How to measure the coffee cup? why do you test the coffee cup? what is the coffee cup test?

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For a self-baked coffee shop that values quality, cupping is the first thing to do after baking coffee. But do you know what a cup test is? What coffee message can you know from the cup test? To put it simply, the cup test is to brew the roasted coffee with the same grinding scale, powder-to-water ratio, water temperature and soaking time, and then use a special instrument cup spoon to taste and judge the flavor of the coffee, but if it is more accurate, in fact, the real cup test also has standardized norms for "baking" and "evaluation". So in other words, the core purpose of the cup test is to drink the original flavor of a coffee bean "under the same conditions".

Although the complete cup testing procedure is very complicated, in fact, if we do not participate in the competition, we pay more attention to the standardized cooking part. Usually we use the ratio of water to powder 1: 18, water temperature 94 degrees, soak for 4 minutes before breaking the dregs, and cup test the flavor of coffee beans.

Freshly roasted coffee beans will not be tested immediately, but will be ripe for a period of time, so that the coffee beans will have a period of awakening time and a more complete flavor development. usually, the standard cup test time used in the cup test competition is between 8 and 24 hours after the coffee beans are roasted, and there will be more than three cup tests for one bean, so that the competition judges can compare the consistency of the coffee flavor.

But for bean bakers, the longer they are placed, the more factors that change the coffee beans.

Cup testing is a common activity for bean bakers, and it is also the most common way for coffee people to exercise their sense of smell and taste, but it may not happen very often to ordinary consumers. however, if you have the opportunity, you are highly recommended to participate in the cup test, you can listen to the bean baker in the process of baking and selecting coffee beans, but it is also an opportunity to drink many cups of coffee at a time. It would be a good way to learn more about coffee.