James Hoffmann and Lucia Solis are organizing a live event around the world for tasting coffee beans produced using 4 different fermentation processes.
More info in James’s video: Taste Coffee With Me For The Last Time / James Hoffmann / YouTube
I managed to get a tasting kit and is came in the mail today! This wasn’t easy, it sold out very quickly.
Since I had to pay a substantial amount for shipping from afar, I got myself an extra bag from the roster to try out.
Got one as well. I am hyped for saturday.
Close-up of the explanation card:
Yeah this is meant to be read after the tasting though ;)
EDIT: never mind, in your kit is everything already put on the bags! In mine there are only colors and a “solution” sheet that one can keep secret until having tasted
Oh that’s fun.
Same! Looking forward to Saturday!
My kit came with a water mineral packet and a sample of one of the roaster’s other coffees.
I got mine from the same roaster. They provided me their lychee sample. Very nice stuff.
Oh, that’s cool ! I will definitely get some good water for the tasting. Probably Volvic.
Seems like fun. Understand that James doesn’t want to do these anymore as I’m sure it’s a ton of work to coordinate. That being said, the demand seems pretty intense. Seems like this could easily generate enough revenue for a new staffer to manage the heavy lifting and perhaps improve efficiency to the point where these sorts of tastings could be more accessible and affordable.
What brewing method are you planning on using for the taste test? Cupping is the traditional method, but it’s a weird process.
As I understand, we are supposed to use cupping.
I got mine several days ago from Purpur in Germany
Oh shit I completely forgot! I managed to put an order, fingers crossed they’ll honour it. Thank you for posting!
I’m jealous! Everywhere close to me was sold out when I found out about this. I’m sure I could’ve ordered from halfway across the country but I didn’t want to deal with shipping with that.
I saw the video few hours after it was posted and all rosters in Germany had already sold out, I order in France.
