What is a coffee cup test? Why does coffee need a cup test?! Coffee cup test standard, coffee cup test

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"Cup testing" has become a common and frequent thing in the world of coffee. In the cafe, there are all kinds of coffee-themed sharing activities. Coffee cup test, English called coffee cupping, also known as coffee tasting. Popular saying is to use a special brewing method to taste coffee, anyone can participate, but the coffee cup tester will use a more professional scoring form to evaluate each cup of coffee and rate the coffee.

For people in the industry, cup testing is undoubtedly a science, which requires long-term training to master it, but in fact, even lovers who have just come into contact with coffee can understand coffee better through cup testing. The cup test method is actually very simple, and the method and conclusion are not right or wrong, everyone may taste different, the purpose of the cup test is to show your real experience of coffee.

The steps of cup test:

1. Preparation before cup test

Coffee cup test ● coffee beans ● coffee grinder ● kettle (ordinary household appliances can) ● professional cup test cup ● professional cup test spoon ● spit cup, because you have to try many cups of coffee, if you don't want to drink all of it, you can turn around in your mouth and spit it out directly. ● cup test table. (there are two authoritative boutique coffee scoring systems in the world, the American Fine Coffee Association SCAA and an extraordinary cup of COE,Cup of Exellence, usually using the SCAA form.)

2. Cup test

The steps are as follows: ● will wash and dry the cup and mark it. (according to SCAA standards, the same bean is evaluated in a group of five bowls, and if it is six types of coffee beans, 30 bowls are used. Tasting activities for non-professional purposes, so it is simplified) ● grinds six kinds of coffee beans with the same thickness and puts them in a cup. ● smells the dry aroma of coffee powder first. ● also pours 90 degrees hot water into the cup and soaks the coffee powder for 3-4 minutes. ● smells wet fragrance and breaks the dregs. ● fished out the coffee scum with a cup spoon. ● sucks coffee and tastes it. ● recorded his feelings and scored them on the cup test form. ● rinse cup test spoon to taste the next coffee.

What are the characteristics of 4 cups of test coffee?

If you want to judge a coffee fairly, you should rate the odor intensity and quality of dry and wet Fragrance/Aroma coffee in these aspects.

Alcohol thickness (Body)

The thick feeling of coffee liquid in the mouth

Flavor (Flavor)

The taste of coffee when it enters the mouth

Acidity (Acidity)

The sour quality of coffee. Is it bright, lively, sharp, dull?

Sweetness (Sweetness)

The sweetness of coffee liquids

Aftertaste (Aftertaste)

Also known as aftertaste, the flavor and smell left after the coffee liquid is tasted or vomited in the mouth.