The best cup of coffee in history: experience sharing with app- Catador Cupping

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Cup test (Cupping)

A standardized and systematic method for testing coffee

The importance of all links in the coffee industry chain is rising day by day.

Even the custom-made App for cup measurements has quietly come out!

Note: for those who are not familiar with the cup test, you can refer to Douer's earlier article.

Catador (Catador Cupping)

A cup test application with a high degree of inquiry:

1) the picture is simple and intuitive.

2) 90% similarity to the SCAA Cup scale (Oh-- I'm in love)

3) Digital record:

-you can turn it into a spider web at the click of a button.

-convenient storage and filing (otherwise the cup meter is always paper, integrated with a thick one or scattered everywhere, easy to collect)

-easy sharing: email, various community software (ex: line, fb,. Etc.)

So that recently, when the little sister used Catador records in cup tests, large and small,

Many cup testers will be attracted to-- look at the truth--

Photography: dawn and Nikon Dakang

(even Daisy visited Guatemala and measured the time in the Val Mar Garden.

The French photographers of the Guatemalan Coffee Association all snapped the interesting APP amazingly.

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Duoer first touches Catador cup to measure App

Under the guidance of teacher Hu Yuanzheng, who is eating coffee (Taster's Coffee):

"Coffee cup testing class without any certification."

(the main purpose of this course is to share the latest information about the cup test obtained by Mr. Hu when he travels around the world:

From the producing area to the competition, the communication with the top international coffee people. The latest information you have learned about cup testing! )

Once again, I would like to thank Mr. Hu for his sharing and recommendation!

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So-- of course good things are shared with good friends!

Come directly to a special article to introduce!

1. How to download?

two。 How to use it?

3. Experience in using it!

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1. How to download?

The latest news!

Catador not only supports the ios operating system, but now it can also be used on Android!

You need to pay to use it (NTD 180 / Google Play is marked on iTunes's official website and NTD 161is marked on its website)

But for coffee people who often have cup testing needs, it is very worthwhile!

In terms of language, Catador is now available in English, Spanish and simplified Chinese

(since the SCAA scale used by the younger sister and the CQI Q grader course are both in English

Or download it and present it in English! )

Download link:

ITunes-Catador @ iTunes Preview

Android-Catador @ Google Play

Facebook fan page-Catador @ Fb

Photo source: https://itunes.apple.com/tw/app/catador-cupping/id527031134?mt=8

Photo source website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gt.com.cs.catador&hl=zh_TW

After the download is complete

Catador has become a member of App in smart phones!

Its Icon is a smoking orange coffee cup.

It's cute, ❤.

After opening Catador, enter the operation interface--

Get ready for the cup test experience using Catador records!

two。 How to use it?

The brief Catador usage process is as follows:

Set up > record > save > share

(the following is an actual exercise for iPhone 6)

= cup test record number setting =

First of all, before the cup test begins

Need to have a preference for the cup test record and set the conditions:

Step 1: added cup test round (Session)

Click the "+" sign in the upper right corner to add

Step 2: fill in the new cup test round setting (New Session)

Basic data of GENERAL INFORMATION

Description of Description Cup Test Round

Usually I will describe the cup test site, the cup test special project, or the cup test object.

(for example, a coffee shop, the ERGOS office where Daisy works,

EL INJERTO 2016 NEW CROP CUPPING (new season batch of Eincht Manor), etc.)

Table table number

There may be more than one table in the same cup test.

Judge judges

The cup testers who participated in the cup test--

Number of samples (1Murray 12)

At present, there are 12 samples to choose from in Catador (but 12 are still too few for me). .. Tact)

Coffee Type (Arabica / Robusta)

> > Arabica (Arabica) (please compare with the SCAA Cup scale)

> > Robusta (Robusta) (that's right! Catador also provides Robusta version of the cup gauge record! Compared with Arabica, Robusta has the same ten evaluations, but the adjustments are as follows:

Acidity (acid) > > becomes Salt/Acidity (salty / sour)

SWEET (sweetness) > > becomes Bitter/Sweet (bitter / sweet, and from five cups score to horizontal continuity score)

BODY (taste) > > becomes Mouthfeel)

The above is to complete the setting of the basic data of the cup test--

Take a cup test of Duoer as an example, the finished picture is as follows:

Step 3: fill in the new cup test preference

And then the screen is pulled down, and there are preferences--

DEFAULTS preference setting

Default score to 10 (sweetness, cleanliness, balance defaults to 10)

> > Open (anti-green): the default is 10 (recommended when testing items with better quality)

> > off (in contrast): the default is zero (recommended when testing items of poor quality)

Sample's default label (Letters/Numbers)

> > Letters (letter): coffee item arrangement order: A B C D …

> > Numbers (number): coffee item arrangement order: 1 2 3 4 … ..

Step 3: fill in the new cup test preference

After all the above settings have been decided, you can click "Done" in the upper right corner to complete the settings.

(click "Cancel" in the upper left corner to cancel)

Be careful!

Once you click Done to save the cup test set by Catador, it cannot be modified again!

So remember to read it carefully when clicking on the settings.

(especially the XD of the cup count)

= start cup test =

After completing the setting of this round of cup test

You can click on the Session you want to start testing on the main screen.

Will enter the wheel cup test interface, to start the cup test, click "Cuppings"!

Will officially come to the electronic cup meter!

(since it has not been recorded yet, except for the items that originally set the default values of consistency, cleanliness and sweetness to 10 points.

The rest is 0.00. At this time, the total score of each cup of coffee is only 30 points. )

The design of Catador is mainly based on the cup meter of SCAA (American Fine Coffee Association).

SCAA cup meter

Source:

Roastlog

Https://blog.roastlog.com/2010/08/17/coffee-cupping-and-the-numbers/

= how to score =

In addition to listing the items that should be scored.

The design of Catador that best fits the essence of SCAA

Is to put it into practice.

"Longitudinal ruler, marked with" Intensity "

Horizontal ruler, marked with the score of "Quality"

Because Catador must meet the restrictions of iPhone and iPad panel size typesetting

The longitudinal ruler marked with strength becomes a black ball that can move horizontally from side to side.

(it is also not included in the score, just let the cup tester mark it as a reference for strength performance)

The ruler marked with the quality score shall remain as it is and shall be presented as a gauge of 0.25 parts.

The way to score is to click on the horizontal ruler of the scoring item.

It will jump out of the fractional box: (for example, below is the score bar of Aroma)

Just click on the score you want to give at this time.

PS: attention! Catador has a great feature-- "keep changing score tracks".

If you remember, in the previous article,

"[Wu Duoer's notes] Let's have a cup test together! An overview of the use of SCAA cup gauges.

It was mentioned that:

The notes of the horizontal axis may be adjusted over time.

It may be in the first round of high temperature cup measurement, or in the second or third round of medium and low temperature cup measurement.

The score has been adjusted slightly.

You can redraw your notes at this time.

And use the arrow to indicate the direction of the adjustment (left or right).

The notes on the paper are as follows:

On Catador, you can click the rating scale again.

Select the new score again.

At this point, the scale will become:

The above case: Flavor

First given score: 8.00

Second booking score: 8.50

You can see that the arrow marks the change from 8.00 to 8.50.

But the disadvantage is.

As long as you press the feed column, you must click on any score before you can jump back to the table screen.

Therefore, if you accidentally slip during the cup test.

There may be the dilemma of having to give a score anyway.

(ex. How can I give body a score before I fill it with water? Tact)

= how to deduct stains / defects? =

Catador also has built-in blemishes and flaws (Taint / Fault)

When the aroma or flavor of coffee is found to have the stains or defects described by SCAA

You can click Taint or Fault.

Then click + /-to add / subtract the quantity.

When Taint / Fault is 00:00, the deduction of Defects is 0.

When Taint is 1, the deduction of Defects is divided into 2

When Fault is equal, the deduction of Defects is divided into 4

= how to calculate the total score? =

The answer is. Congratulations!

Catador has already calculated it for you!

As long as the items of the score are completed in the cup scale.

Catador will be directly in the lower right corner of the box, automatically into the total score.

= how to store and share? =

When all the cup test scores have been completed, you can store the cup test record by clicking "Done" in the upper right corner.

At the same time, Catador has a lot of documentation and sharing support.

Spider web (Spiderweb Graphs):

Analysis of spider web chart in cup test

It can make it clear at a glance how the strengths and weaknesses of the coffee are analyzed.

In Catador, six items are singled out, such as aroma, flavor, afterrhyme, acid value, alcohol thickness and balance.

As a spider web map.

Just click Spiderweb Graphs in the overview of the wheel cup test.

You can enter and watch.

The way to share is also very easy.

In the overview of the wheel cup test, click share in the lower left corner (white box + up arrow)

You can choose the way you want to share!

(including direct printing, email, facebook. Etc.)

3. Experience in using it

Although Catador is by far the best cup test App in history.

But in the spirit of "there is no best, only better"

Duoer still puts forward the following experience and suggestions:

1) increase the number of items that can be set for each cup test

There were only 12 groups at most, but in fact, professional cup surveyors (especially when purchasing in the place of origin) often test 30 items to take off. If you can set up as many as 30 items per table, it should be much more convenient!

(if you can have as many as 100, then of course you are in favor of XDDDD.)

2) A new column of "Cup Measurement parameters" can be set up.

Including water temperature, TDS, powder-water ratio, bean grinder and its grinding scale. And other important cup test parameters should be able to be recorded at the same time.

3) enhance the social quality

Cup testing is often group-oriented; whether it's for group correction, cup testing, courses, test reports, or even peer-to-peer. If Catador can provide each cup tester to create his own account, groups can be set up between the accounts to integrate and compare the cup test results directly, which will certainly make this set of App more interesting and powerful!

Above, I hope to make coffee lovers

Enjoy more fun from coffee cup testing: d

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