Sweet Maria's Cupping Log V 5.0
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.
Cupping Sample Log V 1.0
Cupping Sample Log V 2.0
Cupping Sample Log V 3.0
Cupping Sample Log V 4.0
This is the 5th generation of this form. It was last updated on 3/17/08 13:09
Origin Coffee Name rst Total comment
Panama Golden Peaberry 20 bags FC 86.0 one cup a bit off, but sample is density sorted yet?
Panama Golden Peaberry 20 bags C 85.0 some quakers - needs density sorting
Colombia Coop Andes Special Lot C+ 86.0 very ncie balanced Colombia - Antioquia amazing fruits, tamarind-peach
Hawaii Volcafe small farm mix C+ 85.0 surprisingly good but not my cup o tea
Costa Rica Las Trojas - La Eva Mill C+ 84.0 bright, but has that green flavor - ugh
Indonesia Flores FC 86.0 Intense, earthy, thick
Sumatra Decaf Lintong KVW FC 84.0 not bad.
Yemen Sanani Muslot arrival FC 87.0 nice fruit, clean, consitent, good arrival! Thicker body than the mattari, surprisingly. Some winey fruit, clean, then earthy finish.
Yemen Mattari Muslot Arrival FC 85.0 less fruited, more spice, earth, intense. Thin body
Costa Rica La Yunta Organic Preship Microlot C+ 87.5 very very sweet cup
Costa Rica La Candelilla Gesha Geisha C+ 86.0 this roast is old, fadingÉ
Costa Rica El Indio Blend La Minita '08 C+ 84.0 good average, nutty
Costa Rica La Magnolia La Minita '08 C+ 84.0 aroma was nice but cup is thin
Costa Rica La Lapa Blend La Minita '08 C+ 83.5 very mild
Costa Rica El Conquistador Dota La Minita '08 C+ 86.8 good acidity, winey fruitÉ nice cup!
Costa Rica Montes de Oro Honey La Huerta C+ 87.0 great honey coffee
Costa Rica La Lia San Isidro Honey C+ 84.0 a little odd and fermenty
Costa Rica La Guaca Gesha fresher sample C+ 87.0 floral, nice
Panama Carmen 1800+ meter preship C 86.5 nice shipment (or pre-ship???) - bright and clean.
Panama Carmen 1800+ meter preship C+ 87.0 prefer C+ to FC
Panama Carmen 1800+ meter preship FC 87.0  
Guatemala Atitlan San Pedro La Laguna C+   a bit rusty
El Salvador Santa Sofia Bourbon C+ 85.0 good solid bourbon salvador - try again with more rest
Colombia San Augustin Arrival C+ 86.5  
Colombia San Augustin Arrival FC+ 87.0 smells like grape pez - excellent fruit, winey hint
Colombia Coop Andes Special Lot C+ 86.0 still nice, a little metallic
Colombia Tolima KVW decaf C 85.5 good brightness, a little odd.
Kenya AA Ngunguru 37 b MM C+   lower acid, good black currant - low acidity makes it fall flat
Kenya AA Karagoto 48 bags MM C+   sweaty bright kenya - as it cools, nice piney acidity
Kenya AA Tegu 36 Bags C+   nicest aromatics, solid cup. Cools a bit ho-hum
Brazil Fazenda Vista Allegre Natural Dry FC 87.0 fruited, creamy, thick, slightly winey
Brazil Fazenda Vista Allegre Traditional Dry FC 85.0 good traditional DP brazil, more earthy, nice
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