic cups on the lighter roasts I did of this. Had it in around 1/3 of the cups. | 2009-09-28 |
| Nicaragua | Mama Minita Pacamara Microlot | C+ | 87 | lime acidity, a bit of green sweetness, herb flower | 2009-09-24 |
| Nicaragua | Pacamara Natural | C+ | 86 | at darker roasts, into 2nd, good fruity sweetness, puly, papaya-mango honey lemonade, hint of tobacco | 2009-09-24 |
| Nicaragua | Mama Mina Microlot | C+ | 86.5 | good acidity, classic, balanced structured | 2009-09-24 |
| Nicaragua | San Jose Java Cultivar | C+ | 85.5 | drops off at C++ but still very sweet, mild. lemony at City roast | 2009-09-24 |
| Ethiopia | Org WP Moredocofe G2 80b VSC | C+ | 85 | grainly at light roasts, bright and jasminey, rootbeer at C++, goes very flat. | 2009-09-24 |
| Colombia Mingas | Huila Naranjos M-1309/PIT-0785 roast2 | C+ | 83 | too fruity, too flat | 2009-09-24 |
| Colombia Mingas | Huila Naranjos M-1309/PIT-0785 158kg parchment | C+ | 83 | too fruity, too flat | 2009-09-24 |
| Ethiopia | Rejected Guji from last year | C+ | 78 | dirty fruit, fermenty a bit, but also hidey earthy, hints of mold. | 2009-09-24 |
| Ethiopia | Sidamo 3 natural 19495 recup | C+ | 84 | 2009-09-24 | |
| China | Yunan little beans from Elvin Lan | C+ | 84.5 | flat acidity, but sweeter than yunan i have tried before. good body. flavor is a little cloying | 2009-09-22 |
| Papua New Gunea | Organic A/X S182 | C+ | 85 | not standing out to me as it did in previous cupping. no. | 2009-09-22 |
| Flores | Ngada Blue Dragon Organic | FC | 82 | ditto | 2009-09-22 |
| Flores | Ngada Blue Dragon Organic | FC | 82 | ditto | 2009-09-22 |
| Sulawesi | Ke'pe | C+ | 86 | brighter, a little more fruit, fairly clean | 2009-09-22 |
| Sulawesi | Toraja G1 Lion Lestari 20584 | C+ | 84.5 | decent cup, good body | 2009-09-22 |
| Peru | Lucio Huaman Lote A - Las Delicias | C+ | 87.5 | acidic, bright, lively | 2009-09-21 |
| Peru | Tomas Ovalle Lote A | C+ | 86 | mild, deep, sweet. | 2009-09-21 |
| Peru | Luis Soto Barrias 6b Huertapata | C+ | 85 | clean, brighter, nice | 2009-09-21 |
| Peru | Alejandro Luza - Canelon | C+ | 85 | very sweet, kinda flat though | 2009-09-21 |
| Peru | Ferliciano Borda Suldiver - Canelon | C+ | 81 | quakery, dirty, some sweetness. | 2009-09-21 |
| Ethiopia | Yirga Cheffe Gr3 Natural dry process | C+ | 85 | NOTE_ it is a sidamo not a Yirg -tastes like fairly average sidamo DP but good prep. Will recup later. | 2009-09-21 |
| Sulawesi | Enrekang Mount Alla | C+ | 85 | Moderately agressive, earthy, not sweet | 2009-09-10 |
| Sulawesi | Ke'pe regional lot | C+ | 86 | green smells a littls like a rubber glove, but coffee cups out very well. | 2009-09-10 |
| Sulawesi | Ke'pe Preship | C+ | 85.5 | same mild fruited sweetness here, but i think arrival is a little better. | 2009-09-10 |
| Colombia Mingas | Recup M-1276 PIT 0755 Los Naranjos San Augustin Huila | C+ | 86.5 | still the same cupping results - don't trush something in this otherwise nice flavor profile. | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1238 EGU-007 | C+ | 88.5 | a little tight in the finish, but tea and fruit, interesting YES ML | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1237 EBA -015 | C+ | 86 | milder acids, nice NO | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1236 EBA -005 | C+ | 87.5 | sweet and balanced, rindy acids YES ML | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1235 EBA -003 | C+ | 88.5 | some black tea, a little tighter and drying YES ML | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1234 EBA -001 | C+ | 87.5 | very nice sweet acidity, sweetest cup, fruit, orange, berry YES ML | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1233 Con-008 | C+ | 87 | apple, sweet, mild balanced YES BLEND | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1232 Con-007 | C+ | 87.5 | more acidic, fruits, nice YES BLEND | 2009-09-06 |
| Ecuador | M-1231 Con-005 | C+ | 86 | good body, sweet, mild, tiny bit of odd nut flavor NO | 2009-09-06 |
| Kenya | 20191 298 Karatina | C+ | 85 | seems to be fading, off acids | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20151 251Karatina | C+ | 86 | bright, but seems slightly oldish. | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20153 247 Kenya PB | C+ | 86.5 | caramel, bright, solid kenya, maybe 87-87.5 | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20067 256 Ndia-ini Nyeri 36 bags | C+ | 87.5 | nice sweetness and acids The best on the table | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20147 279 AA Thunguri Kirinyaga | C+ | 86 | good acids, milder than kiagundo, slight papery | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20033 268 Kiagundo AA 63b | C+ | 87 | brighter and clean, malty roast, citrus the second best on the table | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20384 Gatina AA Nyeri | C+ | 86 | clean-ish, tea note, similar to previous, astringent as it cools | 2009-09-04 |
| Kenya | 20383 271Gatina AA Nyeri | C+ | 86 | sorta clean, tea note, jasmine, raisin, a little sweaty | 2009-09-04 |
| Ethiopia | Moredocofe Wet process organic recup | C+ | 87 | improving, thin, lots of tea notes, some floral, nice aromas. | 2009-09-04 |
| Ethiopia | FTO Sidama Union dry process SAS replacement for Moredocofe | C+ | 85 | nice fruit and banana in light roast, but thin, astringent, falls apart in dark roast. Royal | 2009-09-04 |
| Java | Sunda Coffee (from West) Type Sample | C+ | 84.5 | Scores better than west Java coffee, no catimor flavor, dutch cocoa, body, slight cedar | 2009-09-04 |
| Guatemala | Organic Finca Santa Elena | C+ | 85 | Sweet, decent body, fairly plain otherwise | 2009-09-02 |
| Sulawesi | Mount Alla Enrekang | C+ | 86 | Very herbal and Lintong-like, fairly bright | 2009-09-02 |
| Sumatra | "Sidikalang Estate Washed ???" Mercanta | C+ | 84 | 2009-09-02 | |
| El Salvador | Finca Alaska Bourbon | C+ | 86 | some exotic bright notes, pacamara flavors in the mix, floral but celery too, green flavors, coffee looks a bit tired, is this a processing flavor? odd. | 2009-09-02 |
| El Salvador | Finca El Carmen | C+ | 84.5 | clean, sweet, average body, uh | 2009-09-02 |
| Guatemala | Finca El Bosque | C+ | 84.5 | Nice aroma but rather plain cup, generic in a way | 2009-09-02 |
| Guatemala | Finca Santa Clara Antigua | C+ | 84 | Average aroma and cup, watery | 2009-09-02 |
| Ethiopia | Moredocofe wet Process Sidamo Sample 2 | FC | 86 | loses a lot with a tad more roast. | 2009-09-02 |
| Ethiopia | Moredocofe wet Process Sidamo | C+ | 87 | thin, nice tea like notes, jasmine, short aftertaste, not a high rank for a wet process sidamo | 2009-09-02 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1276 PIT 0755 Los Naranjos San Augustin Huila | C+ | 85 | nice acids, but tasting a little woody to me - end of harvest? -no | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1238 EGU-007 | C+ | 88.5 | crisp brightness, white wine dryness, some green grape, lemony | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1237 EBA -015 | C+ | 86.5 | again, typica flavors here, sweet, grain malt | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1236 EBA -005 | C+ | 88.5 | sweet and bright, rounded acidity, sugar cane | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1235 EBA -003 | C+ | 89 | very nice citric acids, some apple brightness too, malic in finish | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1234 EBA -001 | C+ | 86.5 | some tolima-like flavors, typica type form, sweet, nice | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1233 Con-008 | C+ | 87 | citric acidity, nice cup , more dry and less sweet than the previous. | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1232 Con-007 | C+ | 89 | Really sweet, berry fruit notes, some blueberry, nice acids | 2009-09-02 |
| Ecuador | M-1231 Con-005 | C+ | 86 | Very long typica form, fruit, winey, a bit astringent, sweet, something reminds me of peru here - slight rustic quality, or herb | 2009-09-02 |
| Rwanda | Coopac FTO BOurbon | C+ | 86 | interesting pumpkin bread and spice notes, milder acids than previous samples. | 2009-09-01 |
| Ethiopia | Moredocofe Shipment 2 Natural Gr 3 | C+ | 79 | quakery and some musty cups - rejection | 2009-09-01 |
| Ethiopia | Amaro Gayo Natural Sidamo | C+ | 85 | nice fruited cup but soft on acidity - cools poorly. nice body. | 2009-09-01 |
| Brazil | Fazenda Esperanca PB Zinho | C+ | 83 | Some interesting mineral/salt flavor, brothy. Not sure thats a good coffee thing. | 2009-08-24 |
| Brazil | Ipanema Rio Verde | C+ | 82 | kinda murky chocolate. Not sure if old sample or new crop. If the later, might improve. | 2009-08-24 |
| Flores | Organic Bajawa Ngura | C+ | 82 | not sweet at all, chocolate alkaloids, really not sure about this flavor profile. good for starbucks roast, thats about it. | 2009-08-24 |
| Bali | "Blue Moon" Organic Royal Coffee | C+ | 79 | very astringent, hard unpleasant. | 2009-08-24 |
| Papua New Guinea | Purosa A Arrival Sample | C+ | 83 | good specialty grade average PNG . a little drying. | 2009-08-24 |
| Costa Rica | Marvin Robles - Frailes | C+ | 83 | problems with sample - did not roast well. | 2009-08-24 |
| Ecuador | Loja Gonzanama | C+ | 88 | Floral aromatics, sweet, candy like | 2009-08-24 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1122 7/08/2009 PLA-1679 El Desarrollo Gigante Huila 337 kg | C+ | 89 | solid acidity, floral passionflower in aftertaste - ML potential | 2009-08-19 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1121 7/08/2009 PRI-0067 Tolima 723 | C+ | 85.5 | flatter than other Tolimas, a little hard | 2009-08-19 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1120 7/08/2009 PRI-0060 Tolima 130 kg | C+ | 87.5 | Sweet, fruit, some hazelnut -Tolima blend | 2009-08-19 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1119 7/08/2009 PRI-0058 Tolima 447 kg | C+ | 87 | sweet lot, milder fruits, nice for Tolima Blend | 2009-08-19 |
| Colombia Mingas | M-1118 7/08/2009 PRI-0056 Tolima 127 kg | C+ | 92 | very exotic tropical fruits ML | 2009-08-19 |
| El Salvador | Amarillo Bourbon Caracol - Peaberry | C+ | 85 | a bit thin, nice, not remarkable | 2009-08-10 |
| El Salvador | Anaranjado Bourbon Caracol - Peaberry | C+ | 87 | most balanced, body, nice aromatics | 2009-08-10 |
| El Salvador | Pacamara Caracol - Peaberry | C+ | 86.5 | odd, definitely allacious =but cools more citrus like | 2009-08-10 |
| El Salvador | Cerro Las Ranas Caracol - Peaberry | C+ | 86.5 | Sweet aroma!, more acidic cup than the santa rita | 2009-08-10 |
| El Salvador | Santa Rita Caracol - Peaberry | C+ | 87 | rounded, balanced, sweet | 2009-08-10 |