Sweet Maria's Cupping Log V 6.0

Incoming coffee samples at Sweet Maria's, accepted and/or rejected

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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
Colombia M5 Caturra sample was not roasted. C+ 0 2010-02-14
Colombia Manizales Finca Java M5A Var Caturra C+ 85 Nice bright cup, fresh sample 2010-02-14
Colombia Manizales Finca Java M11 Var Colombia C+ 84.5 A bit sweeter, a bit tight too 2010-02-14
Colombia Manizales Finca Java M8 Var Colombia C+ 84 Thin, average, like previous 2010-02-14
Colombia Manizales Finca Java M5B Var Colombia FC 83.5 roast a little dark, but falls apart, dry in finish, not sweet, thin 2010-02-14
Colombia Manizales Finca Java M9 Var Colombia C+ 85 sweet sample, floral, a little soft 2010-02-14
Colombia OS- 612 EL MERIDIANO A TYPE C+ 84 Decent, definitely a lower level. 2010-02-12
Colombia OS-605 EL MERIDIANO AA TYPE C+ 85.3 Like this nearly as much as the MLs here, but mixy in the finish. 2010-02-12
Colombia Mingas M1440 HER0138 Ascoceas Tolima 957 kg C+ 85.5 Conflicted on this one. Potential in this coffee, dark fruits, but so restrained they are unlear, body not there, some good favors, but mild. dry finish 2010-02-12
Colombia Mingas M1439 HER0137 Ascoceas Tolima 197 kg C+ 83.8 fruity, tastes a little like process, slight taint. 2010-02-12
Colombia Mingas M1438 HER0135 Ascoceas Tolima 125 kg C+ 85.5 a flavor i associate with caturra, nice, but lacks complexity and refined sweetness 2010-02-12
Sumatra Blue Batak Lintong Preship C+ 86 tweener coffee, clean, but neither here nor there. 2010-02-12
Sumatra Dolok Sanggul Preship C+ 87 some sweetness, fresh nice, brighter, clean 2010-02-12
Sumatra Onan Ganjang Preship C+ 86.5 big body, round cup flavors, nutmeat 2010-02-12
Bali Wet Hulled C+ 84.5 decent wet-hulled rustic cup. 2010-02-11
Zambia Munama Ndola FC 82 Not clean, not very sweet either, even at FC levels 2010-02-11
Zambia Munama Ndola C+ 82 High physical defect count, brokens, etc, peasy in the cup, vegetable in light roast, a little leather 2010-02-11
Costa Rica El Puente Tarrazu Honey C+ 85.5 Lots of body, balance, slight erpsig note in this coffee, but clean, blender. 2010-02-10
Guatemala Finca Florencia Caturra C+ 86 Lively acidity, green apple, at this roast, unusual herbal notes 2010-02-10
El Salvador Matalapa Puerta Zapa 1150 GP storage C+ 85.5 Body coffee, balance, great espresso potential, clean. 2010-02-10
India Robusta Parchment RKR C+ 82 powdered cocoa, decent, drying 2010-02-09
India Robusta Parchment AB C+ 79 chalky 2010-02-09
India Robusta Parchment Peaberry C+ 82 Not bad, needs more roast though 2010-02-09
India Plantation Arabica AB Grade C+ 82 soft, substandard arabica 2010-02-09
India Plantation Arabica A Grade C+ 83 no descriptors 2010-02-09
India Plantation Arabica Peaberry C+ 85.5 seems to be the best arabica here, mild spice, decent brightness, soft cup, nice 2010-02-09
Colombia Ariel Buitron 34 Box Alternative Development Competition - 3rd C+ 84 2010-02-04
Colombia Misael Garzon 10 box Apcejor Planadas Tolima C+ 84 2010-02-04
Colombia Israel Chirihueso 2 Box Apcejor Planadas Tolima C+ 84 2010-02-04
Colombia Finca Carolina 6 Box C+ 84 2010-02-04
Colombia Roberto Rojas 7 Box Apcejor Planadas Tolima C+ 84 2010-02-04
Colombia Carlos Imachi ML C+ 88.5 fantastic aroma from lighter roast, raisin fruit notes, very sweet, chocolate and caramel. 2010-02-04
Colombia Tolima Acedga Cooperative C+ 86.5 nice body, raisin fruit, chocolate, balanced 2010-02-04
Kenya Guama Peaberry XAD Kirinyaga 29 B C+ 85 creamy and a bit nutty, not what I look for in a Kenya. 2010-02-01
Kenya Gakuyuini AA Kirinyaga XAB 21 B C+ 85 sorta flat and mirky. Not a well-defined lot. 2010-02-01
Kenya Gachatha AA Nyeri XAC 22B C+ 86 sweet, good body, just a bit flat, can't pick out other character. 2010-02-01
Sumatra Sidikalang Tabu Jamu C+ 84 Royal made up name. decent cup, typical. 2010-02-01
Colombia Guadelupe Huila 15-17 screen C+ 84 Nice darker toned cup, juicy biut a bit thin in body, low acidity, decent prep. 2010-02-01
Peru Chanchamay Valley, Junin -Edmundo Pedemonte C+ 81 Old flavor, samples tastes a bit old or maybe overdried, but a good clean coffee, excellent preparation of sample. 2010-02-01
Kenya Taylor Winch Kiaragana 12 Bags C+ 84.5 brighter sample but no special qualities 2010-02-01
Kenya Taylor Winch Gitutu Main 26 Bags C+ 85.5 body kenya, low acids, some dark berry, too mild 2010-02-01
Kenya Taylor Winch Kaliluni Coop 35 Bags C+ 85 average Kenya, mild acids, tanzania-like 2010-02-01
Java Java Sunda Type Sample 1 (Selected by Ian) C+ 86 great potential, nice processing, clean, but funky as well 2010-02-01
Java Java Sunda Type Sample C C+ 86 darker roast but nice sweetness, some cocoa powder 2010-02-01
Java Java Sunda Type Sample H C+ 84 slight woody catimor-like flavor 2010-02-01
Colombia Inza Cauca 214 Bloque 3 C+ 84.5 ditto the above. nothing special, just a tad sweeter. 2010-01-28
Colombia Inza Cauca 214 Bloque 4 C+ 84 mild, decent body, thin flavors and short finish 2010-01-28
Colombia Inza Cauca 221 Bloque 3 C+ 83 roast a bit dark, grainy, sweet but average 2010-01-28
Colombia Narino Villanueva Bloque 3 C+ 84 clean, but very mild and thin 2010-01-28
Colombia Acedga Coop Gaitania Tolima C+ 86 balance, body, sweet, some plum notes, slightly winey. 2010-01-28
Brazil Joao de Campos Yellow Catuai Lot C+ 85 creamy, fairly sweet, a little aromatic wood, low acid, good body 2010-01-27
Kenya 9161 (?) Kiangoi PB 14b recup C+ 89 YES sweet, buttery, full 2010-01-27
Kenya 9157 Konyu PB 21b recup C+ 85 No -initially it is nice but - just a bit thin and tight 2010-01-27
test entry test C+ 84 test 2010-01-27
Kenya 9161 (?) Kiangoi PB 14b recup C+ 84 2010-01-27
Kenya 9157 Konyu PB 21b recup C+ 84 2010-01-27
Kenya 9156 Karaini PB 18b recup C+ 88 YES - winey fruits 2010-01-27
Kenya 9154 Kahiriga AA 19B recup C+ 88 YES - nice articulate acidity and tangy finish 2010-01-27
Kenya 9153 Kithungururu AA 53b recup C+ 86 full mouthfeel but not sweet or bright enough 2010-01-27
Kenya 9122 Kangunu AA 16b recup C+ 85 clean and orangy but too vapid and short in the finish 2010-01-27
Kenya 9158 Gakuyuini PB 25b C+ 88 REcup YES Bright, shorter finish but greater overall intensity 2010-01-27
Kenya 9164 AA Gakuyuini 40b C+ 88 REcup YES Better acidity, cleaner finish, sweet 2010-01-27
Kenya 9163 AA Gakuyuini 51b C+ 87 REcup NO 2010-01-27
Kenya 9155 Gakuyuini AA 35B C+ 85.5 REcup NO 2010-01-27
test test C+ 84 test 2010-01-27
Kenya 9164 AA Gakuyuini 40b C+ 88 YES 2010-01-27
Kenya 9163 AA Gakuyuini 51b C+ 86 NO 2010-01-27
Kenya 9161 (?) Kiangoi PB 14b C+ 88 YES really nice berry 2010-01-27
Kenya 9160 Kiunyu PB 14b C+ 84 kinda flat, ditto the above description. 2010-01-27
Kenya 9158 Gakuyuini PB 25b C+ 84 nice average break, acidic but thin in flavor and sweetness, aftertaste short 2010-01-27
Kenya 9157 Konyu PB 21b C+ 85 sweet floral break, flavor is thin, good acids 2010-01-27
Kenya 9156 Karaini PB 18b C+ 86 apple break, nice, bold, a little pasty in the cup, but sweet 2010-01-27
Kenya 9155 Gakuyuini AA 35B C+ 85.5 decent on break, a bit mirky in the cup, drying 2010-01-27
Kenya 9154 Kahiriga AA 19B C+ 87 delicate sweet break, bright acids, tangy, berry fruit, fades quickly 2010-01-27
Kenya 9153 Kithungururu AA 53b C+ 88 sweet bold break, nice intensity, sweet, minty, aggressive 2010-01-27
Kenya 9125 Marumi-Main AB 53b C+ 85 Some slight berry aroma, mild, not so clear 2010-01-27
Kenya 9122 Kangunu AA 16b C+ 87 Average Break,, sweet, orangey, a bit thin, very clean 2010-01-27
Brazil Beccor 816 Chapadao de Ferro C+ 84 sweet smell, nice flavors, kinda starchy, toasty 2010-01-27
Brazil Beccor 817 Chapadao de Ferro C+ 82 plain aromas, vegetable taste, earth, cools a little better. 2010-01-27
Brazil Beccor 765 C+ 85 sweet aromatic, odd flavor, but nice acids, kinda orangey 2010-01-27
Brazil Brazil Ipanema Dulce C+ 83 ordinary, peanutty a bit, murky - maybe the dulce lots are indeed all crap this year? 2010-01-27
Costa Rica Montes de Oro Miel FC 86.5 definitely a honey coffee, body, syrupy. should try lighter roast too. 2010-01-26
Costa Rica Los Crestones FC 84 Cocoa powder, a little dry in the finish, but ends well 2010-01-26
Costa Rica El Espino Lote B FC 85.5 less agey than A lot. Intense, body, chocolatey 2010-01-26
Costa Rica El Espino Lote A FC 85 Still seems agey to me. tight and dry 2010-01-26
Guatemala Bourbon Florencia FC 86 Very roasty flavor, nice body, seems clean, chocolate, creamy - espresso? 2010-01-26
El Salvador Matalapa Puerta Zapa 1150 GP storage C+ 86 heavy body, fresh and clean taste 2010-01-26
Tanzania Hope Peaberry C+ 83 an odd, tight brightness, resinous, like a pine forest, 2010-01-26
Peru WP Decaf C+ 82 thin, cardboard tasting, flavorless. 2010-01-26
Mexico Oaxaca Pluma WP decaf FC 83 roast is a bit too dark. chocolate, thin, no acidity, little flavor 2010-01-26
Costa Rica EA Natural Decaf C+ 75 taste like canned peas. Awful 2010-01-26
Costa Rica MC Decaf C+ 84.5 has nice acidity, clean, lemon, sweet finish 2010-01-26
Nicaragua Sample Zapotal 500 m C+ 81 smokey and low grown flavor, good thick body 2010-01-26
Colombia Javier Mejia Type Sample, C+ 85 excellent preparation, clean cup, nice body, not an ML level coffee, but very solid. Definitely an expert farmer/producer/miller behind this cup 2010-01-26
Papua New Guinea Kigibah A Grade C+ 84 Shouldn't like this because I know the flavors are from sours, bad UV inspection. but its better than kimel 2010-01-26
Papua New Guinea Kimel X Grade C+ 83 aroma is sweet but cup is very thin, insipid 2010-01-26
Kenya Gachathaini current crop (sold out) C+ 89 cups better than all the auction samples, really. 2010-01-25
Kenya Miroroma C+ 80 tastes like a campfire. terrible 2010-01-25
Kenya Chenjeni C+ 82 Another oddball coffee, minerally 2010-01-25
Kenya Kiri XAD AA 48b C+ 85 Solid lot, clean 2010-01-25